Sub Domains questions -

[Gerry]

I have never set up subdomains but had questions before I consider the effort?

Do subdomains get indexed well?

Do search engines NOT SEE them as I had heard eons ago?

Is it better to have a sub domain as a prefix or suffix?

prefix.domain.com vs. domain.com/suffix

Does one get indexed and ranked better than others?

Please explain why with either yes or no.

 

[Albert Tai]

Subdomains has no effect on seo. Google and yahoo has tons of subdomains. Subdomains could also be reached by suffix like if you got new.oncei.com you could also go on it by oncei.com/new. Two of the same suffix and prefix has the same page rank. There is no difference. Google has tons of subdomains. I use subdomains for a general catagory mostly and then a sub catagory.
Example google would use webmaster.google.com but for tools maybe webmaster.google.com/pagerankchecker

(its a example)
~Al

 

[Gerry]

Subdomains has no effect on seo. Google and yahoo has tons of subdomains. Subdomains could also be reached by suffix like if you got new.oncei.com you could also go on it by oncei.com/new. Two of the same suffix and prefix has the same page rank. There is no difference. Google has tons of subdomains. I use subdomains for a general catagory mostly and then a sub catagory.
Example google would use webmaster.google.com but for tools maybe webmaster.google.com/pagerankchecker

(its a example)
~Al

when you say no effect, does that mean that they do no help a domain and at the same time do not hurt it?

I hate to sound confusing but I am confused by your answer when you say no effect.

Let me use this example.

I own ogical.com

Naturally, that domain means nothing.

The primary subdomain would be a prefix.

So, I could have;

L.ogical
Biol.ogical
Ecol.ogical
sociol.ogical

and so on.

As I said, I have yet to build out any subdomains. But, I have had people say that the SE's won't rank them. Others have said yes - they get ranked and indexed.

 

[Albert Tai]

when you say no effect, does that mean that they do no help a domain and at the same time do not hurt it?

I hate to sound confusing but I am confused by your answer when you say no effect.

Let me use this example.

I own ogical.com

Naturally, that domain means nothing.

The primary subdomain would be a prefix.

So, I could have;

L.ogical
Biol.ogical
Ecol.ogical
sociol.ogical

and so on.

As I said, I have yet to build out any subdomains. But, I have had people say that the SE's won't rank them. Others have said yes - they get ranked and indexed.

I don't think google will read it as logical i think they will read it as l ogical
I never used domain hacks before I meant like subdomains if you used cars.oncei.com and oncei.com/cars would have the same seo.