sub-domain not accepted?

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No idea, where to post such topic. If I am wrong please apologize me.

Sometimes I find people do not accept sub-domain. What’s the reason behind that? Can anybody explain why don’t they accept sub-domain? Any help would be appreciated.

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Jackie

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Well, to be honest am not sure what you mean. Are you trying to make a subdomain and your hosting company won't allow it?

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Sorry for the trouble Jeeves. Actually I have seen in some web directories, they don’t accept sub-domain. Do you know why? Hope I am clear now.

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Frankly speaking I hear about this for the first time. Could you tell in details which directories don't accept sub-domains?

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Thats what i am trying to find out knorr.

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Knorr, here are the directories which do not accept sub-domain:
"www.webworldindex.com/submit.htm"
"www.bitextra.com/directory/submit.php"

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Admin please remove the links after knorr replies here.

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I think in this case it's their whim. SEs don't care if it's a domain or a sub-domain. It's the same for them if their position is right. That's why usually submits don't distinguish domains and sub-domains.

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Ahh, it's because some directories etc. don't like free hosts, and if you've got a subdomain, it's very likely you've used a free host.

They avoid free hosts because they're connected to a lot of spam on the internet.

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Agreed with heebie here, I expect they will only take you seriously if you have your own domain. It's a bit arbitrary, but I can imagine free hosting companies are very volatile and contain a lot of spam.

If you haven't bought the domain they probably think you're not serious about the site, no serious web designer uses free hosting for anything (even a blog). Smiling

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