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SEO.com Launch
By Adam Strong
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A few weeks back the sale of SEO.com was reported. Veteran domain investors, Mike Mann and Mike Bahlitzanakis today have officially announced their partnership, launch and expansion of search optimization services at SEO.com.
From the press release :
WashingtonVC (www.WashingtonVC.com), an incubator of innovative technology and marketing firms, announced today a partnership with BP Holdings to launch SEO.com. The URL address will now serve as the domain for SEO.com, LLC, a leading provider of search engine optimization and Internet marketing services.
SEO.com is the new name for the search engine optimization company,
Web Targeted, which was founded in 2003 by Dave Bascom.
Web Targeted became a member of the WashingtonVC family of companies
when it was acquired in June, 2007.
The new company name and domain name signal an important step
in the re-branding of Web Targeted.
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Since its founding, the firm has expanded its range of services from search engine optimization (SEO) to a spectrum of customized Internet marketing services including targeted link building, online press release optimization, search engine friendly web design, content copywriting and optimization, marketing planning, local search marketing, web analytics and contextual advertising.
Dave Bascom, President and CEO of SEO.com said, “I’m excited to be a part of the WashingtonVC family. There’s a lot of energy in this group. WashingtonVC Chairman & Founder, Mike Mann, and BP Holdings CEO, Mike Bahlitzanakis, are proven leaders and remarkably innovative businessmen. Through this partnership, SEO.com is now able to offer our clients a full suite of services beyond what we would be able to provide on our own.”
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A note about availablilty..
Good quality domains held by the World’s larger domainers
are certainly not for sale and
are valued well in excess of 100 times yearly revenue
These domain names are simply not for sale.
The cost of selling them far exceeds the known growth factor
so many domainers and companies are continually achieving.
Personally I have around 50 names I would never sell
due to either future potential, names sake or
the fact
the domains will attract so much search traffic
if developed correctly
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A note about availablilty..
Good quality domains held by the World’s larger domainers
are certainly not for sale and
are valued well in excess of 100 times yearly revenue
These domain names are simply not for sale.
The cost of selling them far exceeds the known growth factor
so many domainers and companies are continually achieving.
Personally I have around 50 names I would never sell
due to either future potential, names sake or
the fact
the domains will attract so much search traffic
if developed correctly
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SeoDomaining [Seo+Domaining] = WIN WIN WIN !!!!!!
http://www.domainblog.com.au/seo/bridging-the-gap-between-seo-domainer.html
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Bridging the gap between SEO + Domainer
Thursday, July 5, 2007
I read Frank Schillings post about Search Engine Land of Make Believe,
and sadly this actually ruined my day.
You see
I have become an avid fan of Frank Schilling,
I think the man is a visionary and
I hope to meet the man that shares a passion like no other.
Just as Greg Boser followed Danny Sullivan,
I have followed Danny, Greg and now Frank Schilling.
Why did it ruin my day?
This all too apparant gap between SEO/SEM and Domaining
really has to disappear
- FROM BOTH SIDES.
THE FUTURE IS THE GAP BETWEEN SEO AND DOMAINING.
I cringe at narrowmindedness within my favourite industries. With all massive due respect to both parties, I cannot see that you guys understand each other’s industries. Frank get’s SEO though I cannot see that Danny Sullivan ‘get’s’ domaining based on his comments in 7 mile blog. I am sure Frank could have ripped that post to shreads if the audience was there. I was tempted myself, but I fear that it would be lost and knowledge better used to serve the competitive advantage it facilitates.
I LOVE domaining and
I LOVE SEO. They are so alike it’s not even funny. Different but fundamentially the same. Both mostly ignored by the mainstream, both growing in spite of this and both powerful sales and marketing vehicles.
Seo’s can turn crap into gold (hopefully),
they are the most advanced web users
and have intiminate relationships with the WWW and Internet.
Domainers turn what SEO’s call crap into GOLD,
so who’s right and who is wrong.
NO ONE.
You BOTH LOOSE.
Work together and learn more about the Internet.
SEO’s NEED DOMAINS and DOMAINERS NEED SEO
(seriously how can you miss out on all that business just because your too busy?).
Work together and then leverage your position
against Google and Yahoo.
Your ignorance is holding the entire Internet back
- serious
If you combine a good domain set and seo,
nothing compares.
It’s all about covering your bases and holistic web development.
Let nothing slip through the cracks and keep your competition at bay.
Just registering the remaining KW’s in your niche is
VERY ADVISABLE
and will save a nasty suprise later down the track.
(Side Note to those watching their SERPS longterm
- make allowances in your strategy
for when
Domainers that own KW’s in your niche develop
and
take the SERP
- it’s only a matter of time).
Domainers and SEO’s alike both need to work together.
More SEO’s buying domain traffic is a good thing for both parties.
What about domain leasing?
We all know how easy it is to rank a potent KW domain
Domain traffic does convert better,
that’s a no-brainer.
CTR is higher
and
a certain brand element is always
involved with a good domain name,
ie. jobs.com.au.
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
the ````ie''''' just-above-mentionned may mean
the ````e.g.'''''
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As SEO’s and SEM’s start to
wake up to the vast amounts of traffic outside the search engines
the quality of type ins will only increase.
As the gap between SEO and Domainer decreases,
traffic, conversion and oppourtunity will only increase.
This growth will continue until we see a near fully developed Internet
where you can surf directly to web sites knowing the goods will be there.
I have faith that
this capitalist market will evolve into a mature space
with totally quantifiable value and recognition beyond current belief.
The sooner
Domainers and SEO’s unite and start building quality advertising infantory,
both with each other and within their respective industries
the better. Believe me it has started,
but someone needs to really give this a push.
I will be sure to rant about this again sometime. Long time no post.
Filed in SEO, Public Relations Comments (0)
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http://www.domainblog.com.au/seo/bridging-the-gap-between-seo-domainer.html/trackback
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Bridging the gap between SEO + Domainer
Thursday, July 5, 2007
I read Frank Schillings post about Search Engine Land of Make Believe,
and sadly this actually ruined my day.
You see
I have become an avid fan of Frank Schilling,
I think the man is a visionary and
I hope to meet the man that shares a passion like no other.
Just as Greg Boser followed Danny Sullivan,
I have followed Danny, Greg and now Frank Schilling.
Why did it ruin my day?
This all too apparant gap between SEO/SEM and Domaining
really has to disappear
- FROM BOTH SIDES.
THE FUTURE IS THE GAP BETWEEN SEO AND DOMAINING.
I cringe at narrowmindedness within my favourite industries. With all massive due respect to both parties, I cannot see that you guys understand each other’s industries. Frank get’s SEO though I cannot see that Danny Sullivan ‘get’s’ domaining based on his comments in 7 mile blog. I am sure Frank could have ripped that post to shreads if the audience was there. I was tempted myself, but I fear that it would be lost and knowledge better used to serve the competitive advantage it facilitates.
I LOVE domaining and
I LOVE SEO. They are so alike it’s not even funny. Different but fundamentially the same. Both mostly ignored by the mainstream, both growing in spite of this and both powerful sales and marketing vehicles.
Seo’s can turn crap into gold (hopefully),
they are the most advanced web users
and have intiminate relationships with the WWW and Internet.
Domainers turn what SEO’s call crap into GOLD,
so who’s right and who is wrong.
NO ONE.
You BOTH LOOSE.
Work together and learn more about the Internet.
SEO’s NEED DOMAINS and DOMAINERS NEED SEO
(seriously how can you miss out on all that business just because your too busy?).
Work together and then leverage your position
against Google and Yahoo.
Your ignorance is holding the entire Internet back
- serious
If you combine a good domain set and seo,
nothing compares.
It’s all about covering your bases and holistic web development.
Let nothing slip through the cracks and keep your competition at bay.
Just registering the remaining KW’s in your niche is
VERY ADVISABLE
and will save a nasty suprise later down the track.
(Side Note to those watching their SERPS longterm
- make allowances in your strategy
for when
Domainers that own KW’s in your niche develop
and
take the SERP
- it’s only a matter of time).
Domainers and SEO’s alike both need to work together.
More SEO’s buying domain traffic is a good thing for both parties.
What about domain leasing?
We all know how easy it is to rank a potent KW domain
Domain traffic does convert better,
that’s a no-brainer.
CTR is higher
and
a certain brand element is always
involved with a good domain name,
ie. jobs.com.au.
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
the ````ie''''' just-above-mentionned may mean
the ````e.g.'''''
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
As SEO’s and SEM’s start to
wake up to the vast amounts of traffic outside the search engines
the quality of type ins will only increase.
As the gap between SEO and Domainer decreases,
traffic, conversion and oppourtunity will only increase.
This growth will continue until we see a near fully developed Internet
where you can surf directly to web sites knowing the goods will be there.
I have faith that
this capitalist market will evolve into a mature space
with totally quantifiable value and recognition beyond current belief.
The sooner
Domainers and SEO’s unite and start building quality advertising infantory,
both with each other and within their respective industries
the better. Believe me it has started,
but someone needs to really give this a push.
I will be sure to rant about this again sometime. Long time no post.
Filed in SEO, Public Relations Comments (0)
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`` 2007 Is the Year of the Domainer ''
http://tropicalseo.com/2007/2007-is-the-year-of-the-domainer-my-favorite-domainer-blogs/
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2007 Is the Year of the Domainer
& My Favorite Domainer Blogs
July 11th, 2007 — Domaining
Maybe it’s just that I personally have been following the industry more,
but it seems to me that
domaining
–and the accepted value of premium generic domains
–is finally coming completely into the mainstream,
as evidenced
by
several recent articles about domainers in MSM publications,
the momentum of domainer conferences and auctions, and
the maturation of the domainer blogosphere.
I think this happened with SEO sometime last year,
but 2007 is the Year of the Domainer.
(Of course, you still see some idiotic MSM articles about both domaining and SEO,
but don’t hold your breath for that to change anytime soon.)
I myself will have a big announcement
concerning my involvement in this space in a few weeks,
so stay tuned.
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2007 Is the Year of the Domainer
& My Favorite Domainer Blogs
July 11th, 2007 — Domaining
Maybe it’s just that I personally have been following the industry more,
but it seems to me that
domaining
–and the accepted value of premium generic domains
–is finally coming completely into the mainstream,
as evidenced
by
several recent articles about domainers in MSM publications,
the momentum of domainer conferences and auctions, and
the maturation of the domainer blogosphere.
I think this happened with SEO sometime last year,
but 2007 is the Year of the Domainer.
(Of course, you still see some idiotic MSM articles about both domaining and SEO,
but don’t hold your breath for that to change anytime soon.)
I myself will have a big announcement
concerning my involvement in this space in a few weeks,
so stay tuned.
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Sunday, 8 July 2007
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traditionnal Chinese wisdom ,
i.e.
yin[=woman] +
yan[=yang=man] = the best of west(;=best;),
o k , please let me put it in an other way ,
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Exact Match Domain Names in Google
Sep
27
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Search relevancy algorithms are ever changing,
but I recently snagged a good example
of Google placing significant weight on exact matching domain names.
When you search Google for search engine history
there are over
20,000 exact phrase match pages and over 90,000,000 matching pages. The
#6 result in this screenshot is SearchEngineHistory.com,
which is a site that I never really developed.
It has no inbound links on Yahoo!, Google, or MSN
(as you can see on this screenshot and that one).
Also worth noting that
SearchEngineHistory.com is a single page site, and with NO link authority
it outranks a LifeHacker post
that has the exact matching phrase in a page title
(and LifeHacker is an extremely authoritative site)
Why could Google trust domain matches so much?
Because they are often associated with brands which protect their trademarks more vigilantly than in the past,
and there are so many domainers and so much vc money placing premiums on domain names.
To get an exact matching domain it is probably going to cost you something
(either lots of money
or the foresight to be an early believer in a new field)
so that in and of itself is some sign of quality.
For example,
today I tried buying a non-word 5 letter domain for $1,000 and the domainer turned me down stating that he turned down 5x that much last week. About 3 years ago SeoBook.com cost $8, largely because the standard frame of thought in the SEO market was that there was no market for a book or ebook.
Posted in: seo tips
by Aaron Wall
Your Thoughts? [ 58 ]
September 27, 2006
comments
Yep,
I noticed the same thing and alot of friends noticed it too.
Keywords within the domain in any match tend to rank good at the moment
Google will probably change this soon, because it doesn't work.
Peter van der Graaf on September 28, 2006 02:25 AM
Sorry Aaron,
I don't have the same results at google.com, maybe you find your site listed because of your "tweaked" version or because the site is only listed in some countries.
But I agree with you,
it looks like that exact keywords can help you listing in the results of Google.
Olaf on September 28, 2006 02:30 AM
Again sorry to report that I cant find that domain in the first 5 pages of the SERPs. Checking from Ireland.
In fact, this post appears on page 5.
But as with above replies, it does seem that
if you hit the exact keyword phrase mapped to domain Google gives you a bump
Richard on September 28, 2006 03:28 AM
This happened for my domain for a while,
until someone with the .net version of my domain started getting lots of incoming links... The domain is just my name, which I am not trying to market strongly at all - and that leads me to a question.
You offer a service, and have a domain containing good keywords for that service eg 'ohio plumber.com' (making this up)
You also have your relatively unknown name (just based on your own name) as a domain name.
Both sites point to the same site. Which site do you use as the primary site, and then 301 the other to remove duplication issues?
Do you promote the keyword domain, and just 301 the other domain, or vice versa?
(hope that question made sense)
Michael Phipps on September 28, 2006 03:52 AM
Aaron, you just confirmed me, what I thought in the past three months too
Damn it.
Now all spammers will get tens of domains.
Cristian Mezei on September 28, 2006 04:37 AM
the results I get for this query are the same in Google.com and Google.nl,
the site rank first place.
K.ching on September 28, 2006 04:51 AM
Hi Aaron
I wouldnt want to comment about Google as most of my sites are too young and Im up against (working on !) the sandbox effect here...as the sites are in an extremely competitive keyword market.
But
for MSN search it seems relatively easy in the short term to get good ranking
on the search query / domain name exact match.
Within 1 month of launching one site
I was at the top of the list on msn.fr (I live in France) for the query
"promotion sejour" or
"promotion sejours"...
and these are 2 highly sought-after keywords in France.
Would you agree here ?
Oh and BTW...if im ranking up there its because I followed the advice on your "SEO hints and tips" on your other site (the one with the photo) !! :o)
Paul
Paul Evans on September 28, 2006 05:47 AM
Yep, a good domain name can work wonders.
podpress.org gets all of its search engine visitors from one SE and for a one word search term ...
can you guess what it is?
Dave on September 28, 2006 10:59 AM
I'm not convinced.
First of all, 20,000 exact matches is not all that
competitive,
compared to say 448,000,000 for "real estate" or 59,900,000 exact matches for "paris hilton."
Second, your threadwatch post outranking searchenginehistory.com should tell you something about how difficult it is to rank for that phrase.
Third, you're ruling out on-page factors. If the page was blank, I'd be less sceptical.
Fourth,
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%22engine+history%22&btnG=Search
The domain doesn't come up for "engine history." Though the threadwatch and lifehacker post shows up on the first page. Why not?
Halfdeck on September 28, 2006 11:49 AM
Interesting find. I see it #9 here in Canada at google.com.
Where is it linked from (the cache date is sept 16 so it can't be from this post)?
Brian on September 28, 2006 11:54 AM
I'd say
the emphasis in trust on keyword domains is a result of a fix that NEEDED to occur
because of sites not ranking for their own name.
Sites not ranking for their own name was a sign of poor relevancy that the AVERAGE USER would piss and moan about.
The solution
- put some more trust on the keyword domain
- the unintended side effect
- the value of keyword domains rises again for exact match queries.
Todd on September 28, 2006 11:54 AM
Totally agree Stunty.
This was a way for them to deemphisize and filter anchor text without hurting relevancy too much.
Who the fuck would expect a single page site with NO LINKS ranking
ahead
of a fresh page
on a PageRank 7 domain
with over a hundred thousand backlinks?
And yet it does
(or at least for a while did)
outrank a post on the highly trusted PR7 LifeHacker.
that is not an exact match. That is the whole point of this post.
aaron wall on September 28, 2006 12:10 PM
I've been enjoying this domain name benefit for awhile now.
If you think Google is taking this too far,
check MSN
(or Live, or whatever they'll call themselves tomorrow)
darren on September 28, 2006 01:17 PM
Aaron, while I totally agree with this post
and I'm seeing that
domain matches have been an increasingly pretty significant factor,
there are a couple of caveats:
Exact domain name does not equal trust. But, exact domain name plus age does. Your site is 2+ years old and hasn't changed much. Google turned the trust knob up on you.
Penalties, even smaller ones,seem to outweigh this factor. I have a 4 year old non-unique domain (a brandname even) with tens of thousands of IBLs that was penalized last month (and I know why it was too), but not a major violation because I still have a lot of my rankings. However, it was dumped to #33 for a query for the unique brandname/domain.
Jason on September 28, 2006 01:48 PM
Ha, just today I saw this in action for a nice 2 word phrase, site at #2 was keyword-keyword.net and was a hosting placeholder page.
Jim Boykin on September 28, 2006 02:18 PM
How old is that search engine history site Aaron? The reason I ask is it might be that when the site was indexed there were very few exact phrases of "search engine history" in the index, yes?
In other words, being there first and filling the slot.
Aaron Pratt on September 28, 2006 02:33 PM
I also noticed this with Yahoo! A site I run (businessplandocs.com) hasn't even been up for a year and has a PR of only 2, but when you search for business plan docs on Yahoo! It is number one.
Amy Serbonich on September 28, 2006 02:54 PM
All the resources linked to on that page (many of which were about search engine history) were around in 2004, when I put up that page.
aaron wall on September 28, 2006 05:19 PM
I personally don't like the shift into more importance on the domain name. It gives an unfair advantage, and now instead of concentrating on a cool site and content, I have to waste time digging through keyword niches and domains to find some lame version of "myphrase.com".
Anthony Ettinger on September 28, 2006 06:17 PM
Hi Guys
I have a theory about ranking based on the timeliness of when your content appears and when the SE indexes it.
My experience leads me to believe that they put a decent weight on sites that produce particular content 1st or in the top 10-20.
Im basing this on a site/business I recently sold which still outranks a large US networking company for some of its products.
Wheneven said company released a new product within a day or so I would go grab all the content from their page, reformat it and put it on my page including all the data sheets, case studies etc (we were actually certified resellers of their products so I dont at all feel bad about this)
For the last 2 years my small Australian business with PR4 ranked above their site for queries on some of their products and in the first 10 results for most of their products we were trying to sell.
We had good links (geniune) and decent PR and a 7 year old domain (our main domain was not keyword related to the networking company) and great on page SEO work.
My belief was that we got all the above stuff right but so did our competitors, but due to the fact that we always had the new content indexed within a few days of the product being announced we got brownie points for this.
Hope this adds something to the discussion, I also owned about 5-6 domain names with their brand names which were pointed at the individual pages, but dont feel this made much difference.
Mike
Mike Nicholls on September 28, 2006 09:29 PM
Jim said: "Ha, just today I saw this in action for a nice 2 word phrase, site at #2 was keyword-keyword.net and was a hosting placeholder page."
...and I had just about the exact same thing happen for a very nice phrase, only there was no hyphen in the domain and it in fact ranked #1, ahead of a site with a ton of trust at #2. Now this site (#1) did have a decent number of backlinks. Nowhere near the #2 site's number, but as the #1 site was a GoDaddy placeholder page I assumed it was an expired domain someone grabbed up.
Jon Payne on September 29, 2006 09:50 AM
"All the resources linked to on that page (many of which were about search engine history) were around in 2004, when I put up that page."
If I had put up a single page title search-engine-history.html in 2004 it would also outrank entire new websites.
Aaron Pratt on September 29, 2006 07:18 PM
Too bad you didn't put that theory to test.
aaron wall on September 29, 2006 09:02 PM
You are in luck, I watched my sage feed reader closely and blogged about "Fresher Query Stats" yesterday and guess what? I am currently #2 in Google for that phrase, why? I blogged it first. Your old domain domained it first. It's the same for all words and the combinations of...no reason to complicate the obvious.
Aaron Pratt on September 30, 2006 12:54 AM
Hey there,
I love your site, and read it regularly, but keep on forgetting about it because your RSS feeds are basic summaries! I would love for you to syndicate fullfeeds ( see http://www.fullfeeds.com/ )
btw, I have known about this trick for a long time :)
Lee on September 30, 2006 06:20 PM
How does your test prove that the first one to write a phrase ranks for it? That may be some component of the algorithm, but certainly couldn't be given the most weight given that old content is old (and in some cases that means it is irrelevant), many sites discuss a topic over and over again only to have some newer pages rank ahead of older pages about the same topic, and scraper sites and automated content generation tools would get a huge boost if just by being the first to use some specific phrase you got a huge relevancy boost.
aaron wall on September 30, 2006 11:11 PM
yes, i agree 100% that google does still give alot of importance to exact domain names which match the keywords people are searching for.
Seo Rock Blog on October 1, 2006 01:13 PM
I've run into that exact situation in my industry. We're buying up domain names for some upcoming changes.
Stephen Snyder on October 1, 2006 02:56 PM
Aaron:
Any idea if this Google love will continue if you 301 the domain name to another site? It's one thing if we need to maintain a unique site for each the particular phrase, quite another if we can get that kind of SERP boost by buying keyword specific domains and redirecting them.
TheROIGuy on October 1, 2006 08:30 PM
The results I am getting for a non-SEO'd client domain seem to back up what Aaron is theorising.
www.beesnees.com.au ranks #1 for 'beesnees' and #2 for 'bees nees'
The domain is quite new and has only a few inlinks.
alixta on October 1, 2006 11:29 PM
If I make the same search today (2nd October) on Google in Portugal, I don't have anymore the exact domain match and your blog now appear on 1st page.
Mac
MAC SEO on October 2, 2006 07:14 AM
If I make the same search today (2nd October) on Google in Portugal, I don't have anymore the exact domain match and your blog now appear on 1st page.
Mac
Mac SEO on October 2, 2006 07:16 AM
If I make the same search today (2nd October) on Google in Portugal, I don't have anymore the exact domain match and your blog now appear on 1st page.
Mac
MAC SEO on October 2, 2006 07:16 AM
If I make the same search today (2nd October) on Google in Portugal, I don't have anymore the exact domain match and your blog now appear on 1st page.
Mac
MAC SEO on October 2, 2006 07:18 AM
It appears you're not in the top 30 on Google anymore. Weird?
What about domain names with "hyphens"? Have they devalued domain names, such as http://www.searh-engine-history.com/?
JP Richards on October 2, 2006 08:32 PM
Aaron,
Sorry for my repeated comments yesterday, but they were caused by time-out and page resend.
I apolagyse for any trouble
Regards
Manuel
MAC SEO on October 3, 2006 08:36 AM
I have never had that much success with exact name matches in Google. I don't understand Google. I rank in the top three for several competitive search terms on just about every search engine but Google. I am not even in the top 100 in Google. If you go to Google and type in one of these terms you get a bunch of .edu and .gov sites. But it seems like they are shooting themselves in the foot ranking these particular sites so high. Click on two of them and you get a redirect page, another 404, and another loads of jargon about some law affecting 1% of specialists in the industry. In the top 5 I can see one site that the majority of people would find useful. I am going to keep playing the game but I wish I could figure out how Google thinks or see them dethroned - i dont like my odds in either case.
Charles Martin on October 3, 2006 12:36 PM
Although Google might be doing this presently I don't think this has any lasting value. Google will change when they figure out that spammers will get on the latest hot keyword but provide no real content related to it. Content will always be king!
Erich on October 3, 2006 02:36 PM
What browser plugin or whatever have you got that puts the details like "page rank, age, links etc" under each search result in google - as per your screen captures?
Mike on October 3, 2006 08:24 PM
Mike, it's Aaron's own SEO for Firefox extension - you can find it by clicking TOOLS on the menu at the top of this page.
It's good...BUT at the moment it only works for me in Yahoo, not Google. Don't know why.
Have fun!
Alan on October 4, 2006 12:53 AM
it seems the domain's age have more relevancy
carlos on October 4, 2006 06:20 AM
100% correct article...
I just wrote abut the same toppic in myindustry last month:
http://jobireland.blogspot.com/2006/09/why-does-development-of-recruitment-web.html
Job Ireland on October 4, 2006 02:36 PM
Hey Aaron:
I just wanted to say that I read your article and all the posts and I saw the following incident...
That guy really further proved your point.
I get very annoyed when many of theses comments responded saying things like: Yes keyword domains in general are favored very much so in google
The point is not that google favored keyword rich domains such as i.e. seobook.com is favored for the keyword "seo"but... rather seo.com is favored for the keyword "seo" since this is an exact match.
The point here is that you can achieve nice search results in the search engines if you buy a quality 3 word domain, and rank for those 3 words. The reason why this is such as great idea is because while buying something like seo.com would most likely be way to[[too]] expensive for most people, on the other hand- buying a keyword rich and high search volume 3 word domain name, is certainly possible to find at a few thousand dollar price range if your search enough. It is the domains like searchenginehistory.com which are perhaps hidden gems.
Think about it:
Look at the opportunity for cash parking entreprenours looking to ranke out good dough by investing in one of those 3 word gems, and putting in a bit of work to have them rank.
One more comment I have:
obviously a 3 word gem is only a gem if it has aged for a few years,
otherwise it does not have trust.
This should go without saying because otherwise we can all buy searchenginehistory.mobi and achieve killer rankings. That would not be fair.
Certainly adding a domain like searchenginehistory.com to the first page in the results list- adds because it shows a sign of quality. The search engines should respect exact match premium domains, because they are relevant to the keywords involved, and therefor are unique to that term.
Great article. I am blown away...
ken on October 5, 2006 10:57 PM
hm...i think the domain's age n the domain both also relevancy
calson on October 5, 2006 11:29 PM
I dont know but i think that google shoudl keep it the same way
because
most of the time exact name domain matches are pretty relevent to what you are serching for.
Jared on October 6, 2006 12:29 AM
I definitely agree with your Jared.
When your own an exact match domain
it is almost as if you own that particular feild.
The exact match domains are definitely offering something to the search results
which is why google and other search engines too, such as yahoo, msn/live, and ask all respect them.
So even if searchenginehistory.com is full of b.s. spam links, still becuase if this premium name the site adds something to the search results- and deserves to be listed- sort of speak.
ken on October 6, 2006 01:11 AM
Hello Everyone,
This is the exact idea I had a couple of years ago, but the software only came out in the summer of this year.
Here is a video of David Frey showing how he has done with this tool.
http://oork.com/mqfh4
The bottom line is that is works as that is what the search engines want to see if all things are equal.
Rod
Rod Beckwith on October 7, 2006 12:33 AM
I didn't think Google paid much attention to keywords in domains
until
I registered a city+ymca.com type domain and then forgot to change the DNS servers to my own.
Upon searching for city + ymca in Google
#1
is my domain with the hosting company parking page
which beat many articles about this particular ymca.
John Gall on October 8, 2006 04:52 PM
from y expeirience exact match can work ont only on the domain name but also on sub directories for example : /budgethotels/ can give back high ranking for the keywords budget hotels. It's not as good as the domian name but still good.
Tel Aviv Guy on October 9, 2006 08:30 AM
I tried to sift through the entire comments section, so sorry if I missed it, but I don't think anyone mentioned the fact that the external links Aaron has listed on the page link to good resources on the subject. In other words, don't you think the site is acting like a hub?
Also, the site is floating for me. It was there the first time I searched, but has since diappeared.
Justin on October 9, 2006 04:55 PM
I rank first in a high competitive one word phrase in a non-english website and don´t have the name of the phrase in my domain name, altough it is in the name of the html page. It´s a high quality website, with lots of good content. It´s 6 years old and update the site 3 or 4 times per week with about 60 high quality articles per week provided by users. I verify personally grammar and make sure it´s high quality each article before posting on my website.
But, the domain names wich are in 2 and 3 positions
do have the one phrase in its domain.
It means, having the phrase in domain name is useful,
altough a website with high quality content, good age and updating regularly like mine overcome this problem.
Always focuse on quality and good rankings will come alone.
Cyber Angel on October 10, 2006 02:16 AM
Is it just as effective having keyword rich domain names and using them as domain aliases or should they be separate websites that link to your main domain, or even a redirect. What say you?
Jason Fetko on October 10, 2006 04:40 PM
I've actually pulled a number one position out of the hat in less than 2 weeks, using a brand new domain name, and one web page - and NO incoming links
(although that has changed now)
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despite that domain's quite nice
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My Niche keyword doesn't have many search results, but still,
as a new entrant,
and with nothing more than the keyword in the title of the page,
and about 300 words of text,
I was able to land the number one position.
The domain name I am using is a keyword.
I think in more competitive markets, this wouldn't have been as possible,
but it was really easy to snap a number one position quickly just using the keyword in the domain.
BTW - still looking for a comment on whether it is better to redirect a keyword domain to a branded domain, or go the other way around.
My thoughts are if you use the keyword domain as your primary domain, when people want to link to it, they'll grab the url from the address bar, which will contain the keyword domain. What are your thoughts?
Michael Phipps on October 10, 2006 05:43 PM
Great term Aaron, I liked it so much i registered exactmatchdomains.com and blogged about it too.
thanks!
Eric Shannon on October 12, 2006 04:36 PM
Hi,
Came across this linked in a forum as
I have been trying to work out why
my site has been doing a lot better than I expected at this early stage
as I am still working on my site
and
it is not ready for the public yet
even though I have it online.
Figured by doing that by the time I was ready that I may of been lucky enough to at least be listed.
Aaron, your article explains it
I snagged 'familybasedimmigration.com' on 24 sept 2006.
I was actually quite surprised it was available.
I have been ranking much better than I expected
and
being new to all of this hadn't even thought of keywords used in this manner.
Just took a look at the stats after downloading Aarons SEO for Firefox extension and did find that
other sites are linking me. I am such a newb, I have no idea why???
On a search of 'family based immigration', this is the result...
Google - ranked 14th out of 4,150,000 results
Yahoo - ranked 16th out of 9,560,000 results
MSN - ranked 4th out of 417,232 pages
I would like to be #1 eventually but I think I am going to be hard pressed against the US government site lol
I'm not complaining though.
Thanks for the article Aaron.
Lorelle on November 7, 2006 05:16 AM
Keywords in domain do help a little bit in ranking well in search engines,
but it's not the only thing that can ensure high rankings.
If the domain has exact keywords in it it would rank somewhere on top
but i guess the domain age also plays an important role in that scenario.
Ryan on December 30, 2006 10:34 AM
I saw this article on
http://www.SubliminalMessages.Com and I agree
that
the better your domain name,
the better your location on the net and among search engine results.
Location,
Location,
Location. What part don't you understand, my friend?
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Exact Match Domain Names in Google
Sep
27
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Search relevancy algorithms are ever changing,
but I recently snagged a good example
of Google placing significant weight on exact matching domain names.
When you search Google for search engine history
there are over
20,000 exact phrase match pages and over 90,000,000 matching pages. The
#6 result in this screenshot is SearchEngineHistory.com,
which is a site that I never really developed.
It has no inbound links on Yahoo!, Google, or MSN
(as you can see on this screenshot and that one).
Also worth noting that
SearchEngineHistory.com is a single page site, and with NO link authority
it outranks a LifeHacker post
that has the exact matching phrase in a page title
(and LifeHacker is an extremely authoritative site)
Why could Google trust domain matches so much?
Because they are often associated with brands which protect their trademarks more vigilantly than in the past,
and there are so many domainers and so much vc money placing premiums on domain names.
To get an exact matching domain it is probably going to cost you something
(either lots of money
or the foresight to be an early believer in a new field)
so that in and of itself is some sign of quality.
For example,
today I tried buying a non-word 5 letter domain for $1,000 and the domainer turned me down stating that he turned down 5x that much last week. About 3 years ago SeoBook.com cost $8, largely because the standard frame of thought in the SEO market was that there was no market for a book or ebook.
Posted in: seo tips
by Aaron Wall
Your Thoughts? [ 58 ]
September 27, 2006
comments
Yep,
I noticed the same thing and alot of friends noticed it too.
Keywords within the domain in any match tend to rank good at the moment
Google will probably change this soon, because it doesn't work.
Peter van der Graaf on September 28, 2006 02:25 AM
Sorry Aaron,
I don't have the same results at google.com, maybe you find your site listed because of your "tweaked" version or because the site is only listed in some countries.
But I agree with you,
it looks like that exact keywords can help you listing in the results of Google.
Olaf on September 28, 2006 02:30 AM
Again sorry to report that I cant find that domain in the first 5 pages of the SERPs. Checking from Ireland.
In fact, this post appears on page 5.
But as with above replies, it does seem that
if you hit the exact keyword phrase mapped to domain Google gives you a bump
Richard on September 28, 2006 03:28 AM
This happened for my domain for a while,
until someone with the .net version of my domain started getting lots of incoming links... The domain is just my name, which I am not trying to market strongly at all - and that leads me to a question.
You offer a service, and have a domain containing good keywords for that service eg 'ohio plumber.com' (making this up)
You also have your relatively unknown name (just based on your own name) as a domain name.
Both sites point to the same site. Which site do you use as the primary site, and then 301 the other to remove duplication issues?
Do you promote the keyword domain, and just 301 the other domain, or vice versa?
(hope that question made sense)
Michael Phipps on September 28, 2006 03:52 AM
Aaron, you just confirmed me, what I thought in the past three months too
Damn it.
Now all spammers will get tens of domains.
Cristian Mezei on September 28, 2006 04:37 AM
the results I get for this query are the same in Google.com and Google.nl,
the site rank first place.
K.ching on September 28, 2006 04:51 AM
Hi Aaron
I wouldnt want to comment about Google as most of my sites are too young and Im up against (working on !) the sandbox effect here...as the sites are in an extremely competitive keyword market.
But
for MSN search it seems relatively easy in the short term to get good ranking
on the search query / domain name exact match.
Within 1 month of launching one site
I was at the top of the list on msn.fr (I live in France) for the query
"promotion sejour" or
"promotion sejours"...
and these are 2 highly sought-after keywords in France.
Would you agree here ?
Oh and BTW...if im ranking up there its because I followed the advice on your "SEO hints and tips" on your other site (the one with the photo) !! :o)
Paul
Paul Evans on September 28, 2006 05:47 AM
"the foresight to be an early believer in a new field"
Yep, a good domain name can work wonders.
podpress.org gets all of its search engine visitors from one SE and for a one word search term ...
can you guess what it is?
Dave on September 28, 2006 10:59 AM
I'm not convinced.
First of all, 20,000 exact matches is not all that
competitive,
compared to say 448,000,000 for "real estate" or 59,900,000 exact matches for "paris hilton."
Second, your threadwatch post outranking searchenginehistory.com should tell you something about how difficult it is to rank for that phrase.
Third, you're ruling out on-page factors. If the page was blank, I'd be less sceptical.
Fourth,
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%22engine+history%22&btnG=Search
The domain doesn't come up for "engine history." Though the threadwatch and lifehacker post shows up on the first page. Why not?
Halfdeck on September 28, 2006 11:49 AM
Interesting find. I see it #9 here in Canada at google.com.
Where is it linked from (the cache date is sept 16 so it can't be from this post)?
Brian on September 28, 2006 11:54 AM
I'd say
the emphasis in trust on keyword domains is a result of a fix that NEEDED to occur
because of sites not ranking for their own name.
Sites not ranking for their own name was a sign of poor relevancy that the AVERAGE USER would piss and moan about.
The solution
- put some more trust on the keyword domain
- the unintended side effect
- the value of keyword domains rises again for exact match queries.
Todd on September 28, 2006 11:54 AM
``Sites not ranking for their own name was a sign of poor relevancy that the
AVERAGE USER would piss and moan about''
Totally agree Stunty.
This was a way for them to deemphisize and filter anchor text without hurting relevancy too much.
``Where is it linked from''Maybe nowhere, or one stray link, but that is the point. I think it may have once had a link and lost it?
``Second, your threadwatch post outranking searchenginehistory.com should tell you
something about how difficult it is to rank for that phrase''
Who the fuck would expect a single page site with NO LINKS ranking
ahead
of a fresh page
on a PageRank 7 domain
with over a hundred thousand backlinks?
And yet it does
(or at least for a while did)
outrank a post on the highly trusted PR7 LifeHacker.
``The domain doesn't come up for "engine history." Though the threadwatch andBecause
lifehacker post shows up on the first page. Why not?''
that is not an exact match. That is the whole point of this post.
aaron wall on September 28, 2006 12:10 PM
I've been enjoying this domain name benefit for awhile now.
If you think Google is taking this too far,
check MSN
(or Live, or whatever they'll call themselves tomorrow)
darren on September 28, 2006 01:17 PM
Aaron, while I totally agree with this post
and I'm seeing that
domain matches have been an increasingly pretty significant factor,
there are a couple of caveats:
Exact domain name does not equal trust. But, exact domain name plus age does. Your site is 2+ years old and hasn't changed much. Google turned the trust knob up on you.
Penalties, even smaller ones,seem to outweigh this factor. I have a 4 year old non-unique domain (a brandname even) with tens of thousands of IBLs that was penalized last month (and I know why it was too), but not a major violation because I still have a lot of my rankings. However, it was dumped to #33 for a query for the unique brandname/domain.
Jason on September 28, 2006 01:48 PM
Ha, just today I saw this in action for a nice 2 word phrase, site at #2 was keyword-keyword.net and was a hosting placeholder page.
Jim Boykin on September 28, 2006 02:18 PM
How old is that search engine history site Aaron? The reason I ask is it might be that when the site was indexed there were very few exact phrases of "search engine history" in the index, yes?
In other words, being there first and filling the slot.
Aaron Pratt on September 28, 2006 02:33 PM
I also noticed this with Yahoo! A site I run (businessplandocs.com) hasn't even been up for a year and has a PR of only 2, but when you search for business plan docs on Yahoo! It is number one.
Amy Serbonich on September 28, 2006 02:54 PM
All the resources linked to on that page (many of which were about search engine history) were around in 2004, when I put up that page.
aaron wall on September 28, 2006 05:19 PM
I personally don't like the shift into more importance on the domain name. It gives an unfair advantage, and now instead of concentrating on a cool site and content, I have to waste time digging through keyword niches and domains to find some lame version of "myphrase.com".
Anthony Ettinger on September 28, 2006 06:17 PM
Hi Guys
I have a theory about ranking based on the timeliness of when your content appears and when the SE indexes it.
My experience leads me to believe that they put a decent weight on sites that produce particular content 1st or in the top 10-20.
Im basing this on a site/business I recently sold which still outranks a large US networking company for some of its products.
Wheneven said company released a new product within a day or so I would go grab all the content from their page, reformat it and put it on my page including all the data sheets, case studies etc (we were actually certified resellers of their products so I dont at all feel bad about this)
For the last 2 years my small Australian business with PR4 ranked above their site for queries on some of their products and in the first 10 results for most of their products we were trying to sell.
We had good links (geniune) and decent PR and a 7 year old domain (our main domain was not keyword related to the networking company) and great on page SEO work.
My belief was that we got all the above stuff right but so did our competitors, but due to the fact that we always had the new content indexed within a few days of the product being announced we got brownie points for this.
Hope this adds something to the discussion, I also owned about 5-6 domain names with their brand names which were pointed at the individual pages, but dont feel this made much difference.
Mike
Mike Nicholls on September 28, 2006 09:29 PM
Jim said: "Ha, just today I saw this in action for a nice 2 word phrase, site at #2 was keyword-keyword.net and was a hosting placeholder page."
...and I had just about the exact same thing happen for a very nice phrase, only there was no hyphen in the domain and it in fact ranked #1, ahead of a site with a ton of trust at #2. Now this site (#1) did have a decent number of backlinks. Nowhere near the #2 site's number, but as the #1 site was a GoDaddy placeholder page I assumed it was an expired domain someone grabbed up.
Jon Payne on September 29, 2006 09:50 AM
"All the resources linked to on that page (many of which were about search engine history) were around in 2004, when I put up that page."
If I had put up a single page title search-engine-history.html in 2004 it would also outrank entire new websites.
Aaron Pratt on September 29, 2006 07:18 PM
Too bad you didn't put that theory to test.
aaron wall on September 29, 2006 09:02 PM
You are in luck, I watched my sage feed reader closely and blogged about "Fresher Query Stats" yesterday and guess what? I am currently #2 in Google for that phrase, why? I blogged it first. Your old domain domained it first. It's the same for all words and the combinations of...no reason to complicate the obvious.
Aaron Pratt on September 30, 2006 12:54 AM
Hey there,
I love your site, and read it regularly, but keep on forgetting about it because your RSS feeds are basic summaries! I would love for you to syndicate fullfeeds ( see http://www.fullfeeds.com/ )
btw, I have known about this trick for a long time :)
Lee on September 30, 2006 06:20 PM
How does your test prove that the first one to write a phrase ranks for it? That may be some component of the algorithm, but certainly couldn't be given the most weight given that old content is old (and in some cases that means it is irrelevant), many sites discuss a topic over and over again only to have some newer pages rank ahead of older pages about the same topic, and scraper sites and automated content generation tools would get a huge boost if just by being the first to use some specific phrase you got a huge relevancy boost.
aaron wall on September 30, 2006 11:11 PM
yes, i agree 100% that google does still give alot of importance to exact domain names which match the keywords people are searching for.
Seo Rock Blog on October 1, 2006 01:13 PM
I've run into that exact situation in my industry. We're buying up domain names for some upcoming changes.
Stephen Snyder on October 1, 2006 02:56 PM
Aaron:
Any idea if this Google love will continue if you 301 the domain name to another site? It's one thing if we need to maintain a unique site for each the particular phrase, quite another if we can get that kind of SERP boost by buying keyword specific domains and redirecting them.
TheROIGuy on October 1, 2006 08:30 PM
The results I am getting for a non-SEO'd client domain seem to back up what Aaron is theorising.
www.beesnees.com.au ranks #1 for 'beesnees' and #2 for 'bees nees'
The domain is quite new and has only a few inlinks.
alixta on October 1, 2006 11:29 PM
If I make the same search today (2nd October) on Google in Portugal, I don't have anymore the exact domain match and your blog now appear on 1st page.
Mac
MAC SEO on October 2, 2006 07:14 AM
If I make the same search today (2nd October) on Google in Portugal, I don't have anymore the exact domain match and your blog now appear on 1st page.
Mac
Mac SEO on October 2, 2006 07:16 AM
If I make the same search today (2nd October) on Google in Portugal, I don't have anymore the exact domain match and your blog now appear on 1st page.
Mac
MAC SEO on October 2, 2006 07:16 AM
If I make the same search today (2nd October) on Google in Portugal, I don't have anymore the exact domain match and your blog now appear on 1st page.
Mac
MAC SEO on October 2, 2006 07:18 AM
It appears you're not in the top 30 on Google anymore. Weird?
What about domain names with "hyphens"? Have they devalued domain names, such as http://www.searh-engine-history.com/?
JP Richards on October 2, 2006 08:32 PM
Aaron,
Sorry for my repeated comments yesterday, but they were caused by time-out and page resend.
I apolagyse for any trouble
Regards
Manuel
MAC SEO on October 3, 2006 08:36 AM
I have never had that much success with exact name matches in Google. I don't understand Google. I rank in the top three for several competitive search terms on just about every search engine but Google. I am not even in the top 100 in Google. If you go to Google and type in one of these terms you get a bunch of .edu and .gov sites. But it seems like they are shooting themselves in the foot ranking these particular sites so high. Click on two of them and you get a redirect page, another 404, and another loads of jargon about some law affecting 1% of specialists in the industry. In the top 5 I can see one site that the majority of people would find useful. I am going to keep playing the game but I wish I could figure out how Google thinks or see them dethroned - i dont like my odds in either case.
Charles Martin on October 3, 2006 12:36 PM
Although Google might be doing this presently I don't think this has any lasting value. Google will change when they figure out that spammers will get on the latest hot keyword but provide no real content related to it. Content will always be king!
Erich on October 3, 2006 02:36 PM
What browser plugin or whatever have you got that puts the details like "page rank, age, links etc" under each search result in google - as per your screen captures?
Mike on October 3, 2006 08:24 PM
Mike, it's Aaron's own SEO for Firefox extension - you can find it by clicking TOOLS on the menu at the top of this page.
It's good...BUT at the moment it only works for me in Yahoo, not Google. Don't know why.
Have fun!
Alan on October 4, 2006 12:53 AM
it seems the domain's age have more relevancy
carlos on October 4, 2006 06:20 AM
100% correct article...
I just wrote abut the same toppic in myindustry last month:
http://jobireland.blogspot.com/2006/09/why-does-development-of-recruitment-web.html
Job Ireland on October 4, 2006 02:36 PM
Hey Aaron:
I just wanted to say that I read your article and all the posts and I saw the following incident...
The domain doesn't come up for "engine history." Though the threadwatch and
lifehacker post shows up on the first page. Why not?
Aaron Wall:
Because that is not an exact match. That is the whole point of this
post.
That guy really further proved your point.
I get very annoyed when many of theses comments responded saying things like: Yes keyword domains in general are favored very much so in google
The point is not that google favored keyword rich domains such as i.e. seobook.com is favored for the keyword "seo"but... rather seo.com is favored for the keyword "seo" since this is an exact match.
The point here is that you can achieve nice search results in the search engines if you buy a quality 3 word domain, and rank for those 3 words. The reason why this is such as great idea is because while buying something like seo.com would most likely be way to[[too]] expensive for most people, on the other hand- buying a keyword rich and high search volume 3 word domain name, is certainly possible to find at a few thousand dollar price range if your search enough. It is the domains like searchenginehistory.com which are perhaps hidden gems.
Think about it:
Look at the opportunity for cash parking entreprenours looking to ranke out good dough by investing in one of those 3 word gems, and putting in a bit of work to have them rank.
One more comment I have:
obviously a 3 word gem is only a gem if it has aged for a few years,
otherwise it does not have trust.
This should go without saying because otherwise we can all buy searchenginehistory.mobi and achieve killer rankings. That would not be fair.
Certainly adding a domain like searchenginehistory.com to the first page in the results list- adds because it shows a sign of quality. The search engines should respect exact match premium domains, because they are relevant to the keywords involved, and therefor are unique to that term.
Great article. I am blown away...
ken on October 5, 2006 10:57 PM
hm...i think the domain's age n the domain both also relevancy
calson on October 5, 2006 11:29 PM
I dont know but i think that google shoudl keep it the same way
because
most of the time exact name domain matches are pretty relevent to what you are serching for.
Jared on October 6, 2006 12:29 AM
I definitely agree with your Jared.
When your own an exact match domain
it is almost as if you own that particular feild.
The exact match domains are definitely offering something to the search results
which is why google and other search engines too, such as yahoo, msn/live, and ask all respect them.
So even if searchenginehistory.com is full of b.s. spam links, still becuase if this premium name the site adds something to the search results- and deserves to be listed- sort of speak.
ken on October 6, 2006 01:11 AM
Hello Everyone,
This is the exact idea I had a couple of years ago, but the software only came out in the summer of this year.
Here is a video of David Frey showing how he has done with this tool.
http://oork.com/mqfh4
The bottom line is that is works as that is what the search engines want to see if all things are equal.
Rod
Rod Beckwith on October 7, 2006 12:33 AM
I didn't think Google paid much attention to keywords in domains
until
I registered a city+ymca.com type domain and then forgot to change the DNS servers to my own.
Upon searching for city + ymca in Google
#1
is my domain with the hosting company parking page
which beat many articles about this particular ymca.
John Gall on October 8, 2006 04:52 PM
from y expeirience exact match can work ont only on the domain name but also on sub directories for example : /budgethotels/ can give back high ranking for the keywords budget hotels. It's not as good as the domian name but still good.
Tel Aviv Guy on October 9, 2006 08:30 AM
I tried to sift through the entire comments section, so sorry if I missed it, but I don't think anyone mentioned the fact that the external links Aaron has listed on the page link to good resources on the subject. In other words, don't you think the site is acting like a hub?
Also, the site is floating for me. It was there the first time I searched, but has since diappeared.
Justin on October 9, 2006 04:55 PM
I rank first in a high competitive one word phrase in a non-english website and don´t have the name of the phrase in my domain name, altough it is in the name of the html page. It´s a high quality website, with lots of good content. It´s 6 years old and update the site 3 or 4 times per week with about 60 high quality articles per week provided by users. I verify personally grammar and make sure it´s high quality each article before posting on my website.
But, the domain names wich are in 2 and 3 positions
do have the one phrase in its domain.
It means, having the phrase in domain name is useful,
altough a website with high quality content, good age and updating regularly like mine overcome this problem.
Always focuse on quality and good rankings will come alone.
Cyber Angel on October 10, 2006 02:16 AM
Is it just as effective having keyword rich domain names and using them as domain aliases or should they be separate websites that link to your main domain, or even a redirect. What say you?
Jason Fetko on October 10, 2006 04:40 PM
I've actually pulled a number one position out of the hat in less than 2 weeks, using a brand new domain name, and one web page - and NO incoming links
(although that has changed now)
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
that has changed now
bcause
because simply
that domain had n'o[no] concrete content ,
despite that domain's quite nice
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
My Niche keyword doesn't have many search results, but still,
as a new entrant,
and with nothing more than the keyword in the title of the page,
and about 300 words of text,
I was able to land the number one position.
The domain name I am using is a keyword.
I think in more competitive markets, this wouldn't have been as possible,
but it was really easy to snap a number one position quickly just using the keyword in the domain.
BTW - still looking for a comment on whether it is better to redirect a keyword domain to a branded domain, or go the other way around.
My thoughts are if you use the keyword domain as your primary domain, when people want to link to it, they'll grab the url from the address bar, which will contain the keyword domain. What are your thoughts?
Michael Phipps on October 10, 2006 05:43 PM
Great term Aaron, I liked it so much i registered exactmatchdomains.com and blogged about it too.
thanks!
Eric Shannon on October 12, 2006 04:36 PM
Hi,
Came across this linked in a forum as
I have been trying to work out why
my site has been doing a lot better than I expected at this early stage
as I am still working on my site
and
it is not ready for the public yet
even though I have it online.
Figured by doing that by the time I was ready that I may of been lucky enough to at least be listed.
Aaron, your article explains it
I snagged 'familybasedimmigration.com' on 24 sept 2006.
I was actually quite surprised it was available.
I have been ranking much better than I expected
and
being new to all of this hadn't even thought of keywords used in this manner.
Just took a look at the stats after downloading Aarons SEO for Firefox extension and did find that
other sites are linking me. I am such a newb, I have no idea why???
On a search of 'family based immigration', this is the result...
Google - ranked 14th out of 4,150,000 results
Yahoo - ranked 16th out of 9,560,000 results
MSN - ranked 4th out of 417,232 pages
I would like to be #1 eventually but I think I am going to be hard pressed against the US government site lol
I'm not complaining though.
Thanks for the article Aaron.
Lorelle on November 7, 2006 05:16 AM
Keywords in domain do help a little bit in ranking well in search engines,
but it's not the only thing that can ensure high rankings.
If the domain has exact keywords in it it would rank somewhere on top
but i guess the domain age also plays an important role in that scenario.
Ryan on December 30, 2006 10:34 AM
I saw this article on
http://www.SubliminalMessages.Com and I agree
that
the better your domain name,
the better your location on the net and among search engine results.
Location,
Location,
Location. What part don't you understand, my friend?
Sam on June 6, 2007 12:29 AM
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Domain Names - The Good and The Bad
By: Mark Nenadic
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
Mark Nenadic Mark is the director and face behind FifteenDegrees-North,
where you will find articles and resources to help with SEO, marketing and Web design.
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
Working on improving your rank within the different search engines
- especially Google
- can feel like a very complicated puzzle sometimes.
This maze can be extremely time consuming;
especially
when you just complete one effort and
then find out that they've once again changed the rules on you
- rules that you weren't even sure of to begin with!
It is very well known that
when you try to better the rank you've achieved with search engines,
the best techniques that you can use are:
[-] Acquiring quality inbound links
[-] Acquiring any links to your site at all, including reciprocal links
[-] Continually adding new, relevant, and fresh information to your site
[-] Using a good density and placement of the right keywords
[-] Creating a website that is interesting and relevant enough that visitors who arrive spend time there.
However, what is not so well known is a major point that is missing from this list.
Domain names are beginning to become extremely important with Google.
It isn't the domain name itself
- that is, the words in the domain
- nor how long it is,
but
how long you've had it.
Google is now valuing sites that have been registered for longer,
and that prove [[out]]
their intention to stick around for a long time.
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
4[for] example ,
please let us take in here a shameless plug in ;--^), our
4el.com
http://www.whois-search.com/whois/4el.com
>>>> Creation date:
>>>> 07 Feb 2000
4el.com's been registerred n[and] seriously renewed so many years
primarily 4[for] reselling purpose ,
4el.com's currently just only in parking , with-out its own content ,
n[and]
not earning us much $$ ,
but ,
v[we] have been determined2keep on renewing it yearly until its sold-out ,
bcause[because] : :::::
if ....
4el.com the domain itself 's not seriously
good +
good enough
2b[to-be] able
2b[to-be] resold out to
an enough # of end-users ,
then ....
how could v[we] dare2renew it so many years until its sold-out
w/ our own $$$$
?????????
'the-edittor-notes end here ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes again : :::::
1 more VIP standing by 'the[=that] Google's rule : : : : : :
: : : : : :
DoMainTools's DoMainRoundTable's
DoMain auction's
DoMain submission's rules o'[of] admission : : : :
: : : :
http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/07/domain-roundtable-auction-process/
>>>> Domain must
>>>> be older than three years
>>>> old.
....
....
....
>>>> UPDATE BY JAY:
[[
My Dear Sir Jay's the CEO of DoMainTools
]]
>>>> The reason for the ban on domains younger then three years is
>>>> that I have analyzed domain sales and know
>>>> that
>>>> Vintage
>>>> 2005,
>>>> 2006 and
>>>> 2007 names sell for
>>>> far less then 1991-2004 names.
>>>> In the last auction only three domains were older then 2004
>>>> and they all fetched lower then $10,000.
>>>> This auction will be for some ultra good generics
>>>> and I want to encourage people not to submit new names.
>>>> Let those new names grow some mold
>>>> before we auction them off.
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
Google is starting to give lower priority to sites
that have been registered for a year or less,
since
they may simply be spammers
who are looking for a fast dollar and then disappear.
On the other hand,
for sites registered for five years or more,
Google considers them serious websites or businesses
that intend to exist for a good long while.
Therefore,
one of the strategies important to gaining a strong ranking is to pay a little bit more money for your domain name registration to register for a few extra years,
so that
Google can tell that you intend to stick around for a long time.
This will give your site Google value and your ranking will go up.
The problem that many webmasters are finding with this is that they either don't have the budget for the additional years of registration, or they don't want to register a site for a long time when they haven't proven to themselves that the venture will be successful. They don't want to pay for an additional four or more years of registration for a project that may not get off the ground.The decision that therefore needs to be made is how important Google ranking will be to your website. Will it be the primary part of your internet marketing effort? Will you be concentrating a good deal of your time gathering reciprocal and one-way links? Will you be working hard on search engine optimizing (SEO), possibly
hiring a professional, so that
your site contains
the right keywords
the right number of times and in
the right places?
If you'll already be putting a lot of time, effort, and possibly money into your Google and search engine ranking, then you may find that registering your site's domain name is really a minor investment to get you started in the right direction.It's all a matter of balance, and making sure that you do the search engine optimizing strategy completely, and not cheap out before you can even give yourself the chance to truly shine. In fact, simply shelling out a little bit more to reserve your domain name may be the easiest part of your search engine optimizing strategy. As long as you do your homework in advance and find an affordable, or even cheap domain name registry business, then you likely won't have to pay much more than fifty dollars to get going. As you can see, if search engine optimizing is important to your website, it's vital that you don't miss the most commonly overlooked part of SEO and reserve your website for a good length of time, to
prove to Google that
you're serious about building a quality, successful web presence.
You'll show that
you indeed deserve to be among the top ranking websites out there.
With that done, you'll be ready to move to the next step of your SEO and watch the traffic start rolling in.
Article Source:
http://www.articlecat.com/
Mark Nenadic Mark is the director and face behind FifteenDegrees-North,
where you will find articles and resources to help with SEO, marketing and Web design.
[[.....]]
[[.....]]
Domain Names - The Good and The Bad
By: Mark Nenadic
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
Mark Nenadic Mark is the director and face behind FifteenDegrees-North,
where you will find articles and resources to help with SEO, marketing and Web design.
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
Working on improving your rank within the different search engines
- especially Google
- can feel like a very complicated puzzle sometimes.
This maze can be extremely time consuming;
especially
when you just complete one effort and
then find out that they've once again changed the rules on you
- rules that you weren't even sure of to begin with!
It is very well known that
when you try to better the rank you've achieved with search engines,
the best techniques that you can use are:
[-] Acquiring quality inbound links
[-] Acquiring any links to your site at all, including reciprocal links
[-] Continually adding new, relevant, and fresh information to your site
[-] Using a good density and placement of the right keywords
[-] Creating a website that is interesting and relevant enough that visitors who arrive spend time there.
However, what is not so well known is a major point that is missing from this list.
Domain names are beginning to become extremely important with Google.
It isn't the domain name itself
- that is, the words in the domain
- nor how long it is,
but
how long you've had it.
Google is now valuing sites that have been registered for longer,
and that prove [[out]]
their intention to stick around for a long time.
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
4[for] example ,
please let us take in here a shameless plug in ;--^), our
4el.com
http://www.whois-search.com/whois/4el.com
>>>> Creation date:
>>>> 07 Feb 2000
4el.com's been registerred n[and] seriously renewed so many years
primarily 4[for] reselling purpose ,
4el.com's currently just only in parking , with-out its own content ,
n[and]
not earning us much $$ ,
but ,
v[we] have been determined2keep on renewing it yearly until its sold-out ,
bcause[because] : :::::
if ....
4el.com the domain itself 's not seriously
good +
good enough
2b[to-be] able
2b[to-be] resold out to
an enough # of end-users ,
then ....
how could v[we] dare2renew it so many years until its sold-out
w/ our own $$$$
?????????
'the-edittor-notes end here ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
------------------------
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes again : :::::
1 more VIP standing by 'the[=that] Google's rule : : : : : :
: : : : : :
DoMainTools's DoMainRoundTable's
DoMain auction's
DoMain submission's rules o'[of] admission : : : :
: : : :
http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/07/domain-roundtable-auction-process/
>>>> Domain must
>>>> be older than three years
>>>> old.
....
....
....
>>>> UPDATE BY JAY:
[[
My Dear Sir Jay's the CEO of DoMainTools
]]
>>>> The reason for the ban on domains younger then three years is
>>>> that I have analyzed domain sales and know
>>>> that
>>>> Vintage
>>>> 2005,
>>>> 2006 and
>>>> 2007 names sell for
>>>> far less then 1991-2004 names.
>>>> In the last auction only three domains were older then 2004
>>>> and they all fetched lower then $10,000.
>>>> This auction will be for some ultra good generics
>>>> and I want to encourage people not to submit new names.
>>>> Let those new names grow some mold
>>>> before we auction them off.
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
Google is starting to give lower priority to sites
that have been registered for a year or less,
since
they may simply be spammers
who are looking for a fast dollar and then disappear.
On the other hand,
for sites registered for five years or more,
Google considers them serious websites or businesses
that intend to exist for a good long while.
Therefore,
one of the strategies important to gaining a strong ranking is to pay a little bit more money for your domain name registration to register for a few extra years,
so that
Google can tell that you intend to stick around for a long time.
This will give your site Google value and your ranking will go up.
The problem that many webmasters are finding with this is that they either don't have the budget for the additional years of registration, or they don't want to register a site for a long time when they haven't proven to themselves that the venture will be successful. They don't want to pay for an additional four or more years of registration for a project that may not get off the ground.The decision that therefore needs to be made is how important Google ranking will be to your website. Will it be the primary part of your internet marketing effort? Will you be concentrating a good deal of your time gathering reciprocal and one-way links? Will you be working hard on search engine optimizing (SEO), possibly
hiring a professional, so that
your site contains
the right keywords
the right number of times and in
the right places?
If you'll already be putting a lot of time, effort, and possibly money into your Google and search engine ranking, then you may find that registering your site's domain name is really a minor investment to get you started in the right direction.It's all a matter of balance, and making sure that you do the search engine optimizing strategy completely, and not cheap out before you can even give yourself the chance to truly shine. In fact, simply shelling out a little bit more to reserve your domain name may be the easiest part of your search engine optimizing strategy. As long as you do your homework in advance and find an affordable, or even cheap domain name registry business, then you likely won't have to pay much more than fifty dollars to get going. As you can see, if search engine optimizing is important to your website, it's vital that you don't miss the most commonly overlooked part of SEO and reserve your website for a good length of time, to
prove to Google that
you're serious about building a quality, successful web presence.
You'll show that
you indeed deserve to be among the top ranking websites out there.
With that done, you'll be ready to move to the next step of your SEO and watch the traffic start rolling in.
Article Source:
http://www.articlecat.com/
Mark Nenadic Mark is the director and face behind FifteenDegrees-North,
where you will find articles and resources to help with SEO, marketing and Web design.
[[.....]]
Monday, 2 July 2007
SearchEngineHistory.com ranked #1 @google 4[for] phrase `` Search Engine History '' , re-affirmed me[=i]
my 3-penny 4[for]
http://www.seobook.com/archives/001860.shtml
`` Exact Match Domain Names in Google ''
[[.....]]
hi greetings ,
@ 'the very moment
hktime around 05:30 3th july 2007 , from
hk[hongkong] , @google ,
searchenginehistory.com's trick makes it again ,
@ #1 ,
even ranked on top o'[of] wikipedia
hktime around 05:30 3th july 2007
http://www.google.com/search?q=search+engine+history
.........
>> Resultaten 1 - 100 van circa 76.700.000 voor search engine history (0,16 seconden)
>>
>> Tip: Alleen in het Nederlands zoeken. U kunt uw zoektaal bepalen in Voorkeuren
>>
>> Search Engine History.com
>> A comprehensive overview of the history of search engine technology companies.
>> Read about search's origin in 1945 and innovation through 2007.
>> www.searchenginehistory.com/
>> - 97k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina's - Noteren
>>
>> Search engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
>> a b "Internet History - Search Engines" (from Search Engine Watch),
>> Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands, September 2001, web: Leiden
>> U-Archie. ...
>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engines
>> - 68k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina's - Noteren
.........
2w.com on July 2, 2007 05:38 PM
[[.....]]
http://www.seobook.com/archives/001860.shtml
`` Exact Match Domain Names in Google ''
[[.....]]
hi greetings ,
@ 'the very moment
hktime around 05:30 3th july 2007 , from
hk[hongkong] , @google ,
searchenginehistory.com's trick makes it again ,
@ #1 ,
even ranked on top o'[of] wikipedia
hktime around 05:30 3th july 2007
http://www.google.com/search?q=search+engine+history
.........
>> Resultaten 1 - 100 van circa 76.700.000 voor search engine history (0,16 seconden)
>>
>> Tip: Alleen in het Nederlands zoeken. U kunt uw zoektaal bepalen in Voorkeuren
>>
>> Search Engine History.com
>> A comprehensive overview of the history of search engine technology companies.
>> Read about search's origin in 1945 and innovation through 2007.
>> www.searchenginehistory.com/
>> - 97k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina's - Noteren
>>
>> Search engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
>> a b "Internet History - Search Engines" (from Search Engine Watch),
>> Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands, September 2001, web: Leiden
>> U-Archie. ...
>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engines
>> - 68k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina's - Noteren
.........
2w.com on July 2, 2007 05:38 PM
[[.....]]
the SEs 'r consolidating the traffics on2[onto] the largest high authority sites
http://www.seobook.com/archives/002323.shtml
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes ;--^),: :::::
SEObook's 1 of the toppest SEO experts
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Synergy Between Domain Names & Keyword Based Search Engine Optimization Strategies
Jun 28 [[2007]]
[[.....]]
>> The search traffic trends are moving toward consolidating
>> traffic
>> onto the largest high authority sites,
>> so
>> it probably is not a good idea to have 100 deep niche domain names like
>> OnlineNursingDegrees.org,
>> OnlineNurseDegrees.net,
>> OnlineNursingSchools.com,
>> OnlineLawDegrees.com,
>> OnlineParalegalDegrees.net etc
>> when
>> you can cover a lot of those topics with a singular broad domain
>> like
>> Online Degrees.org.
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor plugs in shamelessly ;--^),: :::::
the term
```` hair plantation """"" or
```` hair restoration """"" or
```` hairloss treatments """"" or
e.t.c.
's a subtopic o'[of]
```` hairy """"" or
```` to become hairy """"" e.t.c.
thence , our
Hairy may b[be] benefitted in the way just-above-mentionned by SEObook
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[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes ;--^),: :::::
SEObook's 1 of the toppest SEO experts
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Synergy Between Domain Names & Keyword Based Search Engine Optimization Strategies
Jun 28 [[2007]]
[[.....]]
>> The search traffic trends are moving toward consolidating
>> traffic
>> onto the largest high authority sites,
>> so
>> it probably is not a good idea to have 100 deep niche domain names like
>> OnlineNursingDegrees.org,
>> OnlineNurseDegrees.net,
>> OnlineNursingSchools.com,
>> OnlineLawDegrees.com,
>> OnlineParalegalDegrees.net etc
>> when
>> you can cover a lot of those topics with a singular broad domain
>> like
>> Online Degrees.org.
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor plugs in shamelessly ;--^),: :::::
the term
```` hair plantation """"" or
```` hair restoration """"" or
```` hairloss treatments """"" or
e.t.c.
's a subtopic o'[of]
```` hairy """"" or
```` to become hairy """"" e.t.c.
thence , our
Hairy may b[be] benefitted in the way just-above-mentionned by SEObook
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Sunday, 1 July 2007
Synergy Between A Generic Domain & Keysword[Keyword] Based Search Engine Optimization Strategies
http://www.seobook.com/archives/002323.shtml
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[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
SEObook 's 1 of the top SEO experts ,
please dont
trust us , browse yourselves ,
trust your own eyes , ThANKye,2w
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Synergy Between Domain Names & Keyword Based Search Engine Optimization Strategies
Jun
28 [[2007]]
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Over time the role of the domain name as an SEO tool has changed,
but currently I think
they carry a lot of weight for the associated exact match search.
Depending on how they are leveraged going forward they may or may not
continue to be a strong signal of quality to search engines
Domain Names & Link Anchor Text
When I first got in the SEO game
a good domain name was valuable
because if you got the exact keywords you wanted to rank for in your name
it made it easier to get anchor text related to what you wanted to rank for.
For example,
being
seobook.com made it easier for me to rank for
seo book and seo.
That link still exists, but nowhere near as strongly or broadly as it once did.
[[.....]]
Domain Names in Action
As Google started getting more aggressive at filtering anchor text,
they started placing
more weight on the domain name if the domain name exactly matched the keyword search query.
They had to do this
because
they were filtering out too many brands for the search query attached to their brand.
Some examples of how this works:
At one point,
about 2 years back,
SeoBook.com stopped ranking for seo book
due to a wonky filter
that also prevented Paypal for ranking for their own name for a little bit.
A friend recently 301 redirected a scholarship site on a bad URL to College Scholarships.org.
The site's ranking for the exact phrase college scholarships went from 100+ to top 20 in Google.
But, it still is a long way from #1, and it still is at 100+ for college scholarship (singular). In competitive industries you need a lot of links to compete, and the redirect also caused the site to slip a bit for some of the other target keyword phrases that the site used to rank for.
When you launch a new site on a domain name like mykeywordphrase.com
and get it a few trusted links
it should
almost immediately rank for mykeywordphrase.
A friend launched Online Nursing Degrees.org about a week ago.
That site ranks #1 in Google
right now for those keywords ran together OnlineNursingDegrees.
That site also just ranked #118 in Google for the phrase Online Nursing Degrees.
As the site ages and gets more links it should be easier to rank for that exact phrase
(but that domain probably wouldn't help its rankings much for stuff like nurse degree).
My domain name SearchEngineHistory.com
ranked better than it should have
for the query search engine history
when its only real signs of trust were
age and domain name.
It was nowhere in the rankings for just about any other query.
[[.....]]
The search traffic trends are moving toward consolidating traffic
onto the largest high authority sites,
so
it probably is not a good idea to have 100 deep niche domain names like
OnlineNursingDegrees.org,
OnlineNurseDegrees.net,
OnlineNursingSchools.com,
OnlineLawDegrees.com,
OnlineParalegalDegrees.net etc
when
you can cover a lot of those topics with a singular broad domain
like
Online Degrees.org.
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor plugs in shamelessly ;--^),: :::::
the term
```` hair plantation """"" or
```` hair restoration """"" or
```` hairloss treatments """"" or
e.t.c.
's a subtopic o'[of]
```` hairy """"" or
```` to become hairy """"" e.t.c.
thence , our
Hairy may b[be] benefitted in the way just-above-mentionned by SEObook
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For local businesses
a keyword matching domain might be
a way around paying to list
in all the regional directories and other related arbitrage plays
Domains that use familiar language and sound credible also have a
resonance
that helps build trust, make the information seem
more credible,
easier to link at,
easier to syndicate, and
easier to do business with.
It is hard to estimate the value of that
since much of it is indirect, and
few have measured the affect of domain name on linkability or clickability of a listing outside
of paid search arbitrage.
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
````resonance""""" =
```` words of mouths """"" here
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Posted in: Q & A seo tips
by Aaron Wall
Your Thoughts?
June 28, 2007
comments
What about situations where the keywords are all there but in reverse order.
For example:
CamerasDigital.com or whatever? Would these domains work better with a hyphen?
Cameras-Digital.com
Hawaii SEO on June 29, 2007 04:28 AM
Yeah. I was always wondering about hyphens as well.
It is a sign
that domain name is not that expensive
and lower chance of having a good content on it
so
Google could count a less weight on it
but it is just my speculation.
Janusz on June 29, 2007 04:31 AM
I buy keyword domain names for creating quick niche sites
and they always rank quickly.
Number 1 in less than 24 hours was a standard assumption a while back
but
i think you are right in what you are saying.
My own methods are failing me slowly as Google home in on yet another loophole in their algo.
I have been penalised recently for anchor text so
I can confirm what you are saying is definately happening right now.
stu foster on June 29, 2007 04:49 AM
Whether or not a hyphenated name works in the engines
- have you ever tried
giving someone the URL over the phone?
Awful!
If its a Real Site, not just something spammy for the engines,
avoid hyphens,
citing the 'phone test'
Lea de Groot on June 29, 2007 06:14 AM
[[.....]]
How about del.icio.us? That ranks right?
I still default to using keyword laden domains for new or young sites
as
I have definitely seen
how much easier it is to get ranked in the short term.
[[.....]]
Aaron's domain seobook.com is a good balance between brand and keyword.
I doubt people are searching for "seo book" unless they already had heard the name.
But
the domain gives something noteworthy for others
because it stays in your head.
David Kubicka on June 29, 2007 01:11 PM
I still prefer to have an easy to remember and brandable domain name.
Even if I lose some SEO edge.
Hamlet Batista on June 29, 2007 03:43 PM
[[.....]]
domain names carries sooo much weight.
(too much weight)
Take a look at "image hosting"
Guess who is rank #1?
Not imageshack.us,
not flickr,
not photobucket.
I used to rank #2 (imagehosting.us) for "image hosting"
If Aaron had a different domain for the SEOBook,
he "probably" would not have #1 ranking for "SEO Book"
Maybe or maybe not.
That is how important domain name is to SEO.
Mike on June 30, 2007 12:45 AM
Strategic Keyphrase Location Based Top Level Properties are PriceLess.
Your Company is judged by your domain.
dashes hyphens only weakens your credibility.
Imagine
using a .us youll always be looking up at the stars
and wondering
how many people are going to the most credible domain.
or if that .com address is receiving your email
[[[[[[[[[e.t.c.]]]]]]]]]
by default.
.com is on the Iphone as a instant icon for linking
without typing in the .com.
A premium vertical Dot com represents prestige and
that you will most likely be around for a long time to com..
Not some late in the game flash in the pan-handler.
When business.com sells for 300-400 million
and dowjones or nytimes starts a whole new site
what is at the core of
what they are paying for.[[?]]
We will soon see portfolios of domains sell for billions
of dollars.
On your marks get set. Game over for most.
steven emery on June 30, 2007 01:41 AM
[[.....]]
some relevantest url : :
http://www.seobook.com/archives/001860.shtml
http://frankschilling.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/03/the_house_alway.html
[[.....]]
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
SEObook 's 1 of the top SEO experts ,
please dont
trust us , browse yourselves ,
trust your own eyes , ThANKye,2w
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
Synergy Between Domain Names & Keyword Based Search Engine Optimization Strategies
Jun
28 [[2007]]
[[.....]]
Over time the role of the domain name as an SEO tool has changed,
but currently I think
they carry a lot of weight for the associated exact match search.
Depending on how they are leveraged going forward they may or may not
continue to be a strong signal of quality to search engines
Domain Names & Link Anchor Text
When I first got in the SEO game
a good domain name was valuable
because if you got the exact keywords you wanted to rank for in your name
it made it easier to get anchor text related to what you wanted to rank for.
For example,
being
seobook.com made it easier for me to rank for
seo book and seo.
That link still exists, but nowhere near as strongly or broadly as it once did.
[[.....]]
Domain Names in Action
As Google started getting more aggressive at filtering anchor text,
they started placing
more weight on the domain name if the domain name exactly matched the keyword search query.
They had to do this
because
they were filtering out too many brands for the search query attached to their brand.
Some examples of how this works:
At one point,
about 2 years back,
SeoBook.com stopped ranking for seo book
due to a wonky filter
that also prevented Paypal for ranking for their own name for a little bit.
A friend recently 301 redirected a scholarship site on a bad URL to College Scholarships.org.
The site's ranking for the exact phrase college scholarships went from 100+ to top 20 in Google.
But, it still is a long way from #1, and it still is at 100+ for college scholarship (singular). In competitive industries you need a lot of links to compete, and the redirect also caused the site to slip a bit for some of the other target keyword phrases that the site used to rank for.
When you launch a new site on a domain name like mykeywordphrase.com
and get it a few trusted links
it should
almost immediately rank for mykeywordphrase.
A friend launched Online Nursing Degrees.org about a week ago.
That site ranks #1 in Google
right now for those keywords ran together OnlineNursingDegrees.
That site also just ranked #118 in Google for the phrase Online Nursing Degrees.
As the site ages and gets more links it should be easier to rank for that exact phrase
(but that domain probably wouldn't help its rankings much for stuff like nurse degree).
My domain name SearchEngineHistory.com
ranked better than it should have
for the query search engine history
when its only real signs of trust were
age and domain name.
It was nowhere in the rankings for just about any other query.
[[.....]]
The search traffic trends are moving toward consolidating traffic
onto the largest high authority sites,
so
it probably is not a good idea to have 100 deep niche domain names like
OnlineNursingDegrees.org,
OnlineNurseDegrees.net,
OnlineNursingSchools.com,
OnlineLawDegrees.com,
OnlineParalegalDegrees.net etc
when
you can cover a lot of those topics with a singular broad domain
like
Online Degrees.org.
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For local businesses
a keyword matching domain might be
a way around paying to list
in all the regional directories and other related arbitrage plays
Domains that use familiar language and sound credible also have a
resonance
that helps build trust, make the information seem
more credible,
easier to link at,
easier to syndicate, and
easier to do business with.
It is hard to estimate the value of that
since much of it is indirect, and
few have measured the affect of domain name on linkability or clickability of a listing outside
of paid search arbitrage.
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
````resonance""""" =
```` words of mouths """"" here
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
Posted in: Q & A seo tips
by Aaron Wall
Your Thoughts?
June 28, 2007
comments
What about situations where the keywords are all there but in reverse order.
For example:
CamerasDigital.com or whatever? Would these domains work better with a hyphen?
Cameras-Digital.com
Hawaii SEO on June 29, 2007 04:28 AM
Yeah. I was always wondering about hyphens as well.
It is a sign
that domain name is not that expensive
and lower chance of having a good content on it
so
Google could count a less weight on it
but it is just my speculation.
Janusz on June 29, 2007 04:31 AM
I buy keyword domain names for creating quick niche sites
and they always rank quickly.
Number 1 in less than 24 hours was a standard assumption a while back
but
i think you are right in what you are saying.
My own methods are failing me slowly as Google home in on yet another loophole in their algo.
I have been penalised recently for anchor text so
I can confirm what you are saying is definately happening right now.
stu foster on June 29, 2007 04:49 AM
Whether or not a hyphenated name works in the engines
- have you ever tried
giving someone the URL over the phone?
Awful!
If its a Real Site, not just something spammy for the engines,
avoid hyphens,
citing the 'phone test'
Lea de Groot on June 29, 2007 06:14 AM
[[.....]]
How about del.icio.us? That ranks right?
I still default to using keyword laden domains for new or young sites
as
I have definitely seen
how much easier it is to get ranked in the short term.
[[.....]]
Aaron's domain seobook.com is a good balance between brand and keyword.
I doubt people are searching for "seo book" unless they already had heard the name.
But
the domain gives something noteworthy for others
because it stays in your head.
David Kubicka on June 29, 2007 01:11 PM
I still prefer to have an easy to remember and brandable domain name.
Even if I lose some SEO edge.
Hamlet Batista on June 29, 2007 03:43 PM
[[.....]]
domain names carries sooo much weight.
(too much weight)
Take a look at "image hosting"
Guess who is rank #1?
Not imageshack.us,
not flickr,
not photobucket.
I used to rank #2 (imagehosting.us) for "image hosting"
If Aaron had a different domain for the SEOBook,
he "probably" would not have #1 ranking for "SEO Book"
Maybe or maybe not.
That is how important domain name is to SEO.
Mike on June 30, 2007 12:45 AM
Strategic Keyphrase Location Based Top Level Properties are PriceLess.
Your Company is judged by your domain.
dashes hyphens only weakens your credibility.
Imagine
using a .us youll always be looking up at the stars
and wondering
how many people are going to the most credible domain.
or if that .com address is receiving your email
[[[[[[[[[e.t.c.]]]]]]]]]
by default.
.com is on the Iphone as a instant icon for linking
without typing in the .com.
A premium vertical Dot com represents prestige and
that you will most likely be around for a long time to com..
Not some late in the game flash in the pan-handler.
When business.com sells for 300-400 million
and dowjones or nytimes starts a whole new site
what is at the core of
what they are paying for.[[?]]
We will soon see portfolios of domains sell for billions
of dollars.
On your marks get set. Game over for most.
steven emery on June 30, 2007 01:41 AM
[[.....]]
some relevantest url : :
http://www.seobook.com/archives/001860.shtml
http://frankschilling.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/03/the_house_alway.html
Friday, 29 June 2007
`` only Madonna can afford this name[[Madonna.com]] ''
channel ,,:---->
easy2winCredibilities,
easy2winCredibilities-The_Most_Credibilities,
easy4seo,
easy4seo[[known-by-SE]],
easy4seo[[known-by-SEOptimisers]]
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response
0
response
http://blog.hakia.com/?p=117
[[.....]]
Credibility Versus Popularity
June 29th, 2007 by Dr. Riza C Berkan, CEO
When we state that hakia is currently analyzing Web pages to rank them by semantic methods and credibility criteria, many people are asking,
what is “credibility” of a Web page, and
how can it better than “popularity''
In a nut-shell,
I can tell you right off the bat
that credibility is the real thing,
and popularity is an approximation (cheap immitation) for credibility.
Let’s walk through some cases to make this point clearer.
Case-1: Domain name
Let’s take the query “madonna”.
Obviously
the most credible site is
Madonna’s official Web site,
madonna.com.
Thanks to the fiercely competed market for Web names,
only Madonna can afford this name
Thus,
the very first criteria for credibility is the domain
and how well that domain is controlled.
For example,
domains like .mil, .gov are totally controlled for official announcements,
thus it is very unlikely to see junk content.
[[.....]]
[[.....]]
Credibility Versus Popularity
June 29th, 2007 by Dr. Riza C Berkan, CEO
When we state that hakia is currently analyzing Web pages to rank them by semantic methods and credibility criteria, many people are asking,
what is “credibility” of a Web page, and
how can it better than “popularity''
In a nut-shell,
I can tell you right off the bat
that credibility is the real thing,
and popularity is an approximation (cheap immitation) for credibility.
Let’s walk through some cases to make this point clearer.
Case-1: Domain name
Let’s take the query “madonna”.
Obviously
the most credible site is
Madonna’s official Web site,
madonna.com.
Thanks to the fiercely competed market for Web names,
only Madonna can afford this name
Thus,
the very first criteria for credibility is the domain
and how well that domain is controlled.
For example,
domains like .mil, .gov are totally controlled for official announcements,
thus it is very unlikely to see junk content.
[[.....]]
" The very first criteria for credibility [[in-eyes-o'-those-S.E.]] is the domain "
http://benbarren.blogspot.com/2007/06/hakia-decade-old-exotic-popularity.html
[[.....]]
Friday, June 29, 2007
Hakia :
"The decade-old exotic popularity methods to rank a Web page are increasingly becoming obsolete."
Hakia + Powerset are the post google, post ph'd 8 digit funded search players.
While little is disclosed in public forums, this post from
Hakia CEO is interesting on prioritisation of search sources :
[[[[[[[[[
http://blog.hakia.com/?p=117
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
"The decade-old exotic popularity methods to rank a Web page are increasingly becoming obsolete.
The next generation search systems will definitely not need these approaches any longer
due to the improvements in content analysis, and
due to the availability of crediblity measurements.
With the same token, manipulating search results will become much more difficult by artificial means."
Case-1: Domain name :
"The very first criteria for credibility is the domain
and how well that domain is controlled."
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
'the google's reason may b[be] that : :
4example[for-example] ,
let's assume ,
Mr John McCain buy up our Hairy
for USD1,000,000
for a site 2b[to-be] the central portal
for any1 who want 2b[to-be] hairy or to look like hairy ,
thence ,
Mr John McCain must do all his best to put the best+relevantest
contents e.t.c.
in2[into] Hairy
in order to earn back $$$$
a.s.a.p.[as-soon-as-possible] +
a.m.a.p.[as-much-as-possible] ,
otherwise ,
he might b[be] starved of not possessing enough working capital or
he might b[be] kicked out of 'the board of directors e.t.c.
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
[[.....]]
[[.....]]
Friday, June 29, 2007
Hakia :
"The decade-old exotic popularity methods to rank a Web page are increasingly becoming obsolete."
Hakia + Powerset are the post google, post ph'd 8 digit funded search players.
While little is disclosed in public forums, this post from
Hakia CEO is interesting on prioritisation of search sources :
[[[[[[[[[
http://blog.hakia.com/?p=117
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
"The decade-old exotic popularity methods to rank a Web page are increasingly becoming obsolete.
The next generation search systems will definitely not need these approaches any longer
due to the improvements in content analysis, and
due to the availability of crediblity measurements.
With the same token, manipulating search results will become much more difficult by artificial means."
Case-1: Domain name :
"The very first criteria for credibility is the domain
and how well that domain is controlled."
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
'the google's reason may b[be] that : :
4example[for-example] ,
let's assume ,
Mr John McCain buy up our Hairy
for USD1,000,000
for a site 2b[to-be] the central portal
for any1 who want 2b[to-be] hairy or to look like hairy ,
thence ,
Mr John McCain must do all his best to put the best+relevantest
contents e.t.c.
in2[into] Hairy
in order to earn back $$$$
a.s.a.p.[as-soon-as-possible] +
a.m.a.p.[as-much-as-possible] ,
otherwise ,
he might b[be] starved of not possessing enough working capital or
he might b[be] kicked out of 'the board of directors e.t.c.
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
[[.....]]
A case study by a legacy seo-master 4Y[for-why] Vintage domains , doMain like thy wives , older gooder ,;--^),
channel ,,:---->
domain like thy wife = olderGooder;--^),
easy4seo[[known-by-SEOptimisers]]
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response
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response
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sorry for quoting in almost all contents o'[of]
http://www.domainsfortraffic.com/infocenter.html
because : :
this dissertationnal
thesis-d1[d'one/done]-by-a-veteran-SEOmaster-the-fantomaster
is extremly extremely fully insightsful ,
vr2[we-are-to] refer to the principles composed below
as the referrence for our own sites's
seo+genericDomain synergy strategy
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
http://www.domainsfortraffic.com/infocenter.html
Domains For Traffic
[[.....]]
List of Contents
Why Vintage Domains?
How Do You Do It?
Why Categorize?
Leveraging Vintage Domains – Case Study: PoetryPortal
Why Vintage Domains?
What you should know when deciding on where and what to buy in terms of domains is
the fact that
established domains can wield considerably more clout in terms of search engine rankings than pristine entities.
Of course, as a rule, a domain's most important feature is the name itself. However, beyond mere naming some additional critical – but often overlooked – factors come into play.
Choosing vintage domains for your web properties rather than registering them from scratch
can dramatically increase your marketing clout because they will aid you in:
* building customer trust and confidence;
* capitalizing on existing incoming links;
* boosting your search engine rankings.
[[.....]]
How Do You Do It? The reason we can do it this way
– and at such incredibly low fees
– is simple:
We're not domainers and don't want to be!
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor2w notes : :::::
have u the domainsForTraffic thought that
its[it's] easy2become a successful domainer ????
sorry ,
if u'rnt[you-are-not] hardworking enough @ domaining ,
then more-often-than-not u'd [you-would] rather become
the SUCcessful domainer ;--^)),
sorry ,
all just4joke , n'one[none] humiliation intended ,
thanking for your understanding
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor2w notes : ::::: further details please c[see]
http://www.domainsfortraffic.com/infocenter.html#businessmodel
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
[[.....]]
Why Categorize?
These days,
search engine optimization isn't merely about stuffing plenty of keywords and synonyms onto your web pages.
Information retrieval technology (IRT) and Computational Linguistics (CL) have come a long way
in determining any given text's content
even without significant keyword densities to inform the process.
Some cues in point are Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) and Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI), Theme Vector Analysis and diverse spam detection patents registered by Google, Yahoo! and MSN staff, etc.
– technologies and algorithms we cannot cover here in any depth.
To cut a long story short:
The more focused your web sites are,
The better in terms of achievable search engine rankings.
Of course, in actual reality, it's a whole lot more complicated than that,
but as an overall rule of thumb you'll be well advised to
keep a very tight ship regarding what you're featuring on whichever sites of yours.
E.g.
if you're promoting both Caribbean cruise discounts and sports memorabilia,
be sure to keep them on separately focused web sites
– and take care to assign the appropriate domain names to each.
Whether this is actually better for your marketing in itself may be subject to debate,
but it's certainly a lot more powerful in regards to search engine positioning.
To this day,
having relevant keywords in your domain names
can help you
get your sites indexed and ranked faster and better.
No, it's no magic bullet for all your ranking aspirations
– but
it certainly can considerably help the search engines
in determining what your site is about in the first place.
And obviously, anything that helps the search engines will be yours to leverage!
So in an ideal world you'll
1) purchase a relevant domain with a
2) vintage status and
3) build an equally relevant web site on it
with lots of good, unique and targeted content to achieve best results.
And while we cannot do the latter for you, we can indeed help you cover factors #1 and #2 in this equation!
[[.....]]
Leveraging Vintage Domains – Case Study: Poetry Portal
Date of report: 2005-05-14
Website: PoetryPortal.net
Domain registered on: 2005-05-03
Proxied: Yes
Recommended for:
Blog + Books + Education + Entertainment + Fantasy + Generic + Lexical + Social + Vintage
Pre-launch policy:
Following registration, domain was kept live with a generic
“Welcome to poetryportal.net” index page sans outgoing or internal links, navigation, etc.
No further content was deployed before final launch.
Website launch:
The website proper was launched as a Wordpress blog on 2007-05-02.
Average number of postings was appr. 10 per day.
Link building: Link building commenced on 2007-05-08 as follows –
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 3 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 2 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-09 – 1 link from PR 1 site
2007-05-10 – 1 link from PR 5 site
2007-05-10 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-10 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-11 – 1 link from PR 3 site
2007-05-11 – 1 link from PR 5 site
2007-05-12 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-12 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-12 – 1 link from PR 5 site
In aggregate:
PR5: 4 link(s) (28.57%)
PR4: 7 link(s) (50.00%)
PR3: 2 link(s) (14.29%)
PR2: 1 link(s) (7.14%)
Link building was temporarily suspended from 2007-05-13.
Note:
These were dynamic links placed entirely on weblogs.
I.e. they did not stay in static mode on the respective blogs' index pages but were pushed down and off onto the next archive page as fresh postings by other parties were consecutively uploaded.
This implies that the links alone cannot be held responsible for the ranking results listed below
as
[[[[[[[[[because]]]]]]]]]
their respective PR bleeding value
a) was shared by 9 other, competing links per index page, and
b) was in effect only temporarily until the posting including the link had been pushed into the archive.
PageRank™ (index page): PR 0 per 2007-05-14
Rankings per: 2007-05-14
(all search terms/keywords without quotes)
Days since launch: 12
Google
Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry portal
– pos. #1 + #2 out of appr. 1,160,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: poetry portal
– pos. #5 out of appr. 1,530,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: cash poetry contest
– pos. #9 out of appr. 1,090,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: hard cash poetry contest
– pos. #1 + #2 out of appr. 1,150,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry contest
– pos. #1 out of appr. 1,080,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry
– pos. #26 out of appr. 11,200,000.
See screenshot here.
Note:
At the time of this analysis, Google had indexed a total of only 22 pages (out of 133) of the website.
Yahoo!
Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry portal
– pos. #7 out of appr. 556,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: poetry portal
– pos. #37 out of appr. 4,500,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: hard cash poetry contest
– pos. #12 out of appr. 714,000.
See screenshot here.
Note:
Seeing that Yahoo! had only indexed 4 pages (out of 133) of this website at the time of this checkup, the above results can positively be rated “good/above average”.
Conclusion:
The above results seem to confirm
the commonly held view in the SEO community that,
all other factors being equal,
vintage domains indeed enjoy a significant advantage
in terms of pushing rankings.
At time of writing there is no “sandbox effect” whatever discernible.
While the documented search phrases cannot be rated as “extremely competitive” by today's standards,
their actual degree of competitetiveness is far from trivial either.
Moreover,
the sheer speed (less than two weeks!)
with which these results were achieved is quite dramatic.
This clearly demonstrates
the value of opting for our traffic pulling vintage domains
to leverage all your search marketing efforts!
[[.....]]
© copyright 2007 by
DomainsForTraffic.com.
Domains For Traffic™ is the trademark of fantomaster.com GmbH.
All rights reserved.
[[.....]]
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
the fantomaster 's been being the SEO profesion depuis 199x ,
sorry cant recall 'the ex-act date , ThANKye
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
sorry for quoting in almost all contents o'[of]
http://www.domainsfortraffic.com/infocenter.html
because : :
this dissertationnal
thesis-d1[d'one/done]-by-a-veteran-SEOmaster-the-fantomaster
is extremly extremely fully insightsful ,
vr2[we-are-to] refer to the principles composed below
as the referrence for our own sites's
seo+genericDomain synergy strategy
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
http://www.domainsfortraffic.com/infocenter.html
Domains For Traffic
[[.....]]
List of Contents
Why Vintage Domains?
How Do You Do It?
Why Categorize?
Leveraging Vintage Domains – Case Study: PoetryPortal
Why Vintage Domains?
What you should know when deciding on where and what to buy in terms of domains is
the fact that
established domains can wield considerably more clout in terms of search engine rankings than pristine entities.
Of course, as a rule, a domain's most important feature is the name itself. However, beyond mere naming some additional critical – but often overlooked – factors come into play.
Choosing vintage domains for your web properties rather than registering them from scratch
can dramatically increase your marketing clout because they will aid you in:
* building customer trust and confidence;
* capitalizing on existing incoming links;
* boosting your search engine rankings.
[[.....]]
How Do You Do It? The reason we can do it this way
– and at such incredibly low fees
– is simple:
We're not domainers and don't want to be!
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor2w notes : :::::
have u the domainsForTraffic thought that
its[it's] easy2become a successful domainer ????
sorry ,
if u'rnt[you-are-not] hardworking enough @ domaining ,
then more-often-than-not u'd [you-would] rather become
the SUCcessful domainer ;--^)),
sorry ,
all just4joke , n'one[none] humiliation intended ,
thanking for your understanding
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor2w notes : ::::: further details please c[see]
http://www.domainsfortraffic.com/infocenter.html#businessmodel
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
[[.....]]
Why Categorize?
These days,
search engine optimization isn't merely about stuffing plenty of keywords and synonyms onto your web pages.
Information retrieval technology (IRT) and Computational Linguistics (CL) have come a long way
in determining any given text's content
even without significant keyword densities to inform the process.
Some cues in point are Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) and Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI), Theme Vector Analysis and diverse spam detection patents registered by Google, Yahoo! and MSN staff, etc.
– technologies and algorithms we cannot cover here in any depth.
To cut a long story short:
The more focused your web sites are,
The better in terms of achievable search engine rankings.
Of course, in actual reality, it's a whole lot more complicated than that,
but as an overall rule of thumb you'll be well advised to
keep a very tight ship regarding what you're featuring on whichever sites of yours.
E.g.
if you're promoting both Caribbean cruise discounts and sports memorabilia,
be sure to keep them on separately focused web sites
– and take care to assign the appropriate domain names to each.
Whether this is actually better for your marketing in itself may be subject to debate,
but it's certainly a lot more powerful in regards to search engine positioning.
To this day,
having relevant keywords in your domain names
can help you
get your sites indexed and ranked faster and better.
No, it's no magic bullet for all your ranking aspirations
– but
it certainly can considerably help the search engines
in determining what your site is about in the first place.
And obviously, anything that helps the search engines will be yours to leverage!
So in an ideal world you'll
1) purchase a relevant domain with a
2) vintage status and
3) build an equally relevant web site on it
with lots of good, unique and targeted content to achieve best results.
And while we cannot do the latter for you, we can indeed help you cover factors #1 and #2 in this equation!
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Leveraging Vintage Domains – Case Study: Poetry Portal
Date of report: 2005-05-14
Website: PoetryPortal.net
Domain registered on: 2005-05-03
Proxied: Yes
Recommended for:
Blog + Books + Education + Entertainment + Fantasy + Generic + Lexical + Social + Vintage
Pre-launch policy:
Following registration, domain was kept live with a generic
“Welcome to poetryportal.net” index page sans outgoing or internal links, navigation, etc.
No further content was deployed before final launch.
Website launch:
The website proper was launched as a Wordpress blog on 2007-05-02.
Average number of postings was appr. 10 per day.
Link building: Link building commenced on 2007-05-08 as follows –
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 3 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 2 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-09 – 1 link from PR 1 site
2007-05-10 – 1 link from PR 5 site
2007-05-10 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-10 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-11 – 1 link from PR 3 site
2007-05-11 – 1 link from PR 5 site
2007-05-12 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-12 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-12 – 1 link from PR 5 site
In aggregate:
PR5: 4 link(s) (28.57%)
PR4: 7 link(s) (50.00%)
PR3: 2 link(s) (14.29%)
PR2: 1 link(s) (7.14%)
Link building was temporarily suspended from 2007-05-13.
Note:
These were dynamic links placed entirely on weblogs.
I.e. they did not stay in static mode on the respective blogs' index pages but were pushed down and off onto the next archive page as fresh postings by other parties were consecutively uploaded.
This implies that the links alone cannot be held responsible for the ranking results listed below
as
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their respective PR bleeding value
a) was shared by 9 other, competing links per index page, and
b) was in effect only temporarily until the posting including the link had been pushed into the archive.
PageRank™ (index page): PR 0 per 2007-05-14
Rankings per: 2007-05-14
(all search terms/keywords without quotes)
Days since launch: 12
Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry portal
– pos. #1 + #2 out of appr. 1,160,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: poetry portal
– pos. #5 out of appr. 1,530,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: cash poetry contest
– pos. #9 out of appr. 1,090,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: hard cash poetry contest
– pos. #1 + #2 out of appr. 1,150,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry contest
– pos. #1 out of appr. 1,080,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry
– pos. #26 out of appr. 11,200,000.
See screenshot here.
Note:
At the time of this analysis, Google had indexed a total of only 22 pages (out of 133) of the website.
Yahoo!
Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry portal
– pos. #7 out of appr. 556,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: poetry portal
– pos. #37 out of appr. 4,500,000.
See screenshot here.
Search phrase + ranking: hard cash poetry contest
– pos. #12 out of appr. 714,000.
See screenshot here.
Note:
Seeing that Yahoo! had only indexed 4 pages (out of 133) of this website at the time of this checkup, the above results can positively be rated “good/above average”.
Conclusion:
The above results seem to confirm
the commonly held view in the SEO community that,
all other factors being equal,
vintage domains indeed enjoy a significant advantage
in terms of pushing rankings.
At time of writing there is no “sandbox effect” whatever discernible.
While the documented search phrases cannot be rated as “extremely competitive” by today's standards,
their actual degree of competitetiveness is far from trivial either.
Moreover,
the sheer speed (less than two weeks!)
with which these results were achieved is quite dramatic.
This clearly demonstrates
the value of opting for our traffic pulling vintage domains
to leverage all your search marketing efforts!
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