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does google see my blog links as external or internal my blog domain news. website .com ?

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Short answer to : links from a subdomain (for example news.website.com) to the main site are technically cross‑host links — not the same as links between pages on the exact same host. Google can and does associate signals across subdomains, so a blog on a subdomain can pass value to the main site, but it is not automatically treated identically to a page in a subfolder (for example website.com/news).

This explains the contradictory reports in the thread. saw benefit from a subdomain, while and prefer internal pages, and ’s problems suggest configuration or indexing issues rather than a hard rule that subdomains never help. Factors that change outcomes include indexing status, robots.txt or meta noindex, canonical tags, rel=nofollow attributes, backlink profiles, and how prominently the blog is linked from the main site.

Quick troubleshooting checklist:

  • Verify both the main site and the subdomain in Search Console (or add a Domain property) and use URL Inspection to confirm indexing.
  • Check robots.txt and meta robots on the subdomain for accidental blocks.
  • Ensure canonical tags point correctly (not accidentally to other hosts).
  • Confirm internal links are crawlable HTML anchors and not rel="nofollow" or JavaScript-only.
  • If consolidating, plan 301 redirects from old subdomain URLs to the preferred example.com paths, update sitemaps, and fetch as Google.
  • Watch backlink distribution: external links to the blog will help transfer authority more than internal-only links.

Recommendation: if SEO simplicity and centralized authority are priorities, host the blog in a subfolder (example.com/blog). If a subdomain is necessary (different CMS, brand separation), make sure it is properly indexed, well linked to the main site, and monitored in Search Console so signals can flow as expected.

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Member Avatar for jennypitts

More than concentrating on whether Google is looking at your links in a particular way, you should be focusing on implementing SEO techniques. Both on page (your blog) and off page. Google is very partial towards good quality content, and having a blog gives you that advantage.

Member Avatar for EasyToInsureME

More than concentrating on whether Google is looking at your links in a particular way, you should be focusing on implementing SEO techniques. Both on page (your blog) and off page. Google is very partial towards good quality content, and having a blog gives you that advantage.

we all know that. But this does not answer the question

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The internal websites links could have values in terms of SEO and on lots of websites blogs or forums are installed but as you may guess, they could be as strong as the incoming links coming from other domain names and websites.

Member Avatar for AirForceOne

Nice question. In my own experiences, links from sub domains like mentioned in your post would be have more values for ranking purpose than those pure inner on-page links. :)

Have a nice day,

Member Avatar for infinique

It would be better if it's internal pages. Have a blog internally is better than having a sub domain.

Member Avatar for AndreyW

Nice question. In my own experiences, links from sub domains like mentioned in your post would be have more values for ranking purpose than those pure inner on-page links. :)

Have a nice day,

It can be, but in my experience the things are absolutely upside down. I have 6 sub domains: ; ; ; tourism.business-webdirectory.org ; construction.business-webdirectory.org ; construction-equipment-materials.business-webdirectory.org. I make them standard website promotion and the effect is - on-page links got the influence of this promotion, but with the sub domains I have a problem. Can anybody tell me where I make mistake? Please share your mind, because it's obviously that my knowledge is not enough.

Sorry that displace the topic, but my question is similar and decided to write in this topic and share my mind that the sub domains are harder explored from the robots than on-page links.

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