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exact keyword.name

by Vulk
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I can purchase a domain that has roughly 1.32M [exact] searches monthly and 11k daily but the downside is that it's a .name I don't want to pass up the opportunity cause its the ONLY one available at the moment the exact keyword phrase.
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  • Profile picture of the author Derek Scott
    Have you seen many .name sites indexed on the first page of google? Also, be careful if it is a trademark name.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vulk
    It's not a trademark..and no I've NEVER EVER seen a .name on page one..unfortunately
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  • Profile picture of the author John Williamson
    Only go with .net, .org, or .com. Just tack on a 'stop word' such as the,my,etc. and grab the .com.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rich77sm
    just to second it, i havent either.

    or a .CO yet for that matter
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    • Profile picture of the author redfoxseo
      Originally Posted by Rich77sm View Post

      just to second it, i havent either.

      or a .CO yet for that matter

      However with a .co name it is great for mispelling traffic such as

      competitor.com is easily mistakenly typed competitor.co and you can grab the traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vulk
    Hrm, alright then..thanks for the feedback..


    EDIT: #1 Isn't even a .com/net/org/us/

    ?
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  • Profile picture of the author DNChamp
    Better yet if the .com or .net domain is parked BUY IT! Dont cut corners if this is for your business.
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    • Profile picture of the author Vulk
      Originally Posted by DNChamp View Post

      Better yet if the .com or .net domain is parked BUY IT! Dont cut corners if this is for your business.
      What are you talking about???

      How am I trying to cut corners? the only exact phrase keyword domain available is .name

      EDIT: I'm buying it..oh well.
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      • Profile picture of the author DNChamp
        Originally Posted by Vulk View Post

        What are you talking about???

        How am I trying to cut corners? the only exact phrase keyword domain available is .name

        EDIT: I'm buying it..oh well.
        Im not saying your trying to cut corners my point was just try and BUY the .com or .net from the person that has it if its not beign used. If the domain your looking at is to start a new business then go all out thats all......and good luck with the .name
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        • Profile picture of the author Vulk
          Originally Posted by DNChamp View Post

          Im not saying your trying to cut corners my point was just try and BUY the .com or .net from the person that has it if its not beign used. If the domain your looking at is to start a new business then go all out thats all......and good luck with the .name
          I rather not pay 100k+

          Originally Posted by IndigoJack View Post

          .co domains have only been around for a few months so it is unsurprising that they are not being noticed yet on Google.

          In the long run the domain tag won't matter - it's the force you put behind promoting the content that counts.
          I beg to differ and I may be wrong but according to a lot of people and proof I've seen exact keyword domains rank on page one with 0 DA/ No PR
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  • Profile picture of the author IndigoJack
    .co domains have only been around for a few months so it is unsurprising that they are not being noticed yet on Google.

    In the long run the domain tag won't matter - it's the force you put behind promoting the content that counts.
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    • Profile picture of the author TristanH
      Originally Posted by IndigoJack View Post

      .co domains have only been around for a few months so it is unsurprising that they are not being noticed yet on Google.

      In the long run the domain tag won't matter - it's the force you put behind promoting the content that counts.
      I agree that in the long run that's true (we'd all still search through Google if it was at Google.name), but I've done a fair bit of domaining myself and have found that in the short term, it can be harder to build up a .name (or anything other than com, net, or org, really) because it has somewhat of a negative, almost spammy connotation (connotation isn't quite the right word I'm looking for, but you get the idea).

      I'd advise against getting the .name, and instead adding a short word to the end of your keyword phrase, something like "hq," "now," or "world."
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      • Profile picture of the author Vulk
        Originally Posted by TristanH View Post

        I agree that in the long run that's true (we'd all still search through Google if it was at Google.name), but I've done a fair bit of domaining myself and have found that in the short term, it can be harder to build up a .name (or anything other than com, net, or org, really) because it has somewhat of a negative, almost spammy connotation (connotation isn't quite the right word I'm looking for, but you get the idea).

        I'd advise against getting the .name, and instead adding a short word to the end of your keyword phrase, something like "hq," "now," or "world."
        Thanks a lot.
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  • Profile picture of the author IndigoJack
    Exact word match domains including .com's will rank below a non-exact match if their is less promotion behind it, that's a fact.

    If all other versions of your chosen domain are gone, that is stiff competition.
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    • Profile picture of the author DNChamp
      Originally Posted by IndigoJack View Post

      Exact word match domains including .com's will rank below a non-exact match if their is less promotion behind it, that's a fact.

      If all other versions of your chosen domain are gone, that is stiff competition.
      That is true BUT with an exact domain you have an extra advantage to getting type in traffic (more so for a .com) as more will just type your product or niche and add the .com to it IE; they will type cars.com rather then mycars.com (or cars.name for that matter)
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