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Virtual Real Estate (VRE) - do Exact Match Domains still work?

by M Elrofai
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After looking into ever department of Internet Marketing I couldnt find anything more sustainable as a means of income than VRE. My idea is to use exaxt match domains and just 3-5 articles and let them rank with alot of SEO work.

I have been put of this many time in the past 2 months, by people making such statements as "exact match domains are spam to Google now", "you need to put alot more SEO work to rank EMD's nowadays", and "EMD's are so 2008".

I would like to hear from people who started building their VRE after 2010/2011. Have you had any success?. Are you websites ranking well(i.e. first page)?
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  • Profile picture of the author M Elrofai
    I am hoping to hear sme success stories.
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  • Profile picture of the author johan_malmo
    According to me, exact match domains still work.. but content is king, never forget that!
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    • Profile picture of the author M Elrofai
      Originally Posted by johan_malmo View Post

      According to me, exact match domains still work.. but content is king, never forget that!
      Thank you for your insight
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  • Profile picture of the author M Elrofai
    I am still waiting to hear from fellow warriors.
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  • Profile picture of the author pdrs
    EMD's still work fine - you may not get the boost you once got but there is never going to be a "penalty" for exact match domains - think of all the individual businesses and names that have "exact match domains".

    With that being said it's best to find "brandable" style - short, punchy and somethign that doesn't look quite so spammy as - HowToFindTheBestWhatever.com - I think searchers are getting more wise to those really long-tail EMD's that are obviously just designed to rank for that keyword

    But think of an EMD like GuitarLessons.com - not spammy sounding/looking and obviously a site for guitar lessons - easy for people to remember, AND good search volume - that's what you want to find!
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  • Profile picture of the author Todd Pedersen
    I agree with pdrs post
    EMD's still work fine - you may not get the boost you once got but there is never going to be a "penalty" for exact match domains - think of all the individual businesses and names that have "exact match domains".

    With that being said it's best to find "brandable" style - short, punchy and somethign that doesn't look quite so spammy as - HowToFindTheBestWhatever.com - I think searchers are getting more wise to those really long-tail EMD's that are obviously just designed to rank for that keyword

    But think of an EMD like GuitarLessons.com - not spammy sounding/looking and obviously a site for guitar lessons - easy for people to remember, AND good search volume - that's what you want to find!
    emd's in general can only help. The question is what are the keywords used in the domain name. My first websites were all emd's. I still have several of them. The ones that I have kept are the types of keyords that are more generic (ie are more of a category Bestwidgets.com ) and can be expanded out to a larger site easily.
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  • Profile picture of the author fenomeno
    EMD still work, and with the same content they would rank much better than some random brandable domain without keyword in its name
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  • Profile picture of the author MaryPabelate
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    Of course, EMD works but it should be less competitive, and content is always king in SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lakezilla
    EMD's still work, but it's just the beginning. I have some real estate websites and you need to add content consistently to keep on top of the rankings.

    Also it helps to have a database of listings so you can capture emails.
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  • Profile picture of the author M Elrofai
    Thank you for all you help. Much appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author grover69
    Despite the false "fear" that some try to peddle, EMDs are still working great.
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