Comments on: Creative Uses for Sub-Domains

By: Alan Ashwood

Alan Ashwood — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 22:25:02 +0000

I am currently setting uo a new site (with WordPress installation) with a non-descriptive domain name.

This is deliberately in order to utilise the sub-domain facility.

I am using different subs to:

Host Squeeze Pages (from other domains)
Hide information and downloads only available by invitation
Introduce new ‘keyword’ sensitive sites, etc.

It was originally decided based on cost, but I am finding it very easy to host non WordPress sites behind the main domain.

Great resource, saves a fortune.

The new name’s as obscure as “Google” was a few years ago, so I can do as I like – and will!

By: Linki

Linki — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:37:06 +0000

Thanks for the tip for using subdomain to hide a content from search engines. This idea would never come to my mind and I find it very useful.

By: Tushar

Tushar — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:11:45 +0000

From where to create the subdomains? I mean I am using a linux hosting and in the cpanel there is an option to create subdomian and also from the main domain panel . So please tell me from where to do so?

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:44:33 +0000

In reply to Brian.

Ah yes, I remember that time; you had to be frugal with domain names. Oh, you must also remember the time then that a lot of hosting plans would charge you extra for subdomains! Sounds so quaint and backwards now.

By: Troy Jaggard

Troy Jaggard — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:25:43 +0000

With Facebook’s new timelines making it so that landing pages no longer work by default, I predict we will see a lot of people begin to forward subdomains to their social media websites. For example twitter.mywebsite.com.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:06:53 +0000

I’ve actually created sub-domains simply because it saved money. Times were very hard when I began a couple of my sites. I did have to do SEO from scratch, but never really began it with the original domain. I now have sites about church planting (our original site) and sub-domains about photography and social media.

A couple of the sites became popular and I’ve left them as sub-domains instead of having their own domain names.

Hopefully this won’t cause much trouble in the future.