direct search term as your domain name?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by toddrip, Oct 11, 2006.

  1. #1
    Is it better to have the direct search term(s) as your domain name, at least one term, or does you domain name matter if you have the content?

    example search term = red ford titan

    which is better? (Assuming all 3 site have same content and redfordtitan.com is already taken)
    red-fordtitan.com VS cooltitans.com VS sweettrucks.com/red-ford-titan
     
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  2. tr0nic

    tr0nic Active Member

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    Use a more general domain name then break it down... it'll give you the ability to also expand the site too.
     
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    godinu Peon

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    it depends on your goals with the site/domain. A general type-in name is always a good choice: more people will find it. Redfordtitan.com would be a good type-in, but red-ford-titan.com would be good for search engine optimization if you had an informational site with lots of pages. More people will find it randomly just as the straight term though (redfordtitan.com)
     
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  4. Correctus

    Correctus Straight Edge

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    Subdomains also always work wonders as well. Buy a company domain name or a unique domain name and then you can have a keyword subdomain.

    IT
     
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  5. Affector

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    Most often people type in google "red ford titan" or "redfordtitan" ?
    :)
     
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  6. Correctus

    Correctus Straight Edge

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    Hey Affector, welcome to DP.

    People type "red ford titan" in Google if they want to search for something, but Google Search identifies a domain like redfordtitan.com for that search result query as well, and it actually identifies it as the best result in most cases.

    IT
     
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