Comments on: Keyword Stuffing and Domain Names – Does it Matter?

By: Jonathan@Friends&Money

Jonathan@Friends&Money — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:34:21 +0000

I agree that keyword stuffing is less relevant and having a domain with one of your keywords in it makes little difference. I do however think that you need to have your keywords repeated upto 10 times in the body of the text. However you should always write content for readers, not for search engines

By: Linda P

Linda P — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:48:40 +0000

Well, my domain name was second choice but it totally sums up what my site is about and what I do – so I’m glad I ended up with it. I think it must have been fate…. spooky!

By: m4r

m4r — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:56:52 +0000

I’d always thought that “keyword stuffing” was putting a high density of keywords into page content and META tags.
I think having keywords in the domain name is definitely an advantage, as is putting them in title and heading tags.
I think it’s good to vary them up a bit though, create what Aaron Wall calls a “semantically related cloud” – this way the SE can get the picture of what your site is about, but the density of one particular phrase as opposed to other related content is not too skewed.

By: Danny Cooper

Danny Cooper — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:05:30 +0000

On lower competition keywords, having the keyword in the domain definetly helps.

By: Tison

Tison — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:33:46 +0000

Jacques, I have to agree with you, however, I think that is what Brandon is saying: having a ‘brandable’ domain like “Google” may cause you a loss in keyword-related traffic, but would be more easily remembered if seen in a magazine than say “Professional Search Engine Inc.”

By: digitalfrog

digitalfrog — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:21:10 +0000

I’ve always thought that having keywords in the domain name was a huge advantage. thats what all the SEO programs tell you.

By: Jacques Seoman

Jacques Seoman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:59:03 +0000

It is generally considered that a keyword rich domain name will be more successful than a non keyword rich domain name…..provided all other factors are equal!