Using Keywords for Web Address?

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Will it help SEO to make your web address out of your keywords?

Eg: If you're a carpenter, and your keywords are "Montreal Carpenter" how much will it help if your web address is "www.montrealcarpenter.ca"?
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  • How important is it to have keywords in a domain name? - YouTube
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    • Thanks.

      That channel on YouTube has a lot of great info, and yet, it didn't show up in my search results...Hmmm...
  • This will most certainly help - if nothing else it will increase your CTR as potential visitors will see it as more relevant than a generic site.

    You could always split test though if you are unsure which way to proceed, then let the data make the decisions for you.

    Best of luck!
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    • What is split testing? Set up both and compare the results?

      This is probably more of subjective question, but but what if the url www.CarpenterMontreal.com exists, would it be a bad idea to use www.montrealcarpenter.ca?

      I'm leaning towards yes, because when it comes to the consumers I always try to follow the "keep it simple stupid" philosophy, and figure people might confuse my URL with another.

      Also, what if I use the domain www.jackthecarpenter.com will it be pointless or useful to open up a blog with www.montrealcarpenter.com and have the content linking to my site?
  • Exact Match Domains have little if any impact these days with serps, its a thing of the past. You still have to do good SEO in order to rank for them.
  • EMDs dont have that much strength by having the keywords in the domain name anymore. You still need to build a quality website in order for it to gain traction.
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    • Sorry I know you guys already answered the question but I just wanted to make sure I understand fully.

      You guys both mentioned that it "doesn't have that much strength" or that "it has little impact" but even if I put the time/effort into a quality site, is it worth creating a separate site or blog with an exact match domain? I just noticed last night that the top 3 results in my industry all have exact match domains on another site or blog to supplement their primary sites.
  • It is worth creating site on EMD and you would get benefits too.. you can check in SERP, some EMD is ranking good, with the help of only on-page optimization.

    It is good from user point of views too.
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