Domain Name Value?
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Hi,
I am going to start a new website
What I want to know is:
www. keyword1 and keyword2 . com
If I buy
www. keyword1and . com
And I put /keyword2 will this get any value?
Or is it better to find a shorter more branded domain name.. rather than chasing for value from Google.
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Hard to imagine that
and sounds like it should have somthing after it. As far as seo value keywordand.com is not as good as keyword1keyword2.com since and doesn't really say aything about your business -
What if the keyword1and.com sounds good as a brand as well :))
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keyword3.com is better then keyword1and.com - best if you can include both keywords 1 and 2 in one domain and not sound spammy that's ideal-but hard to say more without knowwing the keyword
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Thanks for the response,
My question was referring if i am targeting exact match "keyword1andkeyword2" including the and word.
and I have a domain keyword1and.com is it better than having keyword3.com (branded)
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if this is a pure online store and you don't intend to do any real branding I would try o get a exact match domain keyword.com I assume that is taken so go with the keyword and another word or partial word like keywordoutlet.com try to ue a word the fits what you do
then you an add /keyword2 for a page targeting keyword 2.Good luck
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