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If you would knew for sure that a particular domain would get lots of traffic.. always take it?

by letsgetstarted
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I found a keyword that gets lots of searches. I almost know for sure that If I create a domain name based on that keyword the site would be easily ranked at least at the first page of google.

Should I do it, even if I don't have a monetizing plan in mind?
Its a keyword with monthly 350.000 searches.
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  • Profile picture of the author Liam Swift
    Originally Posted by letsgetstarted View Post

    I found a keyword that gets lots of searches. I almost know for sure that If I create a domain name based on that keyword the site would be easily ranked at least at the first page of google.

    Should I do it, even if I don't have a monetizing plan in mind?
    Its a keyword with monthly 350.000 searches.
    For the $10 cost of registering a new domain, it's definitely worth a shot!
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by letsgetstarted View Post

    If you would knew for sure that a particular domain would get lots of traffic.. always take it?
    Hmmm ... it's a good question, isn't it?

    One's instincts are, of course, "Yes, take it quickly and try".

    But there are "non-buying niches", too.

    Sometimes there's a huge discrepancy between searches and competition because nobody's actually buying anything.

    It's often possible to assess this from the AdWords ads one can find, though. If plenty of people are regularly paying for those, then they're doing business. That can be an indicator?
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  • Profile picture of the author gtlovesellipsis
    don't get tricked into this. Search engines don't give any preference to the "domain name" as such... It's the website title tag and other things that are more important. domain names only help humans... not computers...

    If you know a keyword, try coming up with great material that people would love... website domain name doesn't matter.. material does.

    The only thing that you need to worry about the domain name is that it should be easy to remember and type... for example joeellison might be tricky because it has two e's... or for example you might have joe-ellison.com and people might start going to joeellison instead... so things like that matter... other than that... focus on great content...

    Hope this helps.
    GT
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    • Profile picture of the author letsgetstarted
      Originally Posted by gtlovesellipsis View Post

      don't get tricked into this. Search engines don't give any preference to the "domain name" as such... It's the website title tag and other things that are more important. domain names only help humans... not computers...

      If you know a keyword, try coming up with great material that people would love... website domain name doesn't matter.. material does.

      The only thing that you need to worry about the domain name is that it should be easy to remember and type... for example joeellison might be tricky because it has two e's... or for example you might have joe-ellison.com and people might start going to joeellison instead... so things like that matter... other than that... focus on great content...

      Hope this helps.
      GT
      I thought that a domain name based on the keyword can over rule your competition for other websites based on that keyword.
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      • Profile picture of the author BenSalez
        Exact Match Domains definitely aid in ranking.

        Think about it... if one were searching for "blue widgets" and all things being equal (or close) between PR and BL's which website would google rather serve; bluewidgets . com or widgetsinfo . net ?

        With that being said, it is certainly possible to rank a domain that does not encompass exact match.

        Ben
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  • Profile picture of the author letsgetstarted
    Lets say the keyword redjeans is getting 350.000 searches a month.
    And the redjeans.com is available. Should putting some content about red jeans on it with slightly related clickbank products work?


    I know this almost can't be predicted, but how likely is it?
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by letsgetstarted View Post

      I know this almost can't be predicted, but how likely is it?
      My guess is "reasonably likely if it's a "buying niche".

      What's the AdWords position for the main and related keywords? Are people regularly paying to advertise? (And if so, what are they selling?). These are the key questions, I think?

      Originally Posted by letsgetstarted View Post

      Should putting some content about red jeans on it with slightly related clickbank products work?
      As long as you build a list from it, and the products are closely enough related for the traffic to be related. I think nobody's selling ClickBank products (worth talking about) without building a list from well targeted traffic.

      But there may be other options here, apart from ClickBank?
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Jim Edwards likes to tell the story about how he and his father found what they thought was the perfect niche - lots of searches and very little competition. The niche was 'touch typing'.

        He and his father whipped up a nice touch typing course, put it on sale, and waited. The product was a bust. People were very interested in learning touch typing (aka 'keyboarding'), but they had no interest in buying a product in order to learn.

        If your intent is rankings and burning bandwidth, go for it. Otherwise, figure out where the money will come from first.

        Putting up content and then floggin only slightly related Clickbank products sounds like a recipe for disappointment to me.

        Of course, you could try creating the domain and flipping it to some sucker who only sees the number of searches... (that's a joke )
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