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Why the domain name matters

by txconx
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For a couple of years, I've owned an EMD dot com for a type of patio furniture. A week or two ago, I dragged it out of parking, put up a Wordpress site and put up two pages of text with pictures and affiliate links to Amazon products.

That's it. No backlinking, no article writing - absolutely nothing but on-page SEO and all-in-one Wordpress SEO.

Got busy with other things and didn't get back to it until today.

The site is now #1 on Google for the exact phrase and #2 (behind Nextag) for the broad phrase and making sales on Amazon.

I plan on doing more with it, but in case anyone was wondering whether or not an EMD makes a difference - yes, it does.
#domain #matters
  • Profile picture of the author R0CKY
    Yeh I can confirm a similar situation, I was outranking amazon, wiki and all sorts just with an EMD and no backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author InitialEffort
    Yup, pretty common experiences.
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  • Profile picture of the author strategic seo services
    Originally Posted by txconx View Post

    For a couple of years, I've owned an EMD dot com for a type of patio furniture. A week or two ago, I dragged it out of parking, put up a Wordpress site and put up two pages of text with pictures and affiliate links to Amazon products.

    That's it. No backlinking, no article writing - absolutely nothing but on-page SEO and all-in-one Wordpress SEO.

    Got busy with other things and didn't get back to it until today.

    The site is now #1 on Google for the exact phrase and #2 (behind Nextag) for the broad phrase and making sales on Amazon.

    I plan on doing more with it, but in case anyone was wondering whether or not an EMD makes a difference - yes, it does.
    How competitive is the keyword?
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      For a very uncompetitive keyword, yes an exact match domain name can get you a page one ranking. Try that for anything with a significant search volume though. It won't work on its own.
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    • Profile picture of the author txconx
      Originally Posted by strategic seo services View Post

      How competitive is the keyword?
      Decent volume, low competition. I don't care as long as it's converting. It's doing better than it was parked.
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  • Profile picture of the author LemonSqueezy
    congrats, ride the money train all the way home
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  • Profile picture of the author drvosjeca
    this is just thing of low competition...
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  • Profile picture of the author ashleysmith12
    Hi there,

    Domain name is matter because it is a life of the website.

    Thanks!
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    • Profile picture of the author Foster8641
      A Domain name matters a lot in any website, it helps in various way to identify your website and brand your image in front of the customer and indicates your involvement in internet.
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  • Profile picture of the author Seofarmer
    Great thread.
    Does it matter if the domain has a 'hyphen'?

    ex: keyword1-keyword2.com

    Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author txconx
      Originally Posted by Seofarmer View Post

      Great thread.
      Does it matter if the domain has a 'hyphen'?

      ex: keyword1-keyword2.com

      Thanks
      I don't know. I have very few hyphenated names.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dresden14
      Originally Posted by Seofarmer View Post

      Great thread.
      Does it matter if the domain has a 'hyphen'?

      ex: keyword1-keyword2.com

      Thanks

      I have a few EMD's; one of which is www.keyword-one.org (and a .org. It ranks # 2 for 33,000 key.

      I also have EMDs.com and in all, if people tell you EMDs are not the thing - they're liars.
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  • Profile picture of the author nzdealer
    by the way for all those looking for a good and free emd tool.

    Try out

    Exact Domain Match Tool - Find Available Exact Match Domains

    it uses google keyword tool and tells you the domain availability and the search volume for up to 200 related keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author derekad
    have you experienced the same in case when you had EMD but with google stop words?
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    • Profile picture of the author txconx
      Originally Posted by derekad View Post

      have you experienced the same in case when you had EMD but with google stop words?
      Sorry, I can't answer that one, either. I only have one domain name with a stop word in it (the) and I bought it because it was an aged domain with a lot of backlinks.

      A little about me - I started buying domain names 10 years ago. I researched keywords and bought a lot of 2- and 3-word EMDs and parked them. Parking has taken a nosedive and I'm slowly developing the sites because just about any revenue beats parking these days.
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  • Profile picture of the author thedude916
    exact match domains make a huge diff in rankings.. glad to hear you're doing well with it. probably also helps there's some age to the domain too, big G definitely places more trust with aged domains.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Banks
    Happens all the time, I get brand new sites making me $1-$5 a day only a few days after I start them.
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