Should I exclude the word "The"?

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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
  • Profile picture of the author Bryan V
    If you're backlinking it, it doesn't matter. Just get what sounds/looks better for the site/brand.
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  • Profile picture of the author outwest
    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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  • Profile picture of the author down
    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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  • Profile picture of the author googlepage1
    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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  • 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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  • Profile picture of the author DGFletcher
    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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  • Profile picture of the author StoneWilson
    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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  • Profile picture of the author lovboa
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    Justin Timberlake would tell you to drop the "the" ....It's cleaner.
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  • Profile picture of the author ninar
    I think that "the" is completely useless! It does not carry an important meaning, just clogs the name...
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Wilson
    For SEO purposes I'd skip "The".
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