Comments on: The Power Of Keyword Rich Domain Names http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/ Creator Of Article Writer Pro, Easy Article Rewriter, All-In-One SEO Toolbox, Index Checker & Link ABYSS Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Flo http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Flo Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:19:12 +0000 http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/?p=221#comment-1085 hey Andy good article...just 2 questions though. 1. Lets say I have mymaindomain.com and then I register mykeywordrichdomainaboutwebsites.com and point it to mymaindomain.com. Does google vallue that added domain name? 2. And secondly lets say I redirect mykeywordrichdomainaboutwebsites.com to a page on www.mymaindomain.com that deals with websites and do the same for mykeywordrichdomainaboutgraphicdesign.com and point it to a page on www.mymaindomain.com that deals with graphic design. Will google value that too? Or does google only take keywordrich domain names into conisderation if they are the orginial host of that website? Do get what I mean? *** Note from Andy *** I don't understand fully what you are saying. Obviously having highly relevant sites pointing links to your site will help your rankings. You really need to host these other sites on unique IP address though so it looks like they 'belong' to other people. That will add relevance to those links. I am in the middle of an experiment at the minute. It is looking great at the minute but once it completes I will be writing an ebook showing exactly how I have nailed no.1 positions in Google for my main keywords, and give a blue print on how to replicate that. hey Andy good article…just 2 questions though. 1. Lets say I have mymaindomain.com and then I register mykeywordrichdomainaboutwebsites.com and point it to mymaindomain.com. Does google vallue that added domain name?
2. And secondly lets say I redirect mykeywordrichdomainaboutwebsites.com to a page on http://www.mymaindomain.com that deals with websites and do the same for mykeywordrichdomainaboutgraphicdesign.com and point it to a page on http://www.mymaindomain.com that deals with graphic design. Will google value that too? Or does google only take keywordrich domain names into conisderation if they are the orginial host of that website? Do get what I mean?

*** Note from Andy ***

I don’t understand fully what you are saying. Obviously having highly relevant sites pointing links to your site will help your rankings. You really need to host these other sites on unique IP address though so it looks like they ‘belong’ to other people. That will add relevance to those links.

I am in the middle of an experiment at the minute. It is looking great at the minute but once it completes I will be writing an ebook showing exactly how I have nailed no.1 positions in Google for my main keywords, and give a blue print on how to replicate that.

]]> By: Ray http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Ray Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:12:37 +0000 http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/?p=221#comment-821 I have to agree with you Andy, keyword rich domains can give you an edge in the SERP's - even over sites that have the edge in terms of domain age, etc. In my own experience I've snagged the No. 2 spot in Google for search term with approx. 853,000 competing pages (broad) and pulling approx. 328 searches per day (exact in season) with a site that's only 3 months old. My SEO competitors are all established,large shopping sites but their on-page optimization is really poor. So when I set up my site, I paid a lot of attention to my on-page SEO and I've been rewarded for it. But I'm not going to rest on my laurels ... I will be building backlinks to the site and adding more content. Ray I have to agree with you Andy, keyword rich domains can give you an edge in the SERP’s - even over sites that have the edge in terms of domain age, etc.

In my own experience I’ve snagged the No. 2 spot in Google for search term with approx. 853,000 competing pages (broad) and pulling approx. 328 searches per day (exact in season) with a site that’s only 3 months old. My SEO competitors are all established,large shopping sites but their on-page optimization is really poor. So when I set up my site, I paid a lot of attention to my on-page SEO and I’ve been rewarded for it. But I’m not going to rest on my laurels … I will be building backlinks to the site and adding more content.

Ray

]]> By: Scott http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Scott Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:30:14 +0000 http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/?p=221#comment-815 Having a keyword rich domain cerainly helps, there's no question but I'm finding low searched volume keywords, ie 5000 exact and below pretty darn easy to rank with a keyword rich domain. I have one site that dropped to page 2, but it was the keyword .com. I only had 1 small paragraph as I put the site off for later development. I added only 1 500-word article the other day, a few social bookmarks, and now it's #1 above sites with the same keyword but .org/.net. Interesting. However, I'll probably be lucky to get 10 uniques per day even at #1. That says something. Now, my focus is keyword rich domains with much higher competition, ie 20,000+ Exact and since the .com/.org./nets aren't available, I'm willing to hyphenate, add "uk" or some other generic (nothing new here) and pursue a niche ONLY IF my analysis of the first 10 domains proves to show a) low on page backlinks and b) poor on page optimization at least. I honestly think I can outrank even the .coms that are poorly optimized. Lastly, I find it good news when you see the top tlds taken by domainers who simply park their kw rich domain. Andy's article here is about kw rich domains, having that and good on page SEO is pretty powerful, even against major branded websites. It'll be interesting to see how my high comp. hyphenated domains do. Who cares if the domain looks ugly!? lol I'm not after type-in traffic! Scott *** Note from Andy *** A great comment! Thanks Scott :-) Having a keyword rich domain cerainly helps, there’s no question but I’m finding low searched volume keywords, ie 5000 exact and below pretty darn easy to rank with a keyword rich domain. I have one site that dropped to page 2, but it was the keyword .com. I only had 1 small paragraph as I put the site off for later development. I added only 1 500-word article the other day, a few social bookmarks, and now it’s #1 above sites with the same keyword but .org/.net. Interesting.

However, I’ll probably be lucky to get 10 uniques per day even at #1. That says something.

Now, my focus is keyword rich domains with much higher competition, ie 20,000+ Exact and since the .com/.org./nets aren’t available, I’m willing to hyphenate, add “uk” or some other generic (nothing new here) and pursue a niche ONLY IF my analysis of the first 10 domains proves to show a) low on page backlinks and b) poor on page optimization at least.

I honestly think I can outrank even the .coms that are poorly optimized.

Lastly, I find it good news when you see the top tlds taken by domainers who simply park their kw rich domain.

Andy’s article here is about kw rich domains, having that and good on page SEO is pretty powerful, even against major branded websites.

It’ll be interesting to see how my high comp. hyphenated domains do. Who cares if the domain looks ugly!? lol I’m not after type-in traffic!

Scott

*** Note from Andy ***

A great comment! Thanks Scott :-)

]]> By: R McTol http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-787 R McTol Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:39:24 +0000 http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/?p=221#comment-787 Andy I am impressed. I put up a site one week ago and haven't really done much with it yet.I'm still trying to form it up so it looks like an authority type site with personal information. The keywords are -- a brain aneurysm -- The term gets moderate monthly global searches, 5400. I check a few minutes ago and it is listed. I don't think it's near the top of the listing yet but it sure is a start. RT... Andy I am impressed. I put up a site one week ago and haven’t really done much with it yet.I’m still trying to form it up so it looks like an authority type site with personal information. The keywords are — a brain aneurysm —

The term gets moderate monthly global searches, 5400. I check a few minutes ago and it is listed. I don’t think it’s near the top of the listing yet but it sure is a start.

RT…

]]> By: Bryan Knight http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Bryan Knight Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:18:19 +0000 http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/?p=221#comment-786 Fascinating point. Explains why some sites with no links still rank high. A key-word rich domain should also be great for local business, not just those like yours which have a world-wide audience. I guess that's where long-tail comes into its own. Fascinating point. Explains why some sites with no links still rank high. A key-word rich domain should also be great for local business, not just those like yours which have a world-wide audience. I guess that’s where long-tail comes into its own.

]]> By: Joseph Archibald http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Joseph Archibald Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:09:08 +0000 http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/?p=221#comment-785 Hi to all, I do not think that the keyword in the domain name is prominent over every other aspect of SEO. For those very easy to rank for keywords the chances are decent that a keyword rich domain will rank highly, at least for a short while, and then it succumbs to the Google dance. If your online business model is for ranking in tougher niches with more competition but greater rewards etc then there is no way (or very, very little chance) that - firstly a domain name will be available that is very relevant, and secondly, even if it were it would still take a lot of work to get it ranking high - a lot of work! So therefore it depends on what you want to go for with regards your SEO business model. Want to buy up lots of domains for the very low hanging fruit and work hard this way? Or prefer to go for the higher fruit and not be concerned about the domain name but more concerned about your quality and quantity of backlinks to the website? Either way, if you want to make a good income in the SEO line, you have to slog at it and slog at it some more. With regards Joseph Hi to all,
I do not think that the keyword in the domain name is prominent over every other aspect of SEO. For those very easy to rank for keywords the chances are decent that a keyword rich domain will rank highly, at least for a short while, and then it succumbs to the Google dance.

If your online business model is for ranking in tougher niches with more competition but greater rewards etc then there is no way (or very, very little chance) that - firstly a domain name will be available that is very relevant, and secondly, even if it were it would still take a lot of work to get it ranking high - a lot of work!

So therefore it depends on what you want to go for with regards your SEO business model. Want to buy up lots of domains for the very low hanging fruit and work hard this way? Or prefer to go for the higher fruit and not be concerned about the domain name but more concerned about your quality and quantity of backlinks to the website?

Either way, if you want to make a good income in the SEO line, you have to slog at it and slog at it some more.

With regards
Joseph

]]> By: Chris http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-784 Chris Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:56:55 +0000 http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/?p=221#comment-784 True up to a point Andy. Where the keyphrase has relatively limited competition then yes, a poorly-linked-to correctly-named domain will rank very highly - I mean, how much competition is there for "andy black seo" after all? - as I've had completely blank sites ranked #1 just on domain name alone. However, where the competition is more full on then things start to average back to what you'd usually expect based on page title and inbound links as the key determinants. One thing for sure - a keyphrase named domain certainly never hurts your ranking and is always very useful when it comes to getting clicks off of the SERPs. *** Note from Andy *** Yes, but the point I was making was by comparing my blog and this new domain with an unrelated blog on it. It was to remove all other factors and just emphasize the strength that exact keyword domains have. True up to a point Andy.

Where the keyphrase has relatively limited competition then yes, a poorly-linked-to correctly-named domain will rank very highly - I mean, how much competition is there for “andy black seo” after all? - as I’ve had completely blank sites ranked #1 just on domain name alone. However, where the competition is more full on then things start to average back to what you’d usually expect based on page title and inbound links as the key determinants.

One thing for sure - a keyphrase named domain certainly never hurts your ranking and is always very useful when it comes to getting clicks off of the SERPs.

*** Note from Andy ***

Yes, but the point I was making was by comparing my blog and this new domain with an unrelated blog on it. It was to remove all other factors and just emphasize the strength that exact keyword domains have.

]]> By: Magnus http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Magnus Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:43:10 +0000 http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/?p=221#comment-782 This post is a big eye opener. I know the benefit of keyword rich domain names, but never knew that it can make that much difference. it appears, keyword rich domain name takes a very high prominence over every other aspect of SEO. Thanks for letting us know about this. It will make me think twice before choosing a generic domain name again. This post is a big eye opener. I know the benefit of keyword rich domain names, but never knew that it can make that much difference. it appears, keyword rich domain name takes a very high prominence over every other aspect of SEO. Thanks for letting us know about this. It will make me think twice before choosing a generic domain name again.

]]> By: Married Dating http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Married Dating Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:11:55 +0000 http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/?p=221#comment-781 You are right, it does work great but these are very hard to find these days. Try to find trends and register the .com quickly You are right, it does work great but these are very hard to find these days.

Try to find trends and register the .com quickly

]]> By: Don http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/index.php/01/the-power-of-keyword-rich-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Don Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:10:21 +0000 http://www.article-writer-pro.com/blog/?p=221#comment-780 I totally agree with your findings. I have a 3 month old, keyword rich domain sitting at #11 currently that I have not done much of anything with. I am glad to hear my suspicions confirmed by yourself. Time for a few backlinks now to see if I can reach top 3. I totally agree with your findings. I have a 3 month old, keyword rich domain sitting at #11 currently that I have not done much of anything with. I am glad to hear my suspicions confirmed by yourself. Time for a few backlinks now to see if I can reach top 3.

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