# Site folder or subdomain? **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [May 28, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/site-folder-or-subdomain/8601 "2017-05-28T23:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vizinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/77aa72/32.png) [@vizinho](https://forum.mautic.org/u/vizinho)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/site-folder-or-subdomain/8601/1 "2017-05-28T23:42:56Z")
I’m about to install Mautic. My question is why I should prefer a subdomain to install? Isn’t it simpler to have the install on a normal folder? What are the advantages? Thank you all. ---
**Author:** ![vizinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/77aa72/32.png) [@vizinho](https://forum.mautic.org/u/vizinho)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/site-folder-or-subdomain/8601/2 "2017-05-28T23:42:56Z")
I’m about to install Mautic. My question is why I should prefer a subdomain to install? Isn’t it simpler to have the install on a normal folder? What are the advantages? Thank you all. ---
**Author:** ![bizcrony](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/bizcrony/32/409_2.png) [@bizcrony](https://forum.mautic.org/u/bizcrony)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/site-folder-or-subdomain/8601/3 "2017-05-29T05:21:22Z")
@vizinho depends on you… all are fine ---
**Author:** ![petertl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/petertl/32/511_2.png) [@petertl](https://forum.mautic.org/u/petertl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/site-folder-or-subdomain/8601/4 "2017-05-29T11:36:33Z")
There was a time when (e.g.) Google handled subdomains as different domains/websites. AFAIK, by now everything all subdomains are handled as the same website/domain. Therefore it does not make a difference if you use a subdomain or a subfolder ---
**Author:** ![ninjoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ninjoan/32/1005_2.png) [@ninjoan](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ninjoan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/site-folder-or-subdomain/8601/5 "2017-05-29T12:29:47Z")
i will go subdomain @vizinho is more visual friendly for your landing pages (if using Mautic Landing Pages) sample: [http://marketing.vizinho.com/my-landing-page-title](http://marketing.vizinho.com/my-landing-page-title) that [http://vizinho.com/marketing/my-landing-page-title](http://vizinho.com/marketing/my-landing-page-title) ---
**Author:** ![petertl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/petertl/32/511_2.png) [@petertl](https://forum.mautic.org/u/petertl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/site-folder-or-subdomain/8601/6 "2017-05-29T12:39:22Z")
Wouldn’t use the term “marketing” in urls. I receive several emailings which come from marketing@company.xy and I always have a bad feeling about them. In my opinion, marketing is effective if it is not recognized direcly. ---
**Author:** ![ninjoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ninjoan/32/1005_2.png) [@ninjoan](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ninjoan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/site-folder-or-subdomain/8601/7 "2017-05-29T12:52:38Z")
@PeterTL is just an example… is not an Instruction ---
**Author:** ![vizinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/77aa72/32.png) [@vizinho](https://forum.mautic.org/u/vizinho)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/site-folder-or-subdomain/8601/8 "2017-05-30T08:40:16Z")
Thank you all. Very helpful. I agree that using a subdomain is more “sexy” but the SSL certificate that I can buy will not cover subdomains. That way it’s easier to have mautic instaled on a site folder. And, yes, I will not name it “marketing”! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vizinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/77aa72/32.png) [@vizinho](https://forum.mautic.org/u/vizinho)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/site-folder-or-subdomain/8601/9 "2017-05-30T22:00:22Z")
Let’s encrypt is an alternative, thanks for the tip. Don’t like the constant renewal and I need to check if the hosting company supports the implementation. On the offtopic and about the use of the term Marketing, I never thought to much about it but when I used mautic hosted pro I decided to call the subdomain something that was not so direct or even informative. I prefer something around the term Contact. But well that’s the beauty of being human, we are all different and creative! All the best and thank you for being around and support.