Addon domains - ok for seo?

[hens00]

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Recently I purchased a domain and put it on as an addon domain with my current hosting account - are there any disadvantages when it comes to SEO because the domain is located within a subfolder of my main directory.

[mejorantes]

There can be problems with duplicate content if you dont set it up right.

More info here: Rankwell » Blog Archive » Htaccess for addon domains

[hens00]

Thanks for that link. Very handy indeed.

[ash]

No issues aslong as you setup those redirects.

[accelerator]

I don't think the server file structure should affect your results as long as you have a unique domain name set up to serve the website files independently.

[moredial]

When you break it down, most domains are 'add-on' domains if they share an IP address. If you look up the reverse DNS entries you get the domain name by which the server is identified.