In my opinion Domain is key to ranking in google. You still need backlinks, but not many. E,g if you owned www.creditcards.co.uk you could rank number one in google uk, with about 1k in backlinks. But if you had the domain www.creditcards1.co.uk it would take at least over 75k in backlinks to even appear on top page. J
in my opinion the keyword is a key to be place in 1page of google. xample: if I search with key 'modern medicine' even I search in UK, creditcard.co.uk will not be appear on 1st page google,
Google algorithm has hundreds of factors to be followed to be ranked well, and having keyword on your domain name is just one or few. Still it is just how you make your site important...
Yes, the domain name play very important roles in algorithm, that's why those domain name with good keyword is very expenive. Of course, your content keyword is important as well
Yes, Key phrase in Domain name does play an important role and one of the important element of ranking algorithm but still you need good content and back linkings to get the top rankings. Only key phrase in Domain name wont help you.
I would agree and say that having a domain name with one of your main keywords in it is a good thing from an SEO point of view. How much importance is actually placed on keywords in domains is something that only Google knows, but logically speaking, it must play some role, however small. Alex
A lot of searchers look at the domain name and are more likely to click on a site that matches, even if it ranks a little lower. So this is another way it can increase your traffic if you have the right domain.
I guess it does make some difference because people are willing to pay thousands of dollars for a domain such as mortgage.com or whatever. But like I said before, its still only for 1 keyword and its the longtail that gets you traffic and conversions anyway.
It won't help you to get ranking #1 for any keyword unless you are getting links using your domain name as the anchor text, which mean any other domain name will do the same by using the same anchor text
It's not as much the Google algorithm's use of your domain name as how people use domain names that make it such an important factor. Many people who give you a natural link will simply use some variation of the domain name as the link text. As a result, you get a lot of high quality back links with keyword stuffed anchor text if your domain name has your keywords in it.
My domain www.Successuniversityreview.com is ranking 4th for the term Success University Review in Google. I have only started building backlinks ( around 700 ) and within 3 months i hope to achieve number 1 rank. I can say that the domain name in this instance DOES help me to get indexed high.
We have six sites with the domain name that includes the primary keyword phrase and they all are ranked very well. So it looks important to me.
Domain in keyowrd gives a faster boost in the early days when your site is new. But later age, backlinks, content and other factors count more. I had a sms messages website, for which I was able to get plenty of visitors even within the first month of its launch and without any SEO. Merely on the basis of indexed pages, because I had my full keyword in domain name.