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Using "and" and "the" in the domain name

by dockrue
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I can't find the thread here but there was some discussion I think about how "and" and "the" in the domain name are ignored by google as far as SEO goes. Is this correct?

Thanks,
Brad
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  • Profile picture of the author Gee S
    I believe these are stop words, and the SE's don't take notice of them. I may be mistaken on that one.
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    • Profile picture of the author vicone
      There is a huge list of "stop words", such as those you mentioned and including "for", "but", "a ", "all", etc, which are ignored by Google when it looks at your domain name.

      You can probably find such a list by googling "stop words".

      Ivan
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      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        If you really think words in domains matter so much, then
        what, praytell, is a zillow? As in zillow.com.

        What is the amazon? Is it books? Then why is amazon.com
        all about books (and a whole lot more) and not the river?

        Words in urls have nothing, nada, zip,to do with how
        search engines will value your site.

        Websites get indexed. Not urls.

        Do you know what trulia.com is about? Probably not.
        But it is a golden website with very high ranking for specific
        search words and phrases. The people that run trulia decided
        NOT to go for keywords. Or maybe all the keyword rich domains
        were taken by people who thought the domain would matter.

        Paul



        SEO your website. The domain is secondary. Or even tertiary.
        Or maybe does not even matter.
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        If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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