Domain name with a single digit
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I have an existing campervan hire website which is being redesigned, rebranded and renamed (including the domain).
The website allows businesses and owners to list campervans for rent to customers. There are a huge amount of campervan hire companies and so not many relevant domain names. Also many are for sale as expensive premium domains.
We want something different that will standout. We're thinking of https//:camper7.com as its short and we think it would work.
Is it best to avoid using a single digit in a domain if it isnt a 2 or 4 or does it not matter if we think it could work as it would stand out? Any help or advice would be appreciated.
thanks
James
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Thanks for your help. New to SEO so it's appreciated!
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Register Camper1.com, to let your customers know you are the best!!!
No but seriously, think about what is going to stand out for branding, and help you in the long run. If you are local, perhaps a keyword driven domain mixed with your company name would work out better? Something like:
COMPANYNAMECampervanrental.com (BigJoescampervanrental.com)
or
LOCATIONvanrental.com (stlouiscampervanrental.com)I dont think the numbers hurt you in any way, but I cant see how it would be doing you any favors either. If you decided to do the ones you mentioned, (camper2hire or campers4u) I could see it being useful from a branding standpoint.
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I personally don't believe numbers in the domain make any difference, but dashes might. This is due to more spammy domains having long dashed list of keywords in them.
Take a look at this piece on Moz, at the bottom you can see the consensus about "domain has numbers". Virtually non existent effect observed: http://moz.com/search-ranking-factors
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Hi Martijn
thanks for your response. I'm just guessing that 2 or 4 would be useful numbers in a domain if used as camper2hire or campers4u for example, that's all. I wanted to go with camoer7 but have read lots of blogs suggesting that you should avoid using numbers so I wanted some advice.
Thanks again. James
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Just curious, why you think a 2 or 4 in the name would work better than a 7? I've worked for companies with the silliest domain names and some great ones for branding. They both have their benefits but in the end it's still about the same thing: on what level can you do great marketing for them. If you're good you can rank any domain name in my opinion.
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