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[thebookmaker]

does anyone know if seo algorithms weigh your domain name when considering relevancy? if so, how important is it to have your potential keyword in the domain name?

thanks,
ej

[Juice]

I've owned a couple of sites where the domain name contained the exact keywords I was targetting (and it was a fairly competitive niche too). Within a month I ranked 2nd for that particular keyword with very little link building and advertising.

[SageMother]

[quote="Juice"]I've owned a couple of sites where the domain name contained the exact keywords I was targetting (and it was a fairly competitive niche too). Within a month I ranked 2nd for that particular keyword with very little link building and advertising.[/quote]

This is good to know! I am in the process of building my new site...I have just the bare bones up at this time, and now feel pretty secure with the domain I chose...phew!

[cesc]

Well I believe that it weighs heavily but I don't own any domains that have keywords in them...except the word tech I guess.

[Trusylver]

Having your keywords in your domain name does provide a resonable benefit but remember to keep it user friendly, if the domain name is to long and looks spammy it can backfire.

[Chris (cat)]

More so from a linking perspective.

Many site will just link to your url and not use anchor text, thats where the keywords in the domain come in handy.


Cheers, Chris.

[xendi]

It's certainly not vital. Look at the most popular sites--google, ebay, youtube, myspace. They all have names that are easy to remember but are not keywords.

I do however think that it's good to get keyword rich domain names, especially for niche sites. Just make sure that your name is easy to remember and user friendly.