anti — Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:13:45 +0000

Just a few reasons why to split up a big site.
- load balancing is much easier/cheaper
- accounting is easier
- the system is more stable (eg. if one site goes "crazy" the rest need not be affected)
- security, if it's on a different host you need to recrack that one too
- inhouse responsibility can be split up

In short,
for very large sites it's easier to keep the thing up and running.
There are transparent balancing solutions, but these require a fast internal replication system ...

just my 2p

anti

Justin S — Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:10:22 +0000

Yeah, I agree, it's mostly a personal preference. They're also easier to remember. For instance, I always type 'movies.yahoo.com' into my browser when I'm searching for a movie to see. It might not be much easier then 'yahoo.com/movies,' but for me personally it's much easier.

123finder.com — Tue, 08 Aug 2000 22:40:28 +0000

I think because it's cooler, easier for their visitors to remember!

Brian Farkas — Thu, 03 Aug 2000 19:33:55 +0000

Really, I have a feeling it's personal preference. The most likely reason, of course, is simply for navigation purposes- it's much easier to navigate a smaller site than a larger one (usually), and they probably feel that splitting the site up into subdomains will be more effective at separating the sites than doing the same with subdirectories.