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Fahd
Feb 21st 2006, 1:11 am
Does anyone know if the length of the domain being shorter has any SERP listing results per se? An important site of mine (12 char domain) still hasnt been indexed in google while fahd.org was indexed faster than anything I have ever experienced! :confused:
INV
Feb 21st 2006, 1:22 am
No, it doesnt matter. Roman1 can assure you that with his Longest Banana (thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/long133.html) Website.
Brad Callen
Feb 21st 2006, 2:15 am
Lol I dont think I have ever seen a website that long.

But no as above mentioned it makes no difference on SE's placement, as far as I know.

However a shorter domain with a usefull word or well branded name could value more :)

Brad
digital1
Feb 21st 2006, 5:34 am
I imagine webmasters lean towards purchasing a domain with less characters because alot of people (such as myself) cannot be arsed with typing in long domain names into the address bar. ;)

Oh and shorter looks more presentable too.
FireStorM
Feb 21st 2006, 5:38 am
length of domain name will not affect SERP .
maldives
Feb 21st 2006, 5:54 am
No, it doesnt matter. Roman1 can assure you that with his Longest Banana (http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/long133.html) Website.

lol - Never seen something like that before. It took me one minute to read the complete domain -j/k- :)
wkd
Feb 21st 2006, 7:20 am
It is better to have a shorter domain for people to type in the name more easily into your browser, but as for search engines, it is better to have your keywords in your domain name. For example I started a blog site for movie reviews, and so I looked for a domain name with the word "Movie". This will help your search engine rankings.
scoxy
Feb 21st 2006, 1:59 pm
long domains are long. but you can type a well known word thats 7 letters much quicker than you can type a short 4 letter nonsense for example.

for example i find it faster to type quicker.com than for example, p0az.com

Just my opinion. Also ill remember quicker.com more easily.

Its all about finding the middle ground.
digitalage
Feb 21st 2006, 2:39 pm
depends on what you need the domain for, if it is to make a point like long banana then it's fine, otherwise think memorable.