Does google contribute ranking from cdn.example.com to example.com?
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Published on 2012-09-20T19:33:06Z
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Background
From my understanding, http://mywebsite.com/image.jpg, can help the ranking of http://mywebsite.com in a search engine, such as Google (obviously the search engine of primary concern).
So, SEO-wise, moving an image to http://whatever-cdn.com/my-account/image.jpg is bad.
A popular solution is to use a CNAME record, such as http://cdn.mywebsite.com, so that image.jpg can be accessed at http://cdn.mywebsite.com/image.jpg.
The question
Does http://cdn.mywebsite.com/image.jpg rank as effectively as http://mywebsite.com/image.jpg ?
Does it help boost the main http://mywebsite.com ?
Or, does it rank independently because it is a subdomain?
Is there another option (a way to use a CDN without sacrificing ranking)?
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