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Is it a good idea to register a domain with more than 3 phrases?

by Alex Lin
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The most difficult part of doing an online business is thinking of a name for our domain. I research the keywords, and check out with namecheap, but the problem is most 2 to 3 phrases have already been registered. I am afraid a long domain name would make it hard for visitor to remember. Do you think it is a good idea to register a long domain name with more than 4 phrases?
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  • Profile picture of the author grumpyjacksa
    it depends on a few things...

    1. how much traffic does that search phrase get?

    2. does it "cover" the rest of the content of your site? meaning - does the rest of your planned content fit in with that phrase?

    also...

    have-you-tried-hyphenated-versions ?

    lastly - a longer name can be easy to remember...

    if it is catchy or logical

    just my 0.02c
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    • Profile picture of the author Daniel44
      Long tail keywords are on the rise as I'm sure you have heard before. Of course it is always better to have less as it sticks in someones mind better, but if you can get it to sound catchy and target a very specific niche I see no reason why not.

      Daniel
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      • Profile picture of the author Alex Lin
        Originally Posted by Daniel44 View Post

        Long tail keywords are on the rise as I'm sure you have heard before. Of course it is always better to have less as it sticks in someones mind better, but if you can get it to sound catchy and target a very specific niche I see no reason why not.

        Daniel
        Thank for your comment. I will try to get some catchy phrases, most shorter names are already taken.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alex Lin
      Originally Posted by grumpyjacksa View Post

      it depends on a few things...

      1. how much traffic does that search phrase get?

      2. does it "cover" the rest of the content of your site? meaning - does the rest of your planned content fit in with that phrase?

      also...

      have-you-tried-hyphenated-versions ?

      lastly - a longer name can be easy to remember...

      if it is catchy or logical

      just my 0.02c
      No I haven't tried hyphenate. Some gurus suggest not to use hyphenate because it is doesn't index by google.
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  • Profile picture of the author Benjamin Ehinger
    I would avoid the hyphenated domain name if you can, but if you cannot it is not the end of the world. You should be fine with a long tail keyword domain and another thing you can try is adding something like "top" or "best" to the front of the keyword you are after....for example, if you want to register the domain golfswing.com and it is taken you could go for bestgolfswing.com, thebestgolfswing.com, topgolfswing.com thetopgolfswing.com or something of that nature.

    Benjamin Ehinger
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    • Profile picture of the author Alex Lin
      Originally Posted by Benjamin Ehinger View Post

      I would avoid the hyphenated domain name if you can, but if you cannot it is not the end of the world. You should be fine with a long tail keyword domain and another thing you can try is adding something like "top" or "best" to the front of the keyword you are after....for example, if you want to register the domain golfswing.com and it is taken you could go for bestgolfswing.com, thebestgolfswing.com, topgolfswing.com thetopgolfswing.com or something of that nature.

      Benjamin Ehinger
      Interesting point. Even those words are not part of the keywords? Will it get better ranking on google?
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  • Profile picture of the author Vincenzo Oliva
    Sometimes I use the subdomain trick where as instead of using a "addon" domain add a subdomain. So if I was promoting a producted called "perpetual traffic" and my domain was realperpetualtraffic.com I could make it /perpetualtraffic.realperpetualtraffic.com promoting a producted called "perpetual traffic"
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    • Profile picture of the author Alex Lin
      Originally Posted by Vincenzo Oliva View Post

      Sometimes I use the subdomain trick where as instead of using a "addon" domain add a subdomain. So if I was promoting a producted called "perpetual traffic" and my domain was realperpetualtraffic.com I could make it /perpetualtraffic.realperpetualtraffic.com promoting a producted called "perpetual traffic"
      This is what I did to my blog. The main page is the sale page while the sub is the blog. Does sub-domain get better index by google and is it a good idea for SEO?
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