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SEO / SEF Keyword Domains -- What's Better?

by nhoudek
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Ok, so I am wondering what is the best way to target a keyword in your domain?

What do you think is better, or are these the same in Google's eyes?

keyword.com
keyword.com/keyword
mysite.com/keyword
keyword.mysite.com
keyword.mysite.com/keyword

I have also read that Google is lowering its weight on keywords in domains. What do you think?
#domains #keyword #sef #seo
  • Profile picture of the author tomerep
    mysite.com/keyword this one would do better. keyword.com/keyword looks redundant.
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    • Profile picture of the author kaytav
      Originally Posted by tomerep View Post

      mysite.com/keyword this one would do better. keyword.com/keyword looks redundant.
      Even I think that this is a good option. It looks genuine and Google won't find anything suspicious about it.
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  • Profile picture of the author blackli0n
    You're giving examples of different kinds of pages. It's an apples-to-oranges comparison.

    keyword.com - for home page

    keyword.com/keyword - for article page
    mysite.com/keyword - for article page

    keyword.mysite.com - for sub-domain
    keyword.mysite.com/keyword - for a page on your sub-domain


    The only ones we can compare are #2 and #3. And the answer is it doesn't matter much if at all.
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    • Profile picture of the author nhoudek
      So when comparing

      keyword.com and
      mysite.com/keyword/

      If both of these sites had the exact same on site and off site SEO neither one of them would have the upper hand? I am just wondering then, why do many marketers purchase thousands of sites instead of just one with thousands of pages?
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      • Profile picture of the author john8954
        Originally Posted by nhoudek View Post

        So when comparing

        keyword.com and
        mysite.com/keyword/

        If both of these sites had the exact same on site and off site SEO neither one of them would have the upper hand? I am just wondering then, why do many marketers purchase thousands of sites instead of just one with thousands of pages?
        Your query is not more clear what you want to know ?

        Marketers purchase 100s of domains to get visitors and to reach easily to users and they are easy to manage tooo.

        keywords.com --- domains
        keywords.com/keywords sub domain ?

        making sub domains of single domains is easy to manage but not Good in point of SEO if you target multiple country by single domain.

        But i would like to ask why keywords in domains? Try to make domains for user only not for search engine because both is for users.
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  • Profile picture of the author YasirYar
    Originally Posted by nhoudek View Post

    Ok, so I am wondering what is the best way to target a keyword in your domain?

    What do you think is better, or are these the same in Google's eyes?

    keyword.com
    keyword.com/keyword
    mysite.com/keyword
    keyword.mysite.com
    keyword.mysite.com/keyword

    I have also read that Google is lowering its weight on keywords in domains. What do you think?
    You can do keyword.com or mysite.com/keyword. Using keyword.mysite.com
    keyword.mysite.com/keyword and keyword.com/keyword would make your website keyword-stuffed.
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  • Profile picture of the author Maecenas23
    blacklion had a point
    Though, we have 2 situations: keyword.com or websitename.com where websitename is not the keyword.

    In first case, keyword.com/keyword is redundant not only because you can expect a kick because of over-optimization but also because it's not a user friendly URL.

    In second case, I would go for websitename.com/keyword.

    First case you own an EMD ( and you should be careful not to push it too hard and get banned)
    Second case you have a normal website which needs pages pointing well-researched keywords in order to target many types of possible visitors.
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  • Profile picture of the author squadron
    mysite.com/keyword is what I would recommend. Brand/keywords

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