How Choose Domain Names
April 1, 2009
How choose domain names? Do domain names play a part in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? The answer is YES. Your domain name is the starting point for your keywords. It is also your first golden anchored text link to your site. But all the good generic keyword domains have gone you say. If you choose a domain name with words together like “Freshfish.com”, Google and other search engines cannot read the two different words. If the domain is hyphenated e.g. “Fresh-Fish.com”, then they can.
This is good news for domain investors and businesses. Yes most of the good generic names have gone, but insert a hyphen and your path to page 1 domination is just starting. Many domainers think hyphenated domain names have little value, but I disagree. Many are domain snobs and will only use certain extensions too. A quick example: I Read more