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Question about SEO for an interesting domain situation

by rlhurst
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Here's the situation.....

I am targeting a "citydental". The .com is taken, but actually redirects to a dentist office elswhere. That dentist is across the country, states away from the one I'd like. The .net is in a different state as well, with a dentist that has the last name matching the city name I'm going after.

The .org is available for the city I'm targeting. Is it worth going after? I mean, am I competing against the .com and .net just as though they were in the same city I'm targeting? Or does it matter? Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
    .org is supposed to be reserved for not-for-profit organizations.

    If all others are taken, maybe go with .us instead of .org.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.org


    The org domain was one of the original top-level domains,[1] with com, edu, gov, mil and net, established in January 1985. It was originally intended for non-profit organizations or organizations of a non-commercial character that did not meet the requirements for other gTLDs
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
    Originally Posted by rlhurst View Post

    Here's the situation.....

    I am targeting a "citydental". The .com is taken, but actually redirects to a dentist office elswhere. That dentist is across the country, states away from the one I'd like. The .net is in a different state as well, with a dentist that has the last name matching the city name I'm going after.

    The .org is available for the city I'm targeting. Is it worth going after? I mean, am I competing against the .com and .net just as though they were in the same city I'm targeting? Or does it matter? Thanks
    you didn't state where the .com was ranking for the term. exact match is a bit over rated and can be overcome with good SEO - particularly strong links.
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    • Profile picture of the author rlhurst
      Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

      you didn't state where the .com was ranking for the term. exact match is a bit over rated and can be overcome with good SEO - particularly strong links.
      The "citydental.com" that I'm targeting gets redirected to a different .com name, in a different state (townnamesmiles.com) And the "town name" is different than the city name I'm targeting. Their site has a P2 rank. 0 Google backlinks, 36 Yahoo backlinks.

      I'm not intending to come across as real knowledgeable with SEO cause I'm not. So, I don't know if that info answers your question.
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  • Profile picture of the author Emarketing Excellence
    You can go for .org, but it depends what you offer on the domain. I would recommend using hyphenated domain city-dental with .com. However, I have seen .org can easily compete with .com or .net, but .US might be difficult to catch up.

    Lawrence
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  • Profile picture of the author TBInternetMarketing
    Yea in my opinion .org is just as good as .com and .net. Besides, the domain is only a part of the ranking factor. Sure, it is a big help, but if you nail the rest of your SEO, you could rank with any domain name. Go for it.
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  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    Personally I would work up a different domain name. I don't like hyphens, but that would be an alternative.

    As stated, the .org was supposed to be for non profits, even though a lot of people are now using them. I am uncomfortable using what was meant for a non profit if I am not.
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