Comments on: How to Find a Domain Name Using Google Wonder Wheel

By: Mikael

Mikael — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:39:57 +0000

Very true Ben. And if you can find one that is short and is a .com as well you’re in luck. Often it is easier said than done though.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:23:22 +0000

Best suggestions are a name that works with your niche, perhaps suggests the topic, and is easy to type/hype.
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By: Christopher Basilio

Christopher Basilio — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:20:30 +0000

Finding out that extensions like .info have no SEO bearing is comforting. I had impulse-bought a .info domain a week ago on the basis that I really wanted the name and could not afford something offered as a premium domain and could not think of an alternative.

Thanks,
Chris
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By: Geoff@nanny jobs

Geoff@nanny jobs — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:51:48 +0000

@Thomas, just to be clear I was referring to generic TLDs (.com, .org, .net, .info). Country-code TLDs will have an affect on your SERPs due to geo-targeting. If for example you had a .br TLD then your site would have an advantage in Brazil but would also be at a disadvantage elsewhere.

By: Thomas Pedersen@Hostgator discount

Thomas Pedersen@Hostgator discount — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:43:15 +0000

I agree, I couldn’t see why the tld should have any influence from an SEO stanpoint.

That would only be because people have it easier remembering .com over .com.br or something like that.

Though I haven’t tested to see if 2 websites with identical content and backlinks but with 2 different tld’s would be ranked over the over.

If it is even possible to run a test like that.
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By: Geoff@nanny jobs

Geoff@nanny jobs — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:48:47 +0000

I can understand why people prefer a .com over a .org, .net, and especially a .info from a branding point of view but if your main concern is getting SE traffic, does it really matter in the end and is it really worth sacrificing not having your first choice keywords in the domain name just so you can register a .com? AFAIK there are no SEO benefits of one tld over another. The .info tld especially is often seen as a trash tld but there are many examples of authoritative sites with a .info tld (e.g. http://www.prchecker.info)

By: Mikael

Mikael — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:36:17 +0000

Honestly Thomas, I don’t think it’ll make that much of a difference whether you used dashes or not.

By: Thomas@køb hair extensions

Thomas@køb hair extensions — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:10:48 +0000

Hey,
What about in the case of people linking to the site with the url as the link text?
Would you prefer to have it without dashes so that you might rank for rosegardenlandskaping.com or with dashes to get better ranking?

I’m sure you will agree that you primarily rank for what linktext people are linking to you with, right?

By: Thomas Pedersen

Thomas Pedersen — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:30:43 +0000

I wouldn’t be given one with dashes out either, but if it does make google see keywords better in a hyphenated domain and you are just setting up your site, one might as well buy both domains.

Though I do think thay said this is in the last 2-5% of SEO, and most poeple shouldn’t worry about anything else than the first 80% which should be linktexts.

It might have been in the full course I saw it, I couldn’t help myself, when they offered it plus another supscription for just $1.

Ps.: if someone else gets the course, be aware that you get it for $1 on account of getting another subscription which is just free the first month, so if one only wants the SEO course , then you should cancel subscription before 30 days.

By: Mikael

Mikael — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:47:22 +0000

That is because you’re a celebrity Suzanne

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