Should I exclude the word "The"?

by James Liberty

Posted: 14 years ago 10 replies

I'm about to purchase a domain name. Do you think it's
best to exclude the word "the" when purchasing a
domain name?

In other words, which do you think is better for SEO
purposes:

TheWeddingDressShow.com
Or
WeddingDressShow.com

#exclude #word

Bryan V 14 years ago

If you're backlinking it, it doesn't matter. Just get what sounds/looks better for the site/brand.
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outwest 14 years ago

is this for branding? if it is, what is the name of the company

if not I would not worry about it, makes no difference
Domain name is very low on the list for SEO
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down 14 years ago

Was facebook.com started with THEfacebook.com

In your case if both is available and no branding issue on the name just grab both domains. If you just want 1 domain take the one without "the". Including "the" on your domain doesn't affect to your SEO, because "the" including on stop word by google.
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googlepage1 14 years ago

w/o "the" is much appropriate. however, i would suggest that if you use the acronym then you should consider it i.e "theWDS".
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TBInternetMarketing 14 years ago

Personally I always try to get my domain as close to the keyword I'm trying to rank for as possible. So in this case I would try to leave out 'The'. If the actual domain you want is already taken, I'd suggest adding a letter to the end of the domain. E.g. weddingdressshowx.com
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DGFletcher 14 years ago

If you can leave out 'the', do. Most people will forget to type it if they ever bother to type in your address.

The other problem is that to anybody that knows anything about web domains, putting the 'the' in there makes it look like you just couldn't afford the domain name without the 'the'.
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StoneWilson 14 years ago

I will recommend you to drop the "the" off, people probably won't type the word when they search your keyword, and other keywords.
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lovboa Banned 14 years ago

Justin Timberlake would tell you to drop the "the" ....It's cleaner.
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ninar 14 years ago

I think that "the" is completely useless! It does not carry an important meaning, just clogs the name...
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Daniel Wilson 14 years ago

For SEO purposes I'd skip "The".
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