SEO Experts What Do You Think With Scam In the URL?

jpboxersox · 01-01-2012, 03:38 PM

Happy New Years Warriors!

I'm think about buying a domain and a xxxxxxxxxscam.net is available. I have many domains but never bought a domain like this. It has 2,100 searches exact per month and I would like to make a review site. How do you promote a sight that has scam in the url

Thanks

Sweely99 · 01-01-2012, 05:16 PM

Using the word scam in your domain is smart if you ask me. People want to read about scams really, really bad... hence making your CTR (in the SERP) rise. It's a good strategy.

You promote it just the way you would promote any other type of affiliate website. Except the title of the website has to be cocky

packerfan · 01-01-2012, 05:19 PM

Depends on how you're going to use the site.

Let's say you're making a review site about dragon naturally speaking...

so you buy dragonnaturallyspeakingscam.com

And all you do is put information that supports it being a great product...

I think you lose all credibility and there are literally 1000 other words you could put in place of scam. But to each their own.

MiFortuna · 01-01-2012, 05:37 PM

This is a not so new trick and people are starting to catch on to the -scam in the url just being a sales page. I would suggest using another word without the negativity attached to it.

C Rebecca · 01-02-2012, 04:23 AM

I think scam is a poison word... If you use this keyword in your URL, Google may filter this while processing queries. I would not advise you to go for URL with scam.

Bofu2U · 01-02-2012, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C Rebecca

I think scam is a poison word... If you use this keyword in your URL, Google may filter this while processing queries. I would not advise you to go for URL with scam.

No, it won't. Scam is a fine word to use, just make sure you watch yourself legally with certain trademarked terms and other laws against talking ill about companies (the level of proof required, etc).

bigcat1967 · 01-02-2012, 07:25 AM

Matt Cutts of Google says that keyword rich domain names don't count anymore. However, not sure about Bing / Yahoo.

mosthost · 01-02-2012, 07:29 AM

It seems that 'TrademarkViolationKeywordScam.com" is not that smart of a domain name for a few obvious reasons. You see it all the time, but that doesn't mean it's intelligent

retsced · 01-02-2012, 07:33 AM

Personally, i would never read a review with the product name in the url. If it's in the url then it is guaranteed to be a biased review. Obviously this depends on the product you are promoting. In the I.M niche, people are getting wide to all this nonsense by now.

jpboxersox · 01-02-2012, 01:13 PM

More I think about it I don't see many sights ranked with scam in the domain.

JSProjects · 01-02-2012, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigcat1967

Matt Cutts of Google says that keyword rich domain names don't count anymore. However, not sure about Bing / Yahoo.

Matt Cutts says a lot of things. Take what he says with a grain of salt.

ralchevd · 01-02-2012, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by retsced

Personally, i would never read a review with the product name in the url. If it's in the url then it is guaranteed to be a biased review. Obviously this depends on the product you are promoting. In the I.M niche, people are getting wide to all this nonsense by now.

Right.

Plus, you will be crossed out really quick if there is a trademark in the domain name. Especially in your case.

01-01-2012, 03:38 PM	#1
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MiFortuna Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 48 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Re: SEO Experts What Do You Think With Scam In the URL? This is a not so new trick and people are starting to catch on to the -scam in the url just being a sales page. I would suggest using another word without the negativity attached to it.

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C Rebecca Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 592 Thanks: 1 Thanked 29 Times in 26 Posts	Re: SEO Experts What Do You Think With Scam In the URL? I think scam is a poison word... If you use this keyword in your URL, Google may filter this while processing queries. I would not advise you to go for URL with scam.
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jpboxersox HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: RI Posts: 221 Thanks: 113 Thanked 27 Times in 27 Posts	Re: SEO Experts What Do You Think With Scam In the URL? More I think about it I don't see many sights ranked with scam in the domain.