Keyword your are targeting->> should it be must in domain?

Discussion in 'Keywords' started by icare, Feb 18, 2006.

  1. #1
    If you want to target a keyword, do it needs to be in domain?

    Like for example to build a site and want to target a keyword "bollywood"

    do I need to have www.bollywoodblabla.com? for top ranking
     
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  2. icare

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    now if i serach bollywood on goolge the domain that contian a word bollywood is on top...
     
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    #3
    It does help significantly, only do not spam your domain with keywords like for instance bollywood-movies-best-bollywood-movies-bollywood.com

    A domain with a keyword does certainly help but does not necessarily mean instant top rankings, it is indeed one of the many factors that contributes and a keyword in a domain is a important factor that can contribute a lot.
     
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    none of my domains have the keyword in domain and they all rank well, i think keyword in url is equivilent to keyword in <H1> tag
     
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    H1 tags are indeed important and do ad value but are not equal.

    Keyword(s) in the domain stands above h1 tags.
     
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  6. icare

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    so you meant we are loosing points if we dont have this word in domain. Well we want to target this keyword as most part of our site will be based on bollywood and news from it but we want to include other sections like sports. etc so just bollywood in our domian will make an impression on user that this site is only based on bollywood. So please suggest what should we do. AS our site WONT be based only on bollywood shoud we take domain like
    www.bollywoodworld.com or not? or shuld we keep any buzz word? or should we brand our domain name....
     
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    we want to target bollywood keyword and our site will be based on bollywood but will have other sections aswell like jokes and other entertianment...

    so do you guys think we should keep "bollywood" in url?
     
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    it does not have to be in domain, but in the url overall, if you was targetting "free mens aftershave" then the url can be anything.com/free-mens-aftershave and that would count has having keyword in domain/url
     
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    Stuid question... what is diffrence between domain and url??
     
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    #10

    excuse me for my knowldge
     
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    Since your site is not only concentrated on the bollywood industry and also discusses various other topics then it would be less important for you.
    I would go for a domain that is catchy and easy to remember in your situation.

    If you would for instance want to sell bollywood movies then i would suggest to put at least the word bollywood in your domain but also in such an manor that it's easy for your visitors to remember and to use.
     
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    #12
    yoursite.com is domain
    yoursite.com/your-page.html is url
     
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    Thank you .. got it... so if site is not in html then shoud whe bollywood as subdomain

    www.mysite.com/bollywood

    is that good idea?
     
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    so if we chose a name that is easy to remeber and represent overall content your our site it will be good? rite? and does having '-' matters? is it seo friendly? like www.bollywood-blabla.com? or like www.chit-chat.com
     
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    If you only want to target the word bollywood, then yes.

    You would also have to do more on page SEO optimization for this term.
     
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    like domain www.chitchat.com is already takes so what if we take www.chit-chat.com? is there any chance loosing our vistios coz the might type www.chitchat.com instead of www.chit-chat.com coz they heard chitchat.com form their friends etc?
     
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    or it could be yoursite.com/bollywood.php (or whatever programming language u use to code ur pages)

    or it could be bollywood.yoursite.com/
     
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    #19


    cool.... you guys are awsome


    hey can you please suggest any script... for news protal a good one Doesnt matter if its paid one.... or do you suggest to get a customise cms made?

    And has anybody used www.phpcow or had any experince?


    Sorry if my question is in wrong forum...
     
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    Well, that could be a problem if people are telling each other about chitchat.com but instead the site you have is chit-chat.com.
    Search engines will recognize the words as two keywords.

    You should try to find a name without a hyphen (hyphen is this symbol - ) to avoid confusing with your visitors.
    But for SEO purposes it can be usefull.
     
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