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[smacko]

what are people opinions exact match domains to keywords?

if your keyword is babyswings

say babyswings.com .net .org are taken would you go for .co .biz or use a hyphen..eg baby-swings.com

[IIIII]

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[SlowlyMan]

smacko, on 08 April 2012 - 12:26 PM, said:

what are people opinions exact match domains to keywords?

if your keyword is babyswings

say babyswings.com .net .org are taken would you go for .co .biz or use a hyphen..eg baby-swings.com

IMHO, EMD's only work on low competition KW's.  An EMD will get you a quick bump. Long term you need site content and SEO.  That being said, "Fredswheelbarrows.com"  Would not be a good domian for baby swings.  Somthing clean and simple with a reference to the product you are promoting.

[dc_publius]

SlowlyMan, on 08 April 2012 - 02:01 PM, said:

IMHO, EMD's only work on low competition KW's.  An EMD will get you a quick bump. Long term you need site content and SEO.  That being said, "Fredswheelbarrows.com"  Would not be a good domian for baby swings.  Somthing clean and simple with a reference to the product you are promoting.

Rankings are a big equation with many components.  Having your keywords in domain name will be a HUGE help in ranking that domain name.  Obviously if it's competitive, just your domain will not be enough.  But that doesn't negate the fact that you have a huge competitive edge if you try to compete in this keyword ranking.

That said, people have caught on to this a long time ago.  Most EMDs in competitive (ie: profitable) niches have been locked up already.  They are really hard to find these days.

[barcrawler]

SlowlyMan, on 08 April 2012 - 02:01 PM, said:

IMHO, EMD's only work on low competition KW's.  An EMD will get you a quick bump. Long term you need site content and SEO.  That being said, "Fredswheelbarrows.com"  Would not be a good domian for baby swings.  Somthing clean and simple with a reference to the product you are promoting.

Search engines still prefer EMD's, it works with competitive keywords.

[S1MON]

What are the best way to get back links? I have one at the moment off a forum related to my site. I don't know the best way to do it, without spamming it on forums/places not related to my site. Google is crawling it.. only been a week. Key words are showing strong in my google webmasters tools.

[Jai Yen]

S1MON, on 10 April 2012 - 10:39 PM, said:

What are the best way to get back links? I have one at the moment off a forum related to my site. I don't know the best way to do it, without spamming it on forums/places not related to my site. Google is crawling it.. only been a week. Key words are showing strong in my google webmasters tools.

Presuming you aren't selling a product here is a method that is a little different to the usual ideas you often hear about.

Create something, anything.  

For example an infographic.

Next research a list of sites that are relevant to your niche.  (Ideally hundreds if not thousands)  

Find out the webmaster contact details and send them a personal message telling them what you have and allowing them to use it in return for a link.  (There is software that can allow you to do this far quicker than manually doing it.)

I would stagger this because you don't want to be suddenly receiving a large number of links (Google etc. might think this is dodgy).

A large number of sites won't bother to even reply to you but if what you have created is good and useful it may well go viral.

Edited by Jai Yen, 11 April 2012 - 01:50 AM.

[manarak]

Jai Yen, on 11 April 2012 - 01:49 AM, said:

Presuming you aren't selling a product here is a method that is a little different to the usual ideas you often hear about.

Create something, anything.  

For example an infographic.

Next research a list of sites that are relevant to your niche.  (Ideally hundreds if not thousands)  

Find out the webmaster contact details and send them a personal message telling them what you have and allowing them to use it in return for a link.  (There is software that can allow you to do this far quicker than manually doing it.)

I would stagger this because you don't want to be suddenly receiving a large number of links (Google etc. might think this is dodgy).

A large number of sites won't bother to even reply to you but if what you have created is good and useful it may well go viral.

can you give an example of such successful "infographic" ?

[heymike]

manarak, on 11 April 2012 - 11:39 AM, said:

can you give an example of such successful "infographic" ?

[manarak]

yup, that's excellent stuff to draw traffic. it's lots of work to make too.

Edited by manarak, 11 April 2012 - 08:33 PM.

[Jai Yen]

manarak, on 11 April 2012 - 08:19 PM, said:

yup, that's excellent stuff to draw traffic. it's lots of work to make too.

That's exactly the kind of thing I was talking about, good example.

Yeah it will take a bit of time to create stuff like that but, with the possibility of going viral well worth it imo, a lot better use of your time than spamming blogs and forums etc.

[bestmate]

smacko, on 08 April 2012 - 12:26 PM, said:

what are people opinions exact match domains to keywords?

if your keyword is babyswings

say babyswings.com .net .org are taken would you go for .co .biz or use a hyphen..eg baby-swings.com

Always go for .com or .net or .org only. If exact is not available then just add a word at the beginning or the end and you got yourself a domain as good as an EMD. Eg, thebabyswings.com or babyswingsguide.com.

If you have your own product/brand then use brand/product + emd, so 'clinebabyswings.com' where 'cline' is brand name. But do not use a well known brand name that is not your own or you will get a legal notice to remove the site from the owner.

All those parked EMD domains that people are asking a fortune for are waste of time unless the domain name is old (2 or 3 years +) which also give you a competitive advantage as an older domain has more trust. Otherwise just get your own $8 custom EMD.

[nedflanders]

S1MON, on 10 April 2012 - 10:39 PM, said:

What are the best way to get back links? I have one at the moment off a forum related to my site. I don't know the best way to do it, without spamming it on forums/places not related to my site. Google is crawling it.. only been a week. Key words are showing strong in my google webmasters tools.

S1MON, on 10 April 2012 - 10:39 PM, said:

What are the best way to get back links? I have one at the moment off a forum related to my site. I don't know the best way to do it, without spamming it on forums/places not related to my site. Google is crawling it.. only been a week. Key words are showing strong in my google webmasters tools.

You could put a link in your signature on pattaya addicts like mine!

I think a good place to get backlinks is fiverr.com there's people on there who claim they will post thousands of articles with a link in them. I haven't used any yet, but i think i will give some of them a try. every service on there is only 5 dollars. thats what i spend on lunch most days!

Now I've actually made two websites, and got some ads on them i need to get more links, and I don't really know how. still havent made a penny yet, but its been an interesting creative endevour for me, I haven't done anything creative for years. And this is the thread that inspired me to start, so i'd just like to say thanks to everyone whos contributed, and if any of you experienced guys could take a look through my website and see if i'm doing things right, then much appreciated

[nedflanders]

For example http://fiverr.com/gi...graphic&x=0&y=0 there are people who will make an infographic for 5 bucks. Have no idea if they are as good as that one above about porn.
That is a new idea for me, making infographics for backlinks. Whats the name of the program that can automate the process of sending it out?

[dc_publius]

We should start a thread that lists specific good freelancers we have used for projects in the past.  

There are some good ones out there, but by the time you find one you're $200 in the hole on Fivver with nothing but junk to show for it.

[neo24]

Just bought my first two domains and i'm working on the sites.  Hopefully I get the hang of this quickly.

cheers,

neo

[Nak Muay]

neo24, on 04 May 2012 - 01:27 AM, said:

Just bought my first two domains and i'm working on the sites.  Hopefully I get the hang of this quickly.

cheers,

neo

good luck to you!!! You've just taken more action than most people will their whole lives to try and realise their dream!

dont let anything stop you and never give up. There will be many setbacks and many hard times but these are trials that sort the men from the boys.

P.S yo need to look at the embedded code on your countdown clock i think you are missing something think you need to start at <object blah blah blah value=189438 "" etc etc> and include the </object>

[smacko]

how are peoples sites after the last google change? heard a lot of people complain about lost rankings

[dc_publius]

smacko, on 04 May 2012 - 10:42 AM, said:

how are peoples sites after the last google change? heard a lot of people complain about lost rankings

Amusingly enough, I only learned about Build My Rank about a month prior to the apocalypse so I never got to try it.

My sites were pretty much unaffected.  While I do pay for links, link wheels, social bookmarking, blah, blah, blah, I try to go for the stuff that has a semblance of quality and looks realistic.  

I do see a lot of random crappy sites ranking high for a lot of money terms after this update.  It is laughable.  For every person who lost their rankings someone gained that ranking.  And some people have probably figured out what to do under the new system already.  

Personally, I'm focusing my efforts on more G+ plusses and Facebook likes.  Anyone have a source for either that looks realistic? (from normal looking accounts, not from clearly fake/spam accounts.)

[acarter]

There are a lot of ways to make money online while you are in Thailand.  And while that could probably be something that would not appeal those who are quite serious with it, to those who are looking to sustain their life in Thailand will be really interested and great with it.

It is all about knowing what you do best anyway. The options you could have and how much you could get will ultimately depend on what you know and what you do.

[shinmusashi44]

smacko, on 04 May 2012 - 10:42 AM, said:

how are peoples sites after the last google change? heard a lot of people complain about lost rankings

My main 2 sites hit rock bottom, they were on first page of google for lots of different keyowrds. but shitty sites with no content still rank high and crappy tubes with stolen content are still king. Google fixed nothing and hurt a lot of people.

[Pulsar]

This is the thread that started it all. Thanks for the heads up. Got so much to be thankfull for, due to this topic.


Pulsar

[Jai Yen]

Pulsar, on 17 May 2012 - 09:22 AM, said:

This is the thread that started it all. Thanks for the heads up. Got so much to be thankfull for, due to this topic.


Pulsar

Care to expand on that?  Are you starting out, doing this full time or have you made your millions and retired?