RE: FN-FORUM: Domain names and SEO

date posted 22nd May 2006 12:38

That's talking about the page names though isn't it? Not the actual domain
name?

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Lewis [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 22 May 2006 13:34
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Domain names and SEO


Referencing a post last week from Abhishek:

"2. major search engines favor websites with keywords in their URL; however,
remember to use them sensibly and not to abuse them. When optimizing a page
for a key phrase, separate keywords in the URL with a hyphen
(domain/web-site.html) or an underscore (domain/web_site.html), but do not
write them as one word. Otherwise, search engines will understand it as a
single word (even if the search engine result highlights this keyword in
bold), and your work on URL optimization will be wasted"

So I'd say printer-cartridges.com was the better option. Looks better for
humans, but more difficult to give out over the phone :o)


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Ian
Copeland
Sent: 22 May 2006 12:57
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: FN-FORUM: Domain names and SEO


Just wanted to clarify the relationship between domain names and search
engines.
An example:

If I wanted to have a good rating for "printer cartridges", would it be best
to get printercartridges.com or printer-cartridges.com?

Thanks, Ian




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