Domain name advice please
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Hi i am trying to work out what is the best when it comes to domain names. What i mean is, should you go short or should you try and fit in what you need.
So as follows.
say i need a domain name that i wanted to buy which i have done research and found that these two words together are good keywords. please note that this is an example
the two keywords are manchester airport
and the next two keywords are cheap flights
should i get a domain name that say manchesterairportcheapflights or should i have a shorter domain name like manchester cheap flights
or another example
say i wanted a domain name that fitted the following two keywords in
manchester hotels
budget accomodation
should i just get a domain name that says manchester hotels or should it get the following manchesterhotelsbudgetaccomodation
I am looking at buying a number of domain names and i am trying to find out if shorter is better or if a longer domain name is better
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I agree with Ryan, even if the domain name will be the "perfect" SEO it does'nt mean it will have a high CTR. If you take a look at this from a users perspective:
1. You dont see the words directly, just a bunch of letters
2. People will not remember the domain name
3. It looks spammy.If you use only two words, which looks better, I think you would have some good results.
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Thanks for that, that is great advice.
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I would never advise using more then 2 terms in a URL for a primary domain. When you think of the most successful domains, they are all one or two terms. The exceptions are when an acronym is used representing the full terms such as with att.com.
The idea behind purchasing keyword domains exists because people are always looking to take the easy way out, and they are attracted to shiny objects (i.e. rankings). Quality SEO is about building one strong site and supporting it with great content and solid SEO.
In order to be successful with the domain names you mentioned, you will need the support of both onpage and offpage SEO, along with "SEO hosting". If you spent the same time and effort on the main site instead of with this form of tactic, the site would be far better off.
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