Not stressing out over domain names

by paulgl
4 replies
So many thoughts on what makes a website successful. But when
planning, most people spend too much time on stuff that does not
matter. You have got to free your mind from what you think is
the status quo. There are many myths that doom you to failure.

So many people coming to this forum seem to think that domain
picking is worth spending sleepless nights trying to figure out.
It should not be that hard. Spending time picking a domain name
is just not what you should be stressing out on. You should be
concentrating on content and being visitor friendly on all levels.

I think too much emphasis is placed on domains and many people
end up not believing they failed. They think they followed some list
and boom, success should be there. It seems that having some
long tail keyword domain is the #1 thing to do. It's not.

I thought I would give my take on picking domain names. A lot of people
put way too much thought into this instead of real SEO. These are just
my opinions, but looking at the big boys of websites, they seem to follow
these rules.

Your domain should stick in people's minds.

Easy to spell, easy to say.

The shorter the better.

Avoid plurals. (see #2)

Avoid putting a string of keywords together in a domain. One is enough, if at all.

Think about all the big sites you can name. Then think why they picked those names.
Then think why you are spending time doing something different. Here's some of
the ones that come to my mind: facebook, google, zillow, monster, amazon, ebay,
twitter, zoosk, kayak, myspace, squidoo, wikipedia, yelp, youtube, sohu, live, etc.

In fact, you may wish to check out the top most visited websites and their
domains: Top 1000 sites -

Google is changing. If you want your site to have staying power, worry about what
google really cares about.

Paul
#domain #names #stressing
  • Profile picture of the author babypar
    Domain names count big time in certain situations. You can get to #1 with the correct domain name and little or no links for a low competition keyword.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Originally Posted by babypar View Post

      Domain names count big time in certain situations. You can get to #1 with the correct domain name and little or no links for a low competition keyword.
      Absolute nonsense. Parlor tricks are not SEO. In fact, this thread was to debunk such
      nonsense SEO. if it were only that easy. You forget about the other 200
      things that actually matter in the real world.

      In fact, show me your keyword domain with no backlinks, dumb content, etc.
      that ranks #1 for something real people actually search for. I'd love to see it.
      And when I say real people, I mean REAL people. Not some nonsense. This thread
      will be #1 for unique sentences. So?

      This thread was to get people FOCUSED on real world SEO. Real world SEO leads
      to success. For the voodoo. Forget the parlor tricks. Be real.

      Do you want to be a small player, with crumbs, or go authoritative like the big
      guys?

      Reminds me of some clown coming here and saying he got the domain
      dirtysmoke.com and now, YIPPEE! He ranks #1 for dirty smoke!
      Yeah. Like someone is going to search for dirty smoke. He was shooting
      for the stop smoking niche. Pity he only ranks for dirty smoke.

      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author manahei
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        Absolute nonsense. Parlor tricks are not SEO. In fact, this thread was to debunk such
        nonsense SEO. if it were only that easy. You forget about the other 200
        things that actually matter in the real world.

        In fact, show me your keyword domain with no backlinks, dumb content, etc.
        that ranks #1 for something real people actually search for. I'd love to see it.
        And when I say real people, I mean REAL people. Not some nonsense. This thread
        will be #1 for unique sentences. So?

        This thread was to get people FOCUSED on real world SEO. Real world SEO leads
        to success. For the voodoo. Forget the parlor tricks. Be real.

        Do you want to be a small player, with crumbs, or go authoritative like the big
        guys?

        Reminds me of some clown coming here and saying he got the domain
        dirtysmoke.com and now, YIPPEE! He ranks #1 for dirty smoke!
        Yeah. Like someone is going to search for dirty smoke. He was shooting
        for the stop smoking niche. Pity he only ranks for dirty smoke.

        Paul
        Why the attack on that poster? How much did you profit last month in IM?
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  • Profile picture of the author dooneybourke
    If my domain was complaints, what should I do?
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