How is the effect of an abbreviated domain?
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Hi,
i am looking to register a domain name for an island in the english/spanish spoken part of America. The names for xxxxisland.com are already registered but xxxxisla.com is free. Does it has any effect on my SEO when i use a shorter version of island respectively the spanish name for island?
Thanks
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My Pleasure Falk
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Thanks
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Hi Falk
Here is a nice response by Anthony on "use abbreviations for domains?" : http://www.seomoz.org/q/use-abbreviations-for-domains
Hope it helps.
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