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06-20-2011, 12:29 PM
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|  Are long domain names bad?
Hello WF members, I found a niche that I'm thinking about building a website on, but the domain name will be long. For example the domain will be like: howtomakepaperplanes.com Is it bad to have such a long domain name? Or is it good for SEO? Thanks in advance! |
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06-20-2011, 12:54 PM
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| Re: Are long domain names bad?
According to Google, domain names without spaces is worst...I can prove it.... so use how-to-make-paper-planes.com You can use hiphens or underscores but hiphens r best... Thnx TC and gimme a thanks plzzz....I don't have any thanks...lol |
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06-20-2011, 12:58 PM
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| SmokingHotCopy@gmail.com War Room Member  Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: In Somebody Else's Shoes
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| Re: Are long domain names bad?
Nothing wrong with long domain names at all. It simply depends on your online / business purpose. Here's an example of one very long domain name... Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch .co.uk PS Tried to edit this several times but it keeps on putting a space in between the o and the g. It's all one word in Welsh, the place name of a village in the country of Wales, UK. Btw if you separate out the village into it's higher and lower elevations, which does apply in this village, you get this... llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogochuchaf.org.uk uchaf Welsh - higher / upper. |
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06-20-2011, 01:00 PM
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| Re: Are long domain names bad?
It doesn't make much difference to your SEO. "Howtomakepaperplanes.com" is keyword optimised for "paper planes" but not quite as well keyword optimised as - for example - "paperplanemaker.com" (in exactly the same way that if you were writing a keyword optimised article, "How To Make Paper Planes" wouldn't be as good a title as "Paper Planes - How To Make Them": one ideally wants the major keyword at the start of the title, or domain-name). Call me a skepchick, but I strongly suspect that in spite of this being almost universally accepted and advised, the difference isn't actually all that overwhelming. (I can't prove that: it's opinion only). I do think it looks a lot better with hyphens in it (and they don't affect SEO at all, according to Google and Matt Cutts). Quote:
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06-20-2011, 01:04 PM
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| Tap out your job already War Room Member  Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Be sure to wear a flower in your hair
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| Re: Are long domain names bad?
You should be OK with a long domain name. If you rank well for a term, people will still click on the first search results. If your concern is ranking in the first place, you'll want your keyword as close to the front of the domain name as possible as Alexa said.
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06-20-2011, 01:05 PM
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member  | Re: Are long domain names bad?
An underscored domain? Get real. There is no such thing! Hyphens with 3 words or more looks unprofessional. As for SEO value, either will do. |
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06-20-2011, 01:08 PM
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06-20-2011, 01:12 PM
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| Re: Are long domain names bad?
They might hurt your direct traffic, but it shouldn't matter much for SEO.
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06-20-2011, 01:14 PM
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Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio of the red cave. How to say the name... Llanfairpwll - How to Say the Name Llanfairpwllgwyngyll | |
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06-20-2011, 03:01 PM
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| Re: Are long domain names bad?
EMD's still rank better but depending on the subject and how long will make people more like to skip over you. Something like howtobuildwhatever.com is good, not too long but it makes people quickly relate, iwouldliketoknowhowtobuildwhatever.com is going to look like crap even if it is an EMD. JMO
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06-20-2011, 03:04 PM
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| Re: Are long domain names bad?
There is nothing wrong with using a long domain name if it is the name of the product, process described on the website, or relevant to the keyword. However, a long domain name that has nothing to do with anything would be a bad and hard to remember.
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