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Poll: Which is the more powerful domain name?

by BabyGotBackLinks
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Hypothetical: Let's say you wanted to go for the keywords "basketball". Basketball.com is taken, so which would be the next best domain to buy based only on where it would get you in the search rankings?

Hey guys, to be more specific : I'm wondering which domain name is more powerful strictly based on googles algorithm of determining which one would be ranked higher. Another way to explain it:

If I bought basketball1.com and basketballs.net and put the same content on both (let's ignore the fact that google would detect it as duplicate content), which one do you think would be ranked higher?
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  • Profile picture of the author andynathan
    Are we doing your research for you on this?
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    • Profile picture of the author BabyGotBackLinks
      Originally Posted by andynathan View Post

      Are we doing your research for you on this?
      When I ask a question you hope that someone has already done research and can give you a quick answer, that's one of the purposes of forums and is a completely logical thing to do.

      Look at the forum boards here, it's filled with questions and people asking for assistance. Sometimes I'm the one asking questions, sometimes I'm the one answering questions; we help each other.

      I just did a quick search and found a question you asked,

      Originally Posted by andynathan View Post

      I have a client who recently got a warning from LinkedIn about connecting with people he did not know. Does LinkedIn have a policy on how they determine when to send out these messages. Most of my clients have never had a problem, but this has come up with this client a few times.

      The first time right after he uploaded his email list from yahoo, like LinkedIn encourages you to do in the first place.

      Is it a percentage of people that do not connect back with you, or a certain number of I do not know him or spam replies?

      How do they determine he is doing this? I am looking to find out what the safest course of action is for him.

      Thanks!

      Andy
      Someone could have easily said "are we doing your research for you on this?" but they decided to not post illogical statements, answered your question and you thanked them for their input.

      My point in responding to you like this is so you can come to the conclusion that the way you think about people asking others to "do research" for them is flawed and you should stop and make the board an even better place to read.
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  • Profile picture of the author Content Publisher
    I'd probably look for a suffix. So basketballtalk.com, basketballhome.com etc.

    I'd avoid hyphens and go for .com where possible.
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    • Profile picture of the author pharman
      Most web surfers will think about the .com before they would think about .org, .biz or .net.
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      • Profile picture of the author celente
        Originally Posted by pharman View Post

        Most web surfers will think about the .com before they would think about .org, .biz or .net.
        Hold up there cowboy.

        I have .com that rank way better than .org or .net

        But I have a health and fitness site that is dot .org that is PR1 and has been there for many years. We get lots of traffic and sales from this, as we have tested and tracked everything.

        It is not the address people worry about it is the quality info you are providing.

        Simple as that.
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  • Profile picture of the author BabyGotBackLinks
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  • Profile picture of the author lilc800
    Depends... Yeah your not going to get basketball unless they are willing to sale..

    your domain needs to be about your site so if its a site about news in basketball then make it something like

    "Basketball Today, Basketball today.. etc.."

    Or make it going towards a certain thing like "Howtoplaybasketball, Basketballshoes, etc"
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Not enough info. We'd have to know the niche within the basketball market. It could be equipment, shoes, memorabilia , or any number of other sub-markets.
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    • Profile picture of the author BabyGotBackLinks
      Originally Posted by travlinguy View Post

      Not enough info. We'd have to know the niche within the basketball market. It could be equipment, shoes, memorabilia , or any number of other sub-markets.
      The niche isn't relevant to the question in any way.
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  • Profile picture of the author BabyGotBackLinks
    Hey guys, to be more specific : I'm wondering which domain name is more powerful strictly based on googles algorithm of determining which one would be ranked higher. Another way to explain it:

    If I bought basketball1.com and basketballs.net and put the same content on both (let's ignore the fact that google would detect it as duplicate content), which one do you think would be ranked higher?
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