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Benefit Of Using A Long Web Domain Name

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by pcdoc, Aug 21, 2005.

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    pcdoc, Aug 21, 2005 IP
  2. MaxCage

    MaxCage Active Member

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    Yup, exactly. I think the SEs pick up the word in the domain which could be an important highpaying keyword. Well, would it be nice if pepsi had something like kill-your-thirst.com?! lol.
     
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    Willy Peon

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    It's a pretty obvious point: all depends how you drive traffic to a site. If lots of visitors need to arrive from promotions in offline (dead-tree) media, or through word-of-mouth, a short and succinct domain helps memorizing. If the visitors primarily arrive from search engines or inbound links, the domain doesn't need to be as wetware-friendly so it might as well be software-friendly (lots of relevant keywords).
     
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    eduardomaio Peon

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    For me it works this way, I have my own trademark and a domain with it... Now I will make an advertising campaign...

    www.tune-your-car.com will be 301 to www.sprinttotal.com or a specific page about that advertising campaign... Now that's how it works, you should always have your own domain, small, original and that people will automatically connect to you... Your trademark or website name!

    If your main domain is look-at-this-website-about-search-engine-optimization.com don't expect too much traffic or popularity...
     
    eduardomaio, Aug 21, 2005 IP
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    capebretoner Well-Known Member

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    I have a problem typing too many "-" I am not sure why. 1 or 2 is fine but after that it gets annoying and allow spammy looking
     
    capebretoner, Aug 22, 2005 IP
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    JamieC Well-Known Member

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    I agree - up to 2 hyphens is all that I would consider acceptable before it starts getting spam-like.

    Of course, domain names without hyphens are a lot easier to type and remember, but then you lose the advantage of keywords over the search engines.

    Lets face it, most web addresses / email addresses don't transfer well from the real world to the internet - "alloneword" or "no, the UNDERSCORE - to the LEFT of the backspace", anyone? ;-)
     
    JamieC, Aug 23, 2005 IP
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    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    If users are only going to be clicking on links domain name does not matter but after having watched students trying to type in a URL, I say the shorter the better. When purchasing a domain name one thing I consider is how easy is it to type. If you have two meaningful one about same length and one is easier to type than the other I would lean toward the easier to type one.

    Shannon
     
    Smyrl, Aug 23, 2005 IP