Which is better for SEO: subdomains or Rewritten Urls?

[JeffB]

I'm keen to know which is generally better for search engine optimization..

This:

http://flowers.mydomain.com/

or:

http://www.mydomain.com/flowers

How are subdomain handled by search engines in general anyway?

[joshw]

Subdomains are best.Especially if you have a domain that is linked to subdomains eg cars is the domain and then cars accessories,cars news, cars auctions etc the subdomains.Alos best to use anchor text and links to and from all pages

[Shawn]

I think both are same and now it doesnt matter to advanced search engines as they use different algorithm for search.
You may get some more knowledge here :
http://www.naturalsearchblog.com/arc...ories-for-seo/

[Severus]

Put it this way, what are 2 websites that are ALL OVER the top of the search engines? http://www.craigslist.net and http://www.ebay.com Both use subdomains.

[San Jose SEO]

Google has said that they treat subdomains as files but I have not seen evidence of this.

[yoonoo]

Originally Posted by Severus

Put it this way, what are 2 websites that are ALL OVER the top of the search engines? craigslist classifieds: jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, events, forums and eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices Both use subdomains.

I think there is no difference. I just happens that the above example sites are dominant sites and you don't need to invite people to visit their site. Google itself know that they are the dominant one.

[angelinalove]

Both is usefull but I give first preference to sub domain.