Comments on: What I’ve learnt about the UK domain space

By: John

John — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:34:46 +0000

What an excellent post. A lot of new information in both the post and the comments. For it’s SEO value, a carefully chosen three word url should have value shouldn’t it?

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By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:49:09 +0000

Thanks Scott, good to have that confirmed. We sometimes get clients wanting to buy a domain who have read less-up-to-date sources and think that it should be hyphenated for seo purposes.

Cheers, Jon

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By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:20:27 +0000

It’s of no seo benefit, which was presumed in the past so much less attractive today if it’s an option, they still sell though and have value.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:00:29 +0000

Hi Scott

Thanks for a very useful roundup. A quick question – what do you think of hyphenated domains these days (eg. my-spiffy-domain.co.uk)? Have they gone the way of the dodo?

Cheers, Jon

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By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:13:55 +0000

As you well know Justin, it just depends on the competitive nature of the term, so some are top 5 within a month the more competitive one’s are taking 8 months with a lot of bopping in/out in between.

By: Justin Cook

Justin Cook — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:08:18 +0000

Thanks for the reply. Do you have an average timeframe of how long it has taken you to get brand new sites/domains indexed and ranked?

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By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:48:47 +0000

IMO Both depending on the quality of the domain. Sometimes I’ll buy great quality domains with no history and start from scratch if the search traffic is there it’s worth the wait, it’s a lot easier & quicker to buy established and that’s preferable but depends on the budget and asking price, I do a bit of both now Justin.

By: Justin Cook

Justin Cook — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:35:07 +0000

These are great tips, thanks again for the encouragement.

Can you please answer this question: is it worth buying new domains and doing the work to get them ranked? Or is it better to spend the extra dough to buy something established, the resell it later?

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:36:22 +0000

Re: points 2/3:
For 2 word domains, the better ones are natural 2 word phrases as opposed to 2 random or related words.

I’ll even go out on a limb and say that a natural common 3 word phrase can be more valuable than a 2 worder. plentyoffish for example.

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