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Website domain unrelated to topic please help

by super roach
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Hey,

Lets say I have a video game site geared towards war games etc. etc...

but my domain is call www the super life com... or any other random domain name...

how much of an impact does this have on Google and just visitors in general?
#domain #topic #unrelated #website
  • Profile picture of the author laracoates28
    Domain name should focus your topic, it will help your visitors to understand where they are sending.
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  • Profile picture of the author 32paul52
    It does make it easier for SEO but if you have a long term vision -make little difference (think Amazon and many others) - Also think effort it much easier to focus and build one site out than chop and change.....
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    • Profile picture of the author Housing5
      Why does it really matter? If it has nothing to do with the site, but you want to brand it, then great! If it has nothing to do with it and you don't want to brand it or don't like the name... why not just register a new domain for $.99-10?
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  • Profile picture of the author trevnkam
    For your user's sake, it'd make sense to have your domain name related or at least brandable. While I've made a lot of money over the years with exact-match domains, apparently the search engines are looking differently at them now and may not weigh them in as heavily. However, best advice is to think about your users--what works best for them. The money will follow.
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  • Profile picture of the author CrisisCore08
    It will hurt you in some point,if not now maybe in the future when you will actually make some money.You can keep it for now but if the domain has nothing at all with the contect it wont be better then blogger domain.
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    • Profile picture of the author super roach
      Okay thanks, I gotta rethink my plans.

      I keep thinkin sites like craigslist and amazon... have nothing to do with the subject matter but are successful.

      my domain isn't too off topic but its not clear at all... visitors can't determine what's the site about based off the domain alone...

      but I do plan to make it very obvious what the site is about once they enter.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Buy a new domain and cancel the non-related domain name.
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Actually with Google's recent (Sept 27th) focus of de-ranking low quality Exact Match Domains the domain name isn't as important as it once was.

    Building a useful site with high quality original content is your best bet, regardless of what domain name you choose. Use your domain name to represent your brand.

    Amazon.com and Google.com are two (albeit extreme) examples of domain names that have nothing to do with the underlying service they provide. Build a brand around superlife.com (or whatever you choose), that brand could include video games.

    And also, if you really want to include "video game" in your URL you could always create a subdomain, such as videogame.superlife.com.

    Best of luck with your site, whatever you name it!

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  • Profile picture of the author Sarevok
    Yep.

    Think about "Craigslist" "amazon" "yahoo" and "google".

    Lol, of course they are older than hell so not as relevent as today, but surely you can see that if your vision is longterm, the name of the site doesn't matter.

    Now if it's a tiny niche site or a site you want to drive traffic to, then it matters more.



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    • Profile picture of the author hiryuu
      Related domain names are good but with google's latest update I would avoid and exact match to the keyword domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author errolprowse
    it helps for seo, but like the earlier poster said, if you push the name, you can make it yours. It can take time and dedication, but if you have good content and a reason why your domain is at least somewhat relevant, then go for it
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  • Profile picture of the author stan22
    Originally Posted by super roach View Post

    Hey,

    Lets say I have a video game site geared towards war games etc. etc...

    but my domain is call www the super life com... or any other random domain name...

    how much of an impact does this have on Google and just visitors in general?
    Inspite of how some "experts" interpret Google's latest exact match domains' dillution, it is a very important factor.
    For both, SEO and brand recognition.
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