I would like to rank for a competitive keyword (115million). I am thinking in buying a domain with the keywords seperated by a hyphen .net How much do you think a domain name affect SE ranking?
If your site has good content you don't need keywords on your domain name. Hyphens can easily make your domain name look spammy and it is also hard to remember. I'd choose a short, descriptive name that is easy to remember, most likely with a .com tld (altough .net and .org may suit some pages better). Having your keywords in the name just for search engine isn't worth it IMO. If all other aspects of the domain name are ok, having a keyword in it is a good bonus.
100% Correct, it is good to have keywords in the name but it doesn't necessarily decide the success of your website. It does help, there is no question about that, but unless you expect a lot of traffic from that keyword don't worrry about it. Twitter didn't have any keywords
a dot com will help better than a dot net, actually i am ranking first for a very competitive niche with only 442 backlinks when my direct competitor has over 25,000
thier is a long on-going discussion for weather or not a domain name is worth if it has a name as that of your keyword it all depends on your niche but most importantly it depends on content, their are some sites like carlocab.com that rank no1 on google for 'make money online' while their are sites like makemoneyonline.com which are no where to be found so for me content is king, domain name can be anything but not so weird and off niche also lol
If the main keyword phrase that you want to rank for is "keyword1 keyword2" then having a domain name that is an EXACT match helps a lot once you get some backlinks to your site with your domain name or URL as the link text IMO. It's definitely not going to instantly rank JUST because of the domain name. So... keyword1keyword2.com keyword1keyword2.net keyword1-keyword2.com keyword1-keyword2.net Although, if it's NOT an exact match like: keyword1.keyword3com keyword2.keyword3.net keyword1.-keyword3.com keyword2.-keyword3.net keyword1keyword3keyword2.com keyword1keyword3keyword2.net keyword1-keyword3-keyword2.com keyword1-keyword3-keyword2.net then it seems to carry significantly less weight. So if you can't get a domain that is an exact match for your "money" keyword phrase then I wouldn't worry too much about which domain you pick. I'd probably go with something similar like a partially matching domain name with a .com TLD. As long as you are comparing non-country specific TLDs then the TLD has no bearing on your rankings at Google IMO. A .com has an equal chance of ranking as a .net. Google.com is TLD agnostic if you are comparing non-country specific TLDs. Maybe it matters at some of the other engines, but I tend to care less about the others like Yahoo!, Live/Bing, Ask because they drive an insignificant amount of traffic to our sites. However, which TLD you select might effect your ability to get back links. Perhaps other webmasters are more inclined to link to .coms than to .nets because they somehow view them (like many consumers do) as more official. The TLD definitely effects click-thru-rate once you show up in the SERPs. My experience has been that people looking for businesses are more likely to click on .com than .net in the SERPs. People looking for non-profit organizations are more likely to click on a .org than a .com or .net. And so on...
Hyphens in a domain name have been problematic for nearly two years now, at least in Google. Don't believe it? try some searches. Examples: cheap tickets cheap concert tickets portland attorney detroit web design caribbean holiday vacation rental In all of those I see exactly two hyphenated domains in the top 10 listings. The purge began in late 2007 and was evident enough that I converted a hyphenated domain to the non-hyphenated in January of 2008. It had enjoyed excellent rankings for many years, but they were slowly eroding. Since I already owned the non-hyphen version and had it redirected, it wasn't too hard to switch the redirects, although there was a painful period while the changes were absorbed by the SE's and reflected in the SERPs. But, if you are competing in my niches, please do use a hyphenated domain. Makes things much easier on my end...
I don't go after hyphenated domains, but I do go after domains that have my keywords somewhere in them if possible. So instead of keyword1-keyword2.com I try for keyword1keyword2.com. The reason for this is that it looks more professional and the major benefit of having the keywords in your domain name is that when people link to you naturally they usually use your domain name separated as the anchor text...and it's the anchor text that matters most in helping your site rank for keywords.
Don't worry about the TLD, google doesn't give preference over .com compared to .net. Hyphens do not hurt SEO but they do not give you an advantage like they did in the past. You do not need the keywords in your domain name but it definitely helps, especially with a competitive niche.
domain name is important and is a factor for SERP but by getting more amount of backlinks you can outrank a website that has the keyword in its domain.This is the main point here.So do not worry if you are not able to get the exact keyword in the domain.instead get the anchored backlinks and you will outrank them all.
If you have keyword in domain name then it can give you additional advantage but there is no problem if you are not getting this. Because domain name with keyword is good but some other factors are also as important as your domain name with keyword. These are as follows: 1. Website designing and placement of all required things at web page. 2. Content is the king in website internet marketing but content should be in crisp language and easy to understandable. 3. Website popularity at internet can increase your internet presence.
Just what I've heard/read/experienced: if you are going to use Hyphens you don't want to use more than one or two. Personally I would not use any. They are just too hard to remember, type in correctly, and way to hard to convey when you are reading your domain (i.e. in a podcast, on the radio, in your recorded product, etc.) As for .net I also would not recommend using those. I read on Jon Jonas's blo the other day that he recommends .com first, then .org next and .net after that. The reason for using .com is simple. More people will remember .com. try out this little experiment call your friend and ask them to go to a site that is a .net site. I almost guarantee that they will assume (despite the fact that you told them .net) it is a .com site. (I used to work at a website and we were a .org site and people would ALWAYS say, ".com?" :-D Take care, Corey
I don't think so, I post a link on high pr site with the same name then mine result comes first then domain. I already did that.
Domain name plays a huge role in SER, but if it is too competitive, domain name only won't outrank other blogs/websites. I suggest you still create quality contents regularly. In that way, there will be a support for your targeted keywords.
very important i think, a domain name that compromises on quality can give the consumer a poor initial impression of your organisation