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What's Wrong With The 'for' Word In Domain

by jideofor
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I have been seeing some good keyword that gets over 1000 search per month and mostly product name with the word 'for' and often found out that they are not registered. e.g mainkeywordforxyz.com

I have been wondering why people do not register such domains. Is it wrong if I do? And do I stand a better chance than does that do not?
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    "for" can and often will be misspelled: four, 4, fore, etc

    I avoid domains with words that are commonly misspelled...
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  • Profile picture of the author DogScout
    I try not to misspell 'offen'.
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  • Profile picture of the author brendanwenzel
    I say grab the domains. It'll be pretty obvious that you're using the word for instead of any other spelling. Plus, your mainly using it for SEO, so you won't have to worry about the misspelling. Go for it dude.
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  • Profile picture of the author Meharis
    Originally Posted by jideofor View Post

    I have been seeing some good keyword that gets over 1000 search per month and mostly product name with the word 'for' and often found out that they are not registered. e.g mainkeywordforxyz.com

    I have been wondering why people do not register such domains. Is it wrong if I do? And do I stand a better chance than does that do not?
    I don't know if it's too late or my brain is not responding...
    Why don't you give an example with an existing domain,
    so you don't have to disclose any domain in question ?
    Meharis
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  • Profile picture of the author richgrad
    if you are confident of marketing the domains just register them... Sometimes it's about trial and error... $10/domain for testing isn't very ex.... and I'm pretty you can make back a lot more if you are able to leverage on them effectively
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  • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
    Originally Posted by jideofor View Post

    I have been seeing some good keyword that gets over 1000 search per month and mostly product name with the word 'for' and often found out that they are not registered. e.g mainkeywordforxyz.com

    I have been wondering why people do not register such domains. Is it wrong if I do? And do I stand a better chance than does that do not?
    The words that I bolded from your original post may be the answer. Many product names include a trademark and you can easily lose your domain and/or be sued by the companies. So most smart marketers are staying away from any domain including specific product names.

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    • Profile picture of the author Black Hat Cat
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      Originally Posted by TMG Enterprises View Post

      The words that I bolded from your original post may be the answer. Many product names include a trademark and you can easily lose your domain and/or be sued by the companies. So most smart marketers are staying away from any domain including specific product names.

      Tina
      Except that those same product names without "for" in it have been taken, so that's probably not the reason.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
    Your example is a little vague, so I'm not completely sure about the kind of domains with 'for' you're referring to that haven't been picked up yet.

    While it's perfectly fine to have prepositions in your keyword domain like 'in', 'for' and 'of' I feel like the domain has to make sense. If it doesn't make sense and it just appears that some additional words have been stuffed in there because the domain you really wanted wasn't available, then I really don't think people are going to take it seriously. Perhaps those domains you're referring to don't really make a whole lot of sense, and this is why no one has bought them yet?

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  • Profile picture of the author jideofor
    Okay , here is what I am talking about: Let's take golf for example.

    Sometime last month, I was using the Google keyword tool and found out that people are looking for used golf club, certainly there was a keyword that had the 'for' word that has not been registered. that is what I am talking about
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    • Profile picture of the author tpw
      Originally Posted by jideofor View Post

      Okay , here is what I am talking about: Let's take golf for example.

      Sometime last month, I was using the Google keyword tool and found out that people are looking for used golf club, certainly there was a keyword that had the 'for' word that has not been registered. that is what I am talking about

      Such as:

      - AskingQuestionsForWarriorsWhoOverthinkTheDetails.com

      - PepsiColaForCaffeineAddictedZombies.com

      - PingGolfClubsForWomen.com

      - SmackBillForFun.com

      - BillsWifeSmacksHimForSanityReasonsToo.com
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      • Profile picture of the author jideofor
        Originally Posted by tpw View Post

        Such as:

        - AskingQuestionsForWarriorsWhoOverthinkTheDetails.com

        - PepsiColaForCaffeineAddictedZombies.com

        - PingGolfClubsForWomen.com

        - SmackBillForFun.com

        - BillsWifeSmacksHimForSanityReasonsToo.com
        YEAH! typical example is usedgolfclubforsale.net(.com taken )
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        • Profile picture of the author paulie888
          Originally Posted by jideofor View Post

          YEAH! typical example is usedgolfclubforsale.net(.com taken )
          Perhaps I overthink things especially when it comes to domains, but I'd venture to say that usedgolfclubsforsale.net is already taken (I just checked this, and I was right - there's a decent site built on that domain).

          People don't typically buy one golf club, they are looking for a set of clubs to buy.

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          • Profile picture of the author tpw
            Originally Posted by paulie888 View Post

            Perhaps I overthink things especially when it comes to domains, but I'd venture to say that usedgolfclubsforsale.net is already taken (I just checked this, and I was right - there's a decent site built on that domain).

            People don't typically buy one golf club, they are looking for a set of clubs to buy.

            Paul

            good point
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            • Profile picture of the author paulie888
              Originally Posted by tpw View Post

              good point
              Plural and singular domains may not seem like a big deal to some people, but I feel they can mean the difference between making perfect sense and sounding just a little strange and unnatural.
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  • Profile picture of the author caridead
    10 buck per domain, perhaps you can make a trial on it.
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