Does Domain Name effect page rank?
#1
Posted 02 December 2005 - 10:41 PM
Example look up the word Diet in yahoo and notice Diet is highlighted in like 90% of the domain names.
I also did another lookup "ny web deign" Seems it ignores NY bc its less than 3 characters but highlights webdesign or design in alot of the top 10 ranks.
Now it you search "new york web design" you notice 90% of the have one of the key words in the domain..
Does domain names have an effect on rank of the search engines?
#2
Posted 02 December 2005 - 10:57 PM
Computer-sales.com will be ranked higher (generally) than JoeBlowComputers.com when searching for "computer sales".
#3
Posted 02 December 2005 - 11:02 PM
Simple answer? Yes.
Computer-sales.com will be ranked higher (generally) than JoeBlowComputers.com when searching for "computer sales".
interesting... how about Computer-sales.com vs ComputerSales.com does the "-" help ranks or not
#4
Posted 03 December 2005 - 09:18 PM
Example: Search "photoshop bruises" on Google. You will notice "Bruising" in the top five, which is my tutorial title. After that I think my tutorials page comes up because it has "Photoshop" in the title and the "Bruising" tutorial listed on the page.
So, yes it does effect it. However, I don't think it is highly swayed one way or another because of it.
Another example is "sex". Sex.com does not show up in the top ten on Google. (To Mods: Sorry for using that website as an example, but it seemed like a good idea).
Edited by SKETCHi, 03 December 2005 - 09:20 PM.
#5
Posted 05 January 2006 - 04:20 AM
The hyphen probably makes absolutely no difference, since the two sites will have differences in other factors (one might have more related keywords, or more popular, etc.).
#6
Posted 21 March 2006 - 12:58 PM
Simple answer? Yes.
Computer-sales.com will be ranked higher (generally) than JoeBlowComputers.com when searching for "computer sales".
This is so-so, SE take in numerous factors for ranking. They include but are not limited to:
Age of domain - A domain regged in say 2000 will rank better than a domain regged a few weeks ago.
Number of Links - If you have swapped links for Computer Sales which link to your site joeblowcomputers then you will rank higher.
Keywords
Quality Content
Hope this helps
J
Edited by elsonar, 21 March 2006 - 12:59 PM.
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