please help me on my extension -- really urgent

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by aditya717, Feb 11, 2010.

  1. #1
    hi all
    thanks for all the great support and help

    i am looking to start 10 sites related to a concept , my question is

    should i go with

    keyword .biz (which is available only )

    or should i go with
    keyword-1.com

    or keyword1.com


    which one will be more seo friendly and good for search engine ranking , my target market is only US market .

    please help any other idea on buying name extension please do suggest

    thanks
     
    aditya717, Feb 11, 2010 IP
  2. Rapid_SEO

    Rapid_SEO Peon

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    #2
    .com or .biz every domain treated@ search engines same, it depands on your SEO efforts to rank them high. by the way domain-1.com or domain1.com both are good.
     
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  3. andrej

    andrej Notable Member

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    #3
    I would probably go with keyword1.com

    However, the domain extension doesn't play any role on SEO.
     
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  4. catanich

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    #4
    There is another option you might think about. Example

    Primary Keyword target: Internet Marketing

    Long Tail Keyword 1: Firm => Internet-Marketing-Firm.com
    Long Tail Keyword 2: Services => Internet-Marketing-Services.com
    Long Tail Keyword 3: Dallas => Internet-Marketing-Dallas.com
    Long Tail Keyword 4: SEO => Internet-Marketing-SEO.com
    Long Tail Keyword 5: PPC => Internet-Marketing-PPC.com

    And so on. Just don't cross link them.
     
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  5. rezyde

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    Catanich - What do you mean by cross link?
     
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  6. Canonical

    Canonical Well-Known Member

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    Since Google is TLD agnostic (they don't care whether it's .com, .biz, .net, .org, etc because they are all treated the same), both example.com and example.biz "should" be ranked the same.

    However... In the eyes of users who might be seeing your domains in the SERPs, .com domains are seen as MUCH more legitimate sites than the other alternate domains. .net and .org are probably see by most users as less legitimate than a .com. And a .biz is on par with a .info from a user perspective.

    Because users see them as less legitimate, the click-thru-rates on non .com TLD domains is much less than those of their .com counterpart. Also, other webmasters are going to be less likely to link to non-.com TLD domains.


    Having keywords in your domain name only provides a significant boost for search phrases that EXACTLY match that domain name... Partial matches on domain names provide no more significant boost than have partial matches in the folder or file names. So at MOST your domain name is going to help you rank significantly better for ONE keyword phrase.

    I agree with Catanich... If you're looking for traffic, go for long tail domain names with a .com TLD for keyword phrases with moderate to high traffic. Or go with a less desirable .com domain name over a keyword rich .biz. Either way, I'd definitely recommend sticking with .com and avoiding example1.com type names... They look like cheap, copy sites that are too poor to come up with their own domain name.
     
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  7. aditya717

    aditya717 Well-Known Member

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    #7
    thanks for all the help
    so 1 last question
    so should i go with
    for eg-
    carrepair-london.com or car-repair-london.com

    thanks
     
    aditya717, Feb 11, 2010 IP
  8. seo555

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    #8
    keyword-1.com its very effective use this
     
    seo555, Feb 11, 2010 IP
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    I suggest choose extension depending on business which you have planned. supose you plan to do education center then choose .edu if its community or kind of it go with .org else for every thing u can with .com
     
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  10. gusher08

    gusher08 Active Member

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    just add some keyword/s on your domain name and do some white hat sEO
     
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  11. expertofexperts

    expertofexperts Active Member

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    What i have experienced till date that .com domains dominate other extentions. So better go for .com extension other than using any other domain.
     
    expertofexperts, Feb 12, 2010 IP
  12. venkatreading

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    #12
    i guess .biz is better becasue google or other Se's donot care the domain names . all they care is about keywords and when you have keyword.biz it's better to avoid numbers or other extensions. my advice is to go with the .biz domain
     
    venkatreading, Feb 12, 2010 IP