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Importance Of Domain Name

by yao1994
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Can anyone tell me if it is better to put the full keyword phrase in the domain with added words or a fancy domain that sounds good but only has one of the keywords.

For eg

Code:
www.dogtrainingplace.com
or

Code:
www.dogteacher.com
My site will be selling a product which will also have a trial membership that they can extend. I might even give privileges for my members if I decide to put them on a free forum.

Thanks
#domain #importance
  • Profile picture of the author nair
    I think that a fancy name that sounds good would be better.

    Google is a fancy name, and now it's one of the most known websites in the world
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    • Profile picture of the author PeteMoore
      Hi,

      Branding is very important if you want the website to stay around for a while.

      thebestfreebooksontheplanet.com for example is not very memorable or brandable. I think shorter the better and something catchy and memorable if possible.

      Thanks
      Pete Moore
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  • Profile picture of the author sequincer
    you need to draw a fine line between facy and Keywords.
    Try to get to a name that gets you the benefits of Both Worlds.
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    • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
      It can help in some ways, such as with branding, but, based on some experiments I've run, you can have a domain with no keywords in the name rank very well in Google if you have good links with the right anchor text pointing toward it.

      For example, I have a domain that's a person's name, like johnbdoe.com, that's ranking well for a particular product. It's not a very competitive keyword and it only has maybe 100 uniques a day, but it's #1-#3 in Google for the product name and several related long terms. But, just sitting there untouched with 5 pages of content and related eBay ads it's made about $200 this month.
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