Why not to get a long domain name

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by 007, Dec 5, 2006.

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    And by long I mean something like this:

    http://www.modestapparelchristianclothinglydiaofpurpledressescustomsewing.com/

    LOL! Well at least it's a .com but in this case it doesn't matter.

    And just look how it displays on Alexa:

    http://alexa.com/data/details/traff...nclothinglydiaofpurpledressescustomsewing.com

    This is certainly not a business card friendly domain...

    Or Tshirt friendly, or email address friendly...

    *ahem* Yeah drop me an email.. my email is soandso (at) modestapparelchristianclothinglydiaofpurpledressescustomsewing.com

    Oh man. Somebody showed me this and I just had to post it. :)
     
    007, Dec 5, 2006 IP
  2. 1john2004

    1john2004 Well-Known Member

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    I don't care as long as it gives decent traffic:)
     
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  3. sundaybrew

    sundaybrew Numerati

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    Well the good part is I bet there is several typos :p
     
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  4. Correctus

    Correctus Straight Edge

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    If you want people to remember you and your website, its best to go for a small name, thats where brandability comes into play, you can rank well for ANY keyword with ANY domain, and thats where comes the SEO part.

    I haven't SEO'ed my site Correctus.com but as you can see its perfectly brandable and I'm using it as my company name, nobody is ever gonna have any problems remembering it.

    Or to give you a better example, how about Adidas? Adidas doesn't mean Sports Apparel, its actually similar to Adios but either ways its pretty successful, therefore I always recommend people go for brandability over keywording.

    IT
     
    Correctus, Dec 7, 2006 IP