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Domain Key Word order: Importance?

by craigmo
5 replies
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I am optimizing for "anger management" and am looking at the possibility of having a new domain with "anger management" as the first two words, with a third word at the end.

I currently have a domain name with "anger management" as the second and third words. (see my signature) and am ranking on page four of google search results. But I am considering moving my site over to a domain name with the keywords as the first and second words.

I am trying to learn how important it is to have the keywords at the beginning of the domain name. In the long run, how much easier will it make it to reach the top spot on google search results?

Does anyone have experience or knowledge with this?
#domain #importance #key #order #word
  • Profile picture of the author SnEt
    It's not important to have keywords in the domain name for SEO (Matt Cutts said it).

    When they search for something, users usually look at the title of the page and not at the domain name. It's better to have a short and easy to remember domain name.
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    • Profile picture of the author StudioArtha
      Having keyword(s) in the domain name is important. Having the keyword(s) URL structure is even better.

      I have seen a list on the level of importance that the major search engines use for importance of domain imbedded keywords, somthing like:
      Microsoft Bing
      Yahoo
      Google

      Having said that, keywords in domains plays a very small role (according to Google) in determining a ranking. The quality and relevance of the content, combine with the quality of the incoming links is the most important aspect of keyword use.

      There is some strong evidence that it improves CTR (click through rate).

      If you are using WordPress, make sure to have the post\page name show up in the URL. You can do that by going into [Settings], then [PermaLinks] and set a [Custom Structure] to "/%category%/%postname%/" (without the quotes).
      That way your URL will look like:
      Hyaluronic Acid Serum, 100% Pure and Natural | Hyaluronic Acid Serum
      instead of
      http://www.hyaluronic-acidserum.com/pg=4

      Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author SnEt
    Here's the answer straight from google: youtube.com/watch?v=rAWFv43qubI
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  • Profile picture of the author bigorange
    here is a good example of what you are talking about- google 'denver web development'- see the #1 (not my company or anything, just a good example). If you then try comparing eg 'denver web design' you'll see they don't rank near as well
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