domain name with keywords in it

[petelta]

I've been seeing this topic brought up quite a bit lately. I have been splitting my keywords into small groups so that I have multiple sites with the keywords in teh domain. Now Im wondering if its bad to add to the keyword in the domain jsut so I can get the keywords in there.

I have a main site that isn't really to pull in traffic alone but more the hub of all my business in the fitness market. Its called Go Healthy Fitness and I brand with my logo and GHF on everything I have. Would it hurt to add ghf to the end of the keyword as a domain name? or would it still work ok.

For example, the domain exercisetherightway.com is taken, but could I get the same effect from exercisetherightwayGHF.com?

All my sites are linked back to the GHF homepage so its not like I'm just making up random letters. Just wondering if this would be ok or if I should search for unused keywords to be the domains.

[Charles Washington]

The more exact the keyword is, the better it will work out in the long run.

When I build a large site, I will not even use keywords. I will brand the site to make it more appealing. But, I will buy up a whole bunch of exact keyword domains within the niche on a different hosting account, and point them to the shopping cart on my main site. It's kinda like I am my own affiliate, but I get a lot of organic traffic.

[Avdo]

Originally Posted by Charles Montgomery

The more exact the keyword is, the better it will work out in the long run.

When I build a large site, I will not even use keywords. I will brand the site to make it more appealing. But, I will buy up a whole bunch of exact keyword domains within the niche on a different hosting account, and point them to the shopping cart on my main site. It's kinda like I am my own affiliate, but I get a lot of organic traffic.

Totaly agree with this.. and the more exact domain is, the better it's ranked, but offcourse it's not the only thing that is matter..You got to have good on page optimization done, and the content then will not have much effect , with proper on page SEO, exact domain name will boost your rankings instantly

[Roger Santos]

For SEO, I don't think adding the "GHF" at the end is going to have a negative effect.

I like to use the word "popular" in front of my keyword domain names and I still get good results.

As long as the keywords are in the domain, you should be ok.

[petelta]

ok Im going to try one of my sites with GHF added. The keywords all have low competition and I do good page optimization with content all link wheeling around. I haven't had much problem getting on first page with my backlinking process but I like having any edge possible with this kind of stuff.

I will give it a try in one of my mini sites and compare to how it does with other domains with similar search and competition levels

[VMN]

I think the most important thing is to have your key phrase at the beginning of your domain name, as you are.

With larger sites, you hopefully can move up the hierarchy and purchase a more general domain name.

I lucked out..recently I purchased a .org, and did not realize the domain 6 years old! What a pleasant surprise to run an SEO check within Market Samurai and see an oversight was in my favor!
Have a great day!
Victoria

[petelta]

This is going to be interesting...if the domain with GHF added at the end works just as good as the keyword exact domain then that will be great for me. I am trying to brand the GHF name.

All my keywords I go after don't have more than 50k comp with at least 30 searches/day and the first page is beatable comp. So I think I can rank top page even without the domain name. I will keep close track on all my fugures and post my results in a month or two. Im really splitting my articles up into small mini sites so that I can post 20-30 articles a day(1-2 on each site) instead of 1-2 on one mega site. Anything to get the ball rolling at least a little faster. lol

[Steve Powers]

Well,it's wise for you to use this keyword in your domain.The domain is the doorplate of your website,while the keyword can make your domain easier to remember.What's more,the keyword can be the brand of your product.So it can be help to the promotion in a sense.

[petelta]

Ok so which would you consider to be the best keyword domain name to choose for a particular niche site. All of these examples have a max of PR3 for all websites on front page:

1) a .net that gets 40.5k searches and has 70k competition

2) the only .com I've found that would make sense to be the main domain of site with 10k searches and 16k competition

Does .net hurt? Also would dashes between words hurt?

Btw, so you know what Im doing with these sites....All of these small niche sites are directing towards 1 of 3 autoresponders I have depending on the niche Im focusing. so all i want these to do is get them on my lists.

[Matt Maiden]

You should always try to have the keyword or keyword phrase you are competing for in the url.

The url, meta keywords, meta description, title, Heading 1, related keyword in Heading 2, picture "alt" tags, in your privacy statement, about page, contact page, support email, 2% - 3% of your content on page, in the copyright notice at the bottom of the page, and your sitemap.

You can bet your competition has.

Matt

[petelta]

thank you for your replies but I understand how to optimize my pages...I am just asking about the domain names. I haven't dabbled in that part of SEO

[petelta]

I've found two choices that are best...im wondering which would be better:

1) a .net that gets 40.5k searches and has 70k competition

or

2) the only .com in the niche available and has 10k searches and 16k competition

[petelta]

lol not sure why I didn't think of this before but I bought both and have them directing to the same mini site.

I will test both out and see which pulls in more and let you guys know