Appropriate domain name
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Hello Awesome MOzzers,
Hope you are all well this fab wednesday.
I have a questions -
how good or bad is this domain - www.web-design-company-inc.com for a web design company.
I have heard some people say google no longer cares about keywords in the URL?
Would love to know your thoughts.
As always - much obliged for your insight.
Best regards,
Vijay
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Good still places a huge importance on exact match keywords in the URL. I've got a number of small sites that rank number 1 for their specific keyword all due to the URL and very basic on site optimisation.
As for that particular domain name, to me it looks a little long and spammy. I agree with Marisa regarding the hypens, I would try and limit those. I'm sure these have been taken, but try something like:
www.webdesignseattle.com (or wherever you are based)
Etc. Anyway, I would just shorten it a bit and try and limit the hypens.
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Thank you Marisa, much appreciated buddy.
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I think when people say Google no longer cares about keywords in the domain that that's total crap. One of my sites is #1 for the exact keyword I want, and I do no SEO for it whatsoever. It's only a PR2 and the on-page is a total mess. I never do anything to market or promote it. The sites below it are much better sites, and clearly do a lot of SEO work and link-building. Yet, my site remains #1 and has been for the past five years, all because it's an exact-match keyword, and NOT long-tail.
As far as hyphens in the domain goes, I've heard somewhere that's not the best practice, but I'm sorry to say I can't remember where and can't back that up. Maybe someone else will chime in.
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