{"id":4302,"date":"2021-09-21T11:02:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T11:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adspyglass.com\/blog\/glossary-subdomain\/"},"modified":"2021-09-28T15:14:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:14:27","slug":"subdomain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adspyglass.com\/blog\/subdomain\/","title":{"rendered":"Subdomain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Subdomains are part of the top domain but are mostly considered to be third-level domains. It is a part of a website, but search engines treat it as a different site. They play different roles for an organization, especially in boosting SEO. 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