Comments on: SEO Tutorial – Domain Name Optimization

By: SEO Consultant

SEO Consultant — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:16:19 +0000

Your first example with a hyphen has SEO value for the SERP whilst the other two has no SEO value. Might as well have the domain name hjghjjhgfjh.tld

Do you really believe Google would as a matter of course downgrade hyphenated domains because for a period of time they were used for SEO reasons? Now the SEO myth hyphenated domains are penalised in Google has become a well known “SEO Fact” there’s isn’t even a slight reason to downgrade them (not that they would, not how Google works).

Just a bunch of webmasters, my site was downgraded, it was a hyphenated domain therefore hyphenated domains are penalised.

Same argument with tld’s, ignoring country specific benefits there’s no difference. So org is no better or worse than com or info.

Check the SEO Tutorial SERP in Google, 4 of the top 10 use hyphenated domains with the keyword SEO within them. For the SEO SERP it’s 3.

David

By: Tom Jackson

Tom Jackson — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:56:33 +0000

Hey Dave,
Good article. It goes against common theory that hyphens rank worse.

Regarding TLDs, I’ve seen a .org rocket up the results in very competitive space, so it made me wonder.

Here is my question:

Let’s say I’m starting a site to sell buffalo chips.
I’ve done my homework and realized “buffalo chips” is by far the most desirable search phrase.
I’ve given up on finding something brandable; and prefer something with SEO juice.

What do you think of the relative value of these three choices?

buffalo-chips(dot)net
buffalochips(dot)org
chipsbuffalo(dot)com

Looking forward to your thoughts.
tj

By: varun kumar mishra

varun kumar mishra — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:53:51 +0000

hi sir plese inform me .i want start seo buisness
so how to start this buisness.plese sir send my information step-2 step on my e:mail.thanx

By: TR fr Sydney Limousines

TR fr Sydney Limousines — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:27:28 +0000

My domain name is very keyword rich but I don’t have hyphens in it. The url is limousinesin.sydneyareacode.com.au

and Google recognises it in the SERPs as limousines in Sydney area code.

I do use hyphens though, especially when there are 2 s’s for eg.

I tend to buy keyword rich domain names but they aren’t always the name of the biz. Do you recommend buying biz domain name
eg. mycompanyname.com.au

and redirect to keyword rich url with a 301 redirect? This wouldn’t affect ranking would it?

Thanks

By: Sheila Southey

Sheila Southey — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:36:24 +0000

I have recently purchased a website for help my real estate business. My website name is coloradomountainhomesite.com I have only one link to this which is my name, sheilasouthey.com

I live in Evergreen, Colorado which is where I want to focus my website. Do you have any suggestions on how I may rank higher with SEO? I add many links and content on a daily basis and have at least 4 of the big social media attached to my website.

Would love to hear what you think…thanks for you time.

Sheila

By: barry

barry — Sun, 01 May 2011 15:06:12 +0000

I have heard a great deal of conflicting advice, read a lot on line, read your comments regarding SEO. I have two dental office locations, so choosing a domain name for a new website I am developing to attract “NEW” (not existing) patients is challenging. I found your article interesting about separating words with dashes so search engines read each word and not between the dots which is how I structured my domain names I have reserved already. However, I am not sure whether to have a domain name with both office locations, possibly separated by dashes such as “office1-office2 or list each separately as a domain name, such as “office1″ and then “office2″ and have both directed to my “officemainsite” listing or as I have them reserved now with both offices listed together in one domain name without spaces or dashes, “office1office2″? Because I have two offices I am having trouble as I want new potential patients living near office 1 who search in location for a dentist at office 1 to be directed to my website and same for office 2 but I only have one website and can;t choose one over the other-THEY BOTH have to direct new patients to my website? Thank you.

By: tsuchong

tsuchong — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:58:27 +0000

hi just a quick question if the advantage of hypening domain names still relevant? Or has SEO tech progress enough to recognize non-hypened domain names?

thanks.

By: Kazer

Kazer — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:12:48 +0000

Thanks for the post. Does it still hold true? Would be nice if you added dates to your posts and comments!

By: Ross Johnstone

Ross Johnstone — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:48:58 +0000

Hi,

Quick question – my new business site megajumps.com.au when searched for in google as ‘megajumps’ comes up to the user as ‘mega jumps’ and give a small option of ‘did you mean ‘megajumps’

As there is a space put in, my site does not show up anywhere. Unless the person clicks on the ‘did you mean’ below, google will not search for single word.

This is losing me traffic – I dont know what I should do. Get a new domain, change my business name, change meta tags, upload New URL??? HELP ME PLEASE – Google are seriosuly uncontactble and this problem seems to affect thousands from what I have seen. Noon has an answer on how to fix this…..

Please Help Me!!

By: KingFrank

KingFrank — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:04:39 +0000

Hello, your article is very interesting and informative. I have a question… I own 50 domain names which I am not going to give the exact domain names, I will give an example for my question. I own domains like insurance-quote-in-California.com , insurance-quote-in-Colorado.com Etc… I own a phrase in a different nich than insurance but in every state. Does that mean that once I develop a basic content site for each domain and get them found by the serps, I should start receiving targeted traffic for at least the key phrases in the domains? I have a potential for a great set of sites with great potential adsense revenue if that is accurate. Please let me know your thoughts if possible .