Hi all, I need to ask 4 questions about Domains - 1. Is it better for the keywords to be in the front or at the end? Keep in mind, I will not be using stop words in either place. For instance - RealEstateHouston.com - or HoustonRealEstate.com ? If someone were typing in - Real Estate in Houston - Real Estate for Sale in Houston.. etc. Which would get hit and indexed naturally faster and higher? 2. If I found two premium domains, - 1 was 2 years old and the other was 4 years old.... Lets say - The person selling the 2 year old Domain had 100 backlinks, and the 4 year old domain had the same amount of backlinks.... 2 year old was say 200.00 --- How much more would you be willing to pay for the 4 year old domain? Whats a 2-5 year old domain based solely on time established really worth in conjunction with a 2 year old domain? Lets pretend they are both in good standing, same amount of backlinks.. How much more would you pay for the older domain? Very little difference in the name itself.. SEO wise, you could work with both. 3. Whats your rule on using hyphens in your domains when you are creating them? i.e. ford-mustang-forums.com 4. Is there anything I need to know about using a .org domain ?
1. Use the Google keyword tool or another and see what traffic each gets for an EXACT MATCH for your keywords. Get the one with the most usage. 2. If everything else is the same for the two domains, I might pay a little more for the older one, but I doubt it. If everything else is the same, the age doesn't count for much, if anything. Backlinks, but also traffic numbers are more important. Keep in mind that both may change once you own the domain... :-( 3. I have hyphen domains that are parked that make me a lot of money, but I prefer domains without hyphens because they are easier to sell. 4. No, except that while an org domain can work well for a site, it may be harder to resell than some of the others. And the typical end-user for an org domain doesn't have much money to spend. I think they are great for forums and social issues sites.
1. I agree with Christian above use Google tool; here is URL; I have to break it up because I am a new member and cannot post URLs: https ://adwords. google. com/ select/KeywordToolExternal Conventional wisdom is that you want keywords at the beginning, but I do not have personal experience here. 2. Age does matter a little, but mostly only in the beginning; do not overpay for age. 3. There is a separate thread on this issue, but to summarize: hyphens are better for SEO and non-hyphens are better for Branding. You can get best of both worlds by buying both domains and having the hyphen version as your domain and have the non-hyphen point to the hyphen site. i.e. ford-mustang-forums .com is the site and fordmustangforums .com points to it.