Comments on: SEO and the 3 critical factors in a domain name. http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/seo-domain-names/ Real world talk about web design, programming and the business of web design. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:25:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/seo-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-116439 Mike Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:28:02 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/blog/?p=83#comment-116439 I think you're points are valid however i think given the choice for #3 you should choose your domain extension rather wisely. Of course .com domains are definately better than .net etc however if you are (for example) targetting the uk market, then a .co.uk extension is most definately better for achieving more targetted traffic through the search engines; combine this with location specific hosting and you can definately add some highly positive seo through your domain name. I think you’re points are valid however i think given the choice for #3 you should choose your domain extension rather wisely. Of course .com domains are definately better than .net etc however if you are (for example) targetting the uk market, then a .co.uk extension is most definately better for achieving more targetted traffic through the search engines; combine this with location specific hosting and you can definately add some highly positive seo through your domain name.

]]> By: Robert McCulloch http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/seo-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-4469 Robert McCulloch Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:31:58 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/blog/?p=83#comment-4469 Domain names are more important for SEO than ever today (October 05, 2006). The reason is that search engines have had to discount more and more on-page factors due to webmasters and their SEO efforts to get top ranking. With less factors to rank webpages with, search engines are looking for other things to base a website rank in their search results. In-bound links were what made Google what it is today, but even they are discounted now due to webmasters linking to everything they can find to increase their PageRank. But that is another story. MSN understands this and ranks a website with a keyword phrase within the domain name well ahead of other sites. For example, I registered a domain name (american-pitbulls.us) for a pitbull site and setup a blog about six months ago. Three months later I did a search on MSN for 'american pitbulls' and my blog came up #1! (Page 1 of 70,571 results) Keep this in mind... The site had: No PageRank A new domain name, 3 months old then No links No SEO - a WordPress Blog The blog is still at #1 on MSN today ahead of all 70k sites. Feel free to check yourself.. http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=american+pitbulls&FORM=MSNH The url is http://american-pitbulls.us/wp I'm getting traffic from Google as well now. Anyway, you can see how important the domain name is in ranking well in MSN. Even at third in the search engine wars, MSN can push out a lot of traffic. Robert McCulloch Domain names are more important for SEO than ever today (October 05, 2006). The reason is that search engines have had to discount more and more on-page factors due to webmasters and their SEO efforts to get top ranking.

With less factors to rank webpages with, search engines are looking for other things to base a website rank in their search results. In-bound links were what made Google what it is today, but even they are discounted now due to webmasters linking to everything they can find to increase their PageRank. But that is another story.

MSN understands this and ranks a website with a keyword phrase within the domain name well ahead of other sites. For example, I registered a domain name (american-pitbulls.us) for a pitbull site and setup a blog about six months ago. Three months later I did a search on MSN for ‘american pitbulls’ and my blog came up #1! (Page 1 of 70,571 results)

Keep this in mind… The site had:

No PageRank
A new domain name, 3 months old then
No links
No SEO – a WordPress Blog

The blog is still at #1 on MSN today ahead of all 70k sites. Feel free to check yourself..

http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=american+pitbulls&FORM=MSNH

The url is http://american-pitbulls.us/wp

I’m getting traffic from Google as well now. Anyway, you can see how important the domain name is in ranking well in MSN. Even at third in the search engine wars, MSN can push out a lot of traffic.

Robert McCulloch

]]> By: Best Indoor Tanning Lotion http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/seo-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 Best Indoor Tanning Lotion Wed, 17 May 2006 02:34:03 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/blog/?p=83#comment-1319 I have been using SEO off of thsi website and a few others. I have a website that sells indoor tanning lotion and tanning beds. I have rapidly moved up the line in all of the major search engines. Thanks I have been using SEO off of thsi website and a few others. I have a website that sells indoor tanning lotion and tanning beds.

I have rapidly moved up the line in all of the major search engines. Thanks

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