Domain Directories Or Subdomains?

[Boris_yo]

I understand that managing a lot of different domains can be good for branding and good look, but it also can be expensive and time consuming, because you need to keep track where domains expire in order to renew them.

But why should i buy every new domain for each niche if i can have one common domain and add different niches there? It will be less expensive and less confusing.

1) Should i place every other niche in domains' subdirectories or in its subdomains? For example:

dogtraining.com/goldenretriever
OR
goldenretriever.dogtraining.com

2) Why Daniel and Marc recommend to have for each different niche its own domain name?

[Robert]

I would call dog training and golden retriever's as the same main niche, that being Dog's. It's fine to mix them like that on the same domain.

It only becomes a problem when you have something like

dogtraining.com/apple-ipods
OR
apple-ipods.dogtraining.com

Now that just doesn't make sense.

[bivie]

I don't see the problem with something like:

boris-yo.com - which is generic, so these would work...

boris-yo.com/goldenretrievers
goldenretrievers.boris-yo.com
AND
boris-yo.com/ipods
ipods.boris-yo.com

Lots of people do this with great success (Yahoo, About.com, etc)

I think there's times when a separate domain is a good choice, and
times when a central generic domain with all kinds of topics is good.

For example, I have tens of thousands of PLR articles, but I have no
interest in getting domain names for many of those topics. Rather
than let them go to waste, I have a site where I can put them up and
maybe make a little money with them, rather than collecting dust on
my hard drive.

I think too many times in online marketing we have to make
everything into 'absolutes', when the real trick is variety, versatility
and experimentation.

If money is an issue when you are just starting out, go with a generic
domain that has different topics. Use profits from it to expand your
domain collection and use those domains for things you are more
passionate about or that are more lucrative. If one of the topics on
your generic domain is making money, that my be a good time to
give it it's own domain.

As far as whether to go with

boris-yo.com/ipods OR ipods.boris-yo.com

is another thing you'll get a different answer on every time. I don't
think in the long run there is a difference, but I do think

ipods.boris-yo.com

looks more professional. I've also read (don't know if it's true) that
if Google decides it doesn't like your ipods stuff and stops serving ads
to it, going with

boris-yo.com/ipods

leaves your whole site open to getting Google ads shut down, as to
where ipods.boris-yo.com would only get that subdomain banned
from receiving ads. Again, I don't know if that's true ... but it makes
sense (hopefully Ad-sense)

[Robert]

It is true that it can be done, but it is not the best way to do it. Google claim that they treat sub-domains as a new domain and that the main domain is not effected by the sub-domain. Well so people seem to think.

It is also believed that sub folders are related to the main domain they are on. The reason places like about.com get away with this is because the main domain is a well known and established authority on any subject. So having sub domains and sub folders on different subjects does nothing to hurt those sites.

I can tell you with 100% certainty that a proper domain will rank higher and faster then a sub-domain or a sub folder on a generic domain.

At the end of the day, your doing something wrong if you can't make these sites at least cover the cost of a domain name. Domain names range from $5-$10 for a .com, not all that much money, and if your doing things the correct way you should have made that back in no time.

Also if you still don't want to spend the few dollars on a .com, why not look at a .info or something like that. It's not as good as a .com but it's better then making a spam directory on one domain.

I'm not saying it will get de-indexed, or banned from adsense. I'm just saying that it's far from the ideal way of doing things.

When I have a 9 year old, PR8, with 8 million pages indexed like about.com, then I may consider doing it. But until then I would just stick with normal domains. It takes all the guess work out of it, and not to mention it looks a lot more professional.

[Boris_yo]

5$ for .com domain?
Can you refer me to resource where i can find this?

[cobwab]

Originally Posted by Boris_yo

5$ for .com domain?
Can you refer me to resource where i can find this?

Here it is - $4.95 for .com:

Netfirms - Web Hosting, Domain Names and E-commerce for Small Business

[Boris_yo]

Originally Posted by cobwab

Here it is - $4.95 for .com:

Netfirms - Web Hosting, Domain Names and E-commerce for Small Business

It is 5.95$ already and only for the 1st year.
It will cost me 9.95$ thereafter.

What i search for is no increase in domain's cost price on latter years.

[Kangaroo Jack]

Originally Posted by Boris_yo

It is 5.95$ already and only for the 1st year.
It will cost me 9.95$ thereafter.

What i search for is no increase in domain's cost price on latter years.

Keep searching and good luck.

Most if not domains priced at the $5 will be a incentive to buy and will stay at that price for 6 - 12 months.

[cobwab]

Hey,

Well, try Namecheap. They are around $9.95 but you can get an $.88
discount from PLRPOro in
the discount section.

[golfer57]

Hello,
GoDaddy is the one I use. Never had a problem. Site ready in 30 minutes or less after name server change. No problems $10 buck and forget about it.
Steve