Does Site Domain Name mean a lot for SEO?

It would go up. There is a high chance that you will land on the first page for "i want money today". The keyword is in the domain, and this is used by search engines in their algorithm. The problem is that most people do keyword research wrong. They look under "broad match" when they are actually looking for "exact match". They think the volume of traffic is higher. Most keyword domain names are starting to disappear because everyone is trying to make money online with this method.

If you're trying to get the #1 spot for a keyword in google using this method, I wouldn't recommend it. A lot of people are using the "Google Sniper" method to make money. You're better off finding a domain that you can brand and promote. Forget about Google rankings because there aren't any tools that are 100% accurate for search volume. If you pick the wrong one, you might get screwed, and it's happened to me. I'm at #1 for a couple keywords with the domain name method, and they don't get any traffic in Google.

There has been a lot of hype from the gurus about this method, and I don't understand why. The profit potential is not there, and when you base your whole business on search engine rankings, you are setting yourself up to fail.

If you were planning on doing this, then I hope you take other considerations. There are easier ways to make money online than making 500 sniper domains and hoping that they get traffic. Not only will it cost a lot up front, but the risks are far greater than the rewards.

If you do give it a try, you can try bibliographyformat.net. Someone will make it if it's not you, but I'm not going to bother with it.

I was going to use this one a few weeks ago, but I decided I'm done with the method. The search traffic for [bibliography format] is 60,500 for global and 40,000 for local.

I haven't found another keyword higher than that still available for the sniper method.

Not quite. This is especially true for niche markets. On broader topics I think google looks for branding much more and pushes those type of sites above. This is because you will need backlinks. Niche sites with exact domain match will not come up just with title while as big authority sites will.

Which brings my to point no2. Whatever the case might be, the power of good backlinks enforces or negates use of keyword. Example: you can outrank either an exact domain match or a page of a big site if you have powerful links. As in amongst all factors, link building will take the lion's share of the ranking formula.

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I have tried the keyword domain name strategy before. It works pretty well for non-competitive keywords, but I agree that backlinking and article marketing is really the only way to get consistent traffic, especially for more competitive keywords.

In my experience, keywords as a domain name definitely helps, but it is not necessary.

In my experience there are some www dot mylongasskeyword dot com sites that rate very high with no backlinks and no PR but its quite easy to beat them. They do have an advantage in the begining doh.

You can also rank for the keyword if your domain doesn't have the keyword you want to rank but it certainly holds an edge..

I guess it depends on the niche, but I've seen tons of people abuse exact match domain names to rank quickly on page one for a number of search terms. It looks spammy though, so I'm not sure about the profit potential in the end. It also depends on how competitive the keyword search phrase is.

The famous example of a competitive keyword phrase is "make money online" right now, the top spot has two of the keywords in their domain name. The other two in the top ten use an exact match.

I agree with others that say it can help but not as much as it seems. I mean look at any really popular keyword search and you'll see sites without a perfect or even good url match appear in the top slots. Other SEO factors must surely then be more significant.

So, is the strategy, www*mydomain*com/iwantmoneytoday/ nearly as good, as long as you focus on backlinks and proper anchor text (internal & external)? Ezinearticles comes to mind (an authority site)

Having a keyword in your domain name does A LOT for your SEO. However, it will not do EVERYTHING for your SEO. Consider this an important factor, out of 20 other important factors.

In my experience, using your keywords in your domain name helps significantly on Google rankings (even when doing no other SEO) while it does not help as much on Yahoo or Bing.

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The keyword rich domain will help you in the initial stage to have a large boost in serp, but if you don have kw rich domain it takes sometime to reach 1st page

If your site domain has keyword rich name. Then this will gives additional benefit in site ranking for target keywords. Also make every innerpage url keyword rich.

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I like the idea of building a somewhat "authority" site, and using different themes. Then build posts or pages around your different keywords.

With the sniper method you are going to have to host your 100's of sites over different IP's so you'll have to use different hosts or 1 really good one that gives you options.

I don't personally think Google gives these sites all that weight without backlinking. Either way, you will have to put in the work or it won't last that long. Just my opinion...

This is only for your domain...as SEO point of view..but if you search "make money online" your site will not show in SERP.

The keyword in the domain name helps A LOT in SEO.

If you can, always try to get the domain nane that is the exact keyword you're going for.

Always stick with .com or .org

It really depends on the type of site you are looking to build. If it just a small site for purely capturing traffic from the one phrase then try and get the exact match. If you are looking at turning your site into its own small business then look at branding carefully.

You have to look past the initial boost the exact match will give you and think medium to long term. The domain name can get you type in traffic and also become known for being an authority on a subject. I would think that other sites are more likely to link to a branded site than a random 5 (really 1) page MFA site. This will be worth more to your off-site SEO than an exact domain name match (which will only ever work on one keyword).

As some others have said here, having an EMD (exact match domain) for your target keyword or KWP (keyword phrase) is the absolute best leverage you can give your site right out of the gate.

It, without a doubt, definitely increases your chances of ranking higher for the KWP than if you had a generic domain name without the keywords.

For example, if I were to consider building a niche site around the phrase "I want money today", I would first check the page 1 competition in Google. To do that, just type the phrase in without quotes and you can see that the competition is definitely beatable (top 4 sites only have 81 backlinks altogether).

The fact that there are currently no EMD's on page 1 should also give your site a leg up in ranking for this term.

Although the .com is taken, I'd not hesitate to snatch the .net or .org or both if the KWP was a buying phrase with at least 1500 exact searches per month and given that it met my other criteria for making money with adsense niche sites.