Hi gang, I would highly appreciate anyone that could help me with something that has been bugging me for a while. I would also appreciate short and specific answers if possible? Here are the questions folks: 1. If I find a very highly searched keyword that has a domain name available, how will that benefit me? 2. If I did purchase a domain containing the keyword of interest, will it matter which extension I purchase? 3. Which is better; (keyword.net) or (key-word.com)? To hyphenate... or not to hyphenate? That is the question! LOL! - sorry I just had to say that. 4. How do search engines rank domain extensions? 5. Is a file extention the same as a subdomain like; keyword.bizza(.)com :: bizza(.)com/keyword ? Cheers!
1. all links and backlinks will have the keyword 2. from what i know there are some extensions that have more importance like .gov or .eu 3. for search engines it doesn't matter if it has "-", for users it is better without "-". hope this helps
5. Is a file extention the same as a subdomain like; keyword.bizza(.)com :: bizza(.)com/keyword ? No..sub domains are created on the hosting package..they are not the same as the content uploaded on them..
Which links are you speaking of? I can understand this, as it would relate to Gov't or Ed. Oh okay. That's great then! But if you personally had to choose between 2 avail domains, which would you choose out of these: keyword.net OR key-word.com? I can understand that .biz/.org/.info etc, all have their relevance, but I'm just wondering if one would be favoured over the other in basic circumstances like above (where all content and conditions are considered equal with both)? It sure does and I thank you for your highly valued help.
I'm not quite sure what you mean. Sorry. From my end, it all looks the same on my Godaddy hosting acct. That is, each domain is aliased to my primary domain... great... and somehow the hosting system recognizes each domain individually, along with sub-domains created. I just see them all as extra files on one root file. I have no idea how each file is read, and then displayed by the hosting acct, to the end-user. To me.. it seems like, keyword.bizza(.)com is no different to bizza(.)com/keyword . I know you are saying that they are different, but I just don't get it. How do the search engines relate sub-domains vs. file extentions to a domain?
Bizza, 1. even if a link has the anchor text "View site" and the href atribute has your website address than this link gives you the keywords your domain name has. 3. i think you mean keywordkeyword.net vs keyword-keyword.com, because i would not choose do-main.com over domain.net. You probably refer to something like domainname.net versus domain-name.com. I don't know for sure if there is a big difference between .com or .net.
Hi Traian, 1. So let me get this staright and correct me if I'm wrong anywhere please: a. Domain names with the keyword in mind, is considered above all, the prime source of traffic and the prime factor for SE ranking. b. Links containing the keyword in mind, either from MetaTags within the site or outside are considered 2nd in influencing SE's ranking criteria's. c. Link from outside sites, articles, blogs etc, have a 3rd-Tier effect, when considering A & B. I know most SE's like all of the above (and more), I just wanted to get things in perspective and see what factors are most important. Just another thing on this topic, I'm still confused about all this linking stuff! hehe... I just don't get why I should link exchange with sites in the same category as mine? I mean, I'm promoting them & they are me, but we're in competition with one another, so how does that work out? ... 3. Okay! So hyphens are equal in the eyes of SE search filters etc, but bad if I wanted to sell the domain in the end? And since there's not much difference between .com and .net (going by your valued opinion), I would preffer the domain domainname.net (in this eg.)? ... Traian, thanks again and to all of you for your highly appreciated opinions and help. Cheers, good health & happiness to you all!