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S.E.O preffered domain help!

by alliedintsecurity
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Hi Everyone!
I need help choosing a domain name...
I have a domain name: alliedintsecurity.com. I am looking forward to update my website with new domain name which is more S.E.O friendly, and at the same time easy to remember when someone search for it. I want to start targeting local area first.
I have following options:
AlliedSecurityINC.com
247alliedsecurity.com
securityguardslosangeles.com
securitycompanieslosangeles.net
247securityguards.net

Please give your best advice. I will appreciate all the help.
#domain #preffered #seo
  • Profile picture of the author Tmill
    Hello, I would recommend going with a domain that has a keyword or 2 in it, but also something that people are going to remember. Keep in mind that domain name doesn't play as huge of a role in ranking your site anymore and it's more about your link profile and on page SEO.

    I would rule out the securityguardlosangeles domains right away as they are generic and won't be remembered as easy. Out of your listed choices, I would choose either 247alliedsecurity or alliedsecurityINC.

    Hope this helps. If you need other SEO advice, feel free to contact me.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Originally Posted by alliedintsecurity View Post

    I am looking forward to update my website with new domain name which is more S.E.O friendly,
    There is no such thing, unless you are getting a tld from russia, india, pakistan, turkey,...

    But you know what's friggin' funny?
    Is that you are asking what is SEO friendly, then
    talk about people remembering it to search for it.

    That's not even close to SEO. That's brand name
    recognition, not SEO. It's using google as a
    big yellow page phone book.


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  • Profile picture of the author Eric Cho
    This advice works now, but the next Google update can change everything.
    Right now EMDs work wonderfully well for SEO and it would probably be the quickest way to get rankings in a city, but its arguable in a larger city, because there is a lot more competition. When you use an EMD, it makes it very clear to Google what you are attempting to rank for, but you lose the benefit of a brand name and all the other links you could be getting from branded searches and links.
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  • Profile picture of the author skybridgedomains
    If your company is doing all of LA or implying that it does then having securityguardslosangeles.com would be great, its an exact match domain its called.
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  • Profile picture of the author alliedintsecurity
    Thank you Everyone for your input. I really appreciate it.
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  • Profile picture of the author fastreplies
    You have to use domain that would be the most coherent to nature of your business
    without worrying about SEO because if users will use keywords in your domain, it will
    come up in SERP anyhow but depending on competition how high.



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  • Profile picture of the author 3wCorner
    I qould choose securityguardslosangeles.com but it's too long. You can try securityguardla.com.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Your domain name has got squat to do with anything.

    What is one of the top travel sites online?
    Kayak.com

    Top real estate site? Zillow.com

    When I search for security guard los angeles I get

    craigslist
    ges.net
    yelp
    guardnow.com
    thumbtack
    yellowpages
    securitecguards.com
    unifiedprotectiveservices.com
    americanguardservices.com
    capanther.com

    Get on craigslist, yellowpages, etc.
    Do something that matters, not fret over domain.

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  • Profile picture of the author Moon Tinh
    please purchase the domain name easy to remember, if you can use the main keywords should seo is good, but do not make it into special.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnConorX
    I would suggest you to create a brand name instead of purchasing domain with a keyword. It's better to have a domain name that everyone remembers!
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  • Profile picture of the author MattXL
    Hi allied,

    Shoot for 10 characters or less just for ease of use. As other people mentioned, you can see that the keyword in your URL has no effect on SEO and actually had a negative correlation with a first page ranking in 2014.

    http://www.searchmetrics.com/wp-cont...ctors-2014.png

    That's not to say it hurts your ranking - it could just be a random correlation - but you're not going to get any benefit from it.

    I would also avoid anything with numbers and letters. That's sort of annoying to type and harder to remember.

    Best,
    Matt
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  • Profile picture of the author josoftech
    You should to purchase the keyword rich domain name which is easy to remember.
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