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I would also be curious as to what the more experienced people thank about this.
So instead of an answer I will give it a bump.
The domain name doesn’t really do much for you in Google. I’m sure it helps out a tiny bit, but when it comes to natural ranking, it’s the links to your site that determine your position much more than your on-page factors. I don’t think you will see a difference either way you go.
For example, do a search for “online casino” (without the quotes) on Google and you will notice that not that many sites come up with the words “online casino” in their URL. I count only 2 in the top 10 results.
One thing you should probably avoid is having multiple dashes (-) in a domain. I know it isn’t in your example, but is a popular way to go these days and I’ve heard Matt Cutts (Google engineer) alude to their spammy nature. This is speculation, but it seems very easy for Google to write a simple line of code to hurt any site that has multiple dashes in it.
The fad for having a “keyword” in your domain name seems to continue but as has been mentioned above I don’t see any real benefit.
Far better in my opinion to get a memorable name that can be searched for or typed in.
In my empirical testing :
GambingInfoSource.com remains a dustbowl .. SE traffic close to zero.
GoonersGuide.com continues to grow from strength to strength .. SE traffic 200-300 per day.
Oh …For the uninitated … a Gooner is a term for an fan of Arsenal football club.
We call ourselves the Gunners but the North London accent turns it into Gooners. And it’s stuck.As I’m an Arsenal fan, and I write about European football in the main – this is a perfect (and memorable) name for the site.
Type Gooner or Gooners into any major search engine and you should find me on the first page.
:satisfiedTheGooner wrote:As I’m an Arsenal fan…Such a shame to see the Spuds go out on Sunday too to eh TG! The funniest thing being they were all singing “The Spurs on their way to Wembley” at 2-0 up
That said…Bolton away :whatsthatAnyway,regarding the domain name, i agree. Go for something memorable. Admittedly i spend more time on it, but my OGGS.com domain gets the main traffic in my portfolio. More importantly, it gets the highest % of repeat traffic too – Around 18-20%.
Simmo!
Simmo! wrote:Such a shame to see the Spuds go out on Sunday too to eh TG! The funniest thing being they were all singing “The Spurs on their way to Wembley” at 2-0 up That said…Bolton away :whatsthat
Anyway,regarding the domain name, i agree. Go for something memorable. Admittedly i spend more time on it, but my OGGS.com domain gets the main traffic in my portfolio. More importantly, it gets the highest % of repeat traffic too – Around 18-20%.
Simmo!
Hi Simmo!
I don’t mock Spurs or Spurs fans mate …
(happy for them to do it to themselves …)
:hehe:As for Bolton … well we won there last season in the Cup and went on to claim the trophy so perhaps it’s a good omen.
Certainly Arsenal will be up for the match after losing 0-2 in the League earlier this season.
:fencing:Should be a good ‘un .. and I expect the boys to come out of it OK …
:drunk2:
