Three or Fourth level domain name?

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Three or Fourth level domain name?

thebigjc

6:16 pm on Nov 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

I'm working with two companies that just merged into one.

They used to have to separate domains:

www.a.com
www.b.com

They now have:

www.a.b.com

Four level domains aren't too popular, so I'm wondering if there is going to be a problem with this. Is there any real different, from an SEs perspective, to a.b.com and www.a.b.com?

Quadrille

9:22 pm on Nov 27, 2006 (gmt 0)

It doesn't matter to SEs in the slightest - but convention says www.a.com, www.b.com but a.b.com - no www

Ultimately, the choice is yours, but whatever you choose, stick to it 100%, and 301 from www.a.com and www.b.com to whatever you choose.

And 301 from the one you didn't choose to the one you did choose.

jtara

3:09 am on Nov 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

If they are going to maintain the brand, why confuse things by using a subdomain? Keep the original site.

But if you have no choice, be kind to your user's fingers and drop the www.

www is an anachronism. I wish webmasters would stop, already! It serves NO purpose. Do a 301 redirect so that you don't lose users that insist on typing-in "www".

daveVk

6:51 am on Nov 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

Also consider ab.com if domain available

bill

8:09 am on Nov 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

www is an anachronism. I wish webmasters would stop, already! It serves NO purpose. Do a 301 redirect so that you don't lose users that insist on typing-in "www".

I've been saying that for years, but nobody seems to get it. ;) When will they learn?

thebigjc

7:24 pm on Nov 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the help. They do have ab.com already, but the marketing folks are insisting on a.b.com. I think we're going to drop the www part though. *fingers crossed*