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As a result of setting up this blog, I’ve noticed that my trust within the engines has been affected. Although my main domain has been ok, there is without doubt an instant “starting from zero trust” happening with subdomains. Incidently this subdomain also points to an alternative IP address. 

I may have to start link more vigourously between my subdomain and main domain to gain the extra trust. However at present my subdomain carries no pagerank whatsoever. For those of you thinking about the pro’s and con’s of using a subdomain, my advice would be to try to avoid them if at all possible. Having content on another (Linux) server has meant that for me this was a sensible decision.

There are a number of advantages with using a subdomain - including an alternative domain to start to gain backlinks from. For example - lets say you have started to drop links around the web. www.domain.com will be counted differently than subdomain.domain.com - giving you (sometimes) twice the scope for a link. My own use was to be able to mix Linux and Windows server technologies.

They also allow a site to start branching off with disconnected parts of the site, whilst still maintaining a relatively flat linking structure. People are also more likely to link to a subdomain home page, than to say a subdirectory. E.g. Imagine a blogger wants to link to this site. He will undoubtedly choose http://blog.webdistortion.com rather than http://www.webdistortion.com - because he recognises it as a home page in its own right. However If we only had www.webdistortion.com/blog/ would he be as quick to link to it? Or would he use the original main domain? It depends on his mood, in my opinion a subdomain stands on its own two feet much more easily.