Comments on: Domain Name Case Study Results

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:24:23 +0000

Hey Donnie, thanks for sharing your results too. It seems almost every day I have more evidence that keywords in the domain name do indeed help, at the very least with niche markets targeting long tail keywords.

By: Donnie @ Chattanooga Search Marketing

Donnie @ Chattanooga Search Marketing — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:27:36 +0000

This is a very interesting study. I did some side my side studies like this quite a few years ago. You reached the same conclusion that I did. One of the sites that I used for my study is still hitting on all cylinders in Google after 11 years.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:48:36 +0000

Hi Sunshine.:)

Glad you liked the case study.

The screen capture I use is Skitch for Mac, you can find it here http://www.skitch.com/.

By: Sunshine

Sunshine — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:45:01 +0000

Great case study Michelle.

I’ve recently begun to purchase keyword rich domains and I’m finding they’re surprisingly simple to find in certain non IM niches.

By the way, may I ask what screen shot software was used in this post. I’d definitely like to spruce up my blog but am a little technically challenged.

Thanks again for this information.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:10:20 +0000

@ James Lol. Hard working I can agree on!:)
Thanks for stopping by.

By: James

James — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:59:30 +0000

@Michelle Wow, both very cute and hard working – the perfect woman .

@Mark You can still getting some very good results with a little keyword sniping – to help the SE’s understand what your site is about (of course )

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:50:27 +0000

@ Mark Lol re 9 months, eek!

Regarding sticking with .com: In terms of niche marketing, if you find a niche phrase with a lot of search volume, easy to beat competition and a .org domain available then you would be wise to grab it!

I’ll check out the plugin, thanks for the reminder!

By: Mark at MeAndMyDrum

Mark at MeAndMyDrum — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:37:07 +0000

Nice job, Michelle. You put a lot of work into this post.

I have to laugh about you mentioning how you created gettingpregnantfast.org 8 months ago. Makes me wonder what’s going to happen in month 9. LOL

I’ve always gone after the keyword rich domains. More than a few times have I uttered a few curse words when I find them already taken by domain squatters (GRRR!). It makes more sense, plus like you’ve noted already, they seem to help.

As to your question about choosing a .org name, personally, I haven’t and not sure that I would, even though I know it shouldn’t make a difference in rankings. Maybe it’s because I’ve heard so many other people say they target only .com or .net on occasion.

Btw, have you considered installing the “subscribe to comments” plugin?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:08:08 +0000

@ Forest Yes hopefully over the long term it will help like you believe. My .org is eight months old and appears to be holding steady.

@ TIPTOPCAT Glad you appreciated the detail. Thanks for visiting.

@ SIMPLYSTEPHEN You’re right, keyword rich domains aren’t hard to create, it’s how you go about choosing the niche market to target and the phrase/s within that market that will greatly impact on your level of success.

By: simplystephen

simplystephen — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:20:05 +0000

Michelle, quite a detailed article. Love the time spent with the images and outline.

I’m sure practice & experience had a little bit to do with your success, however, keyword rich domains are not hard to create or target. Everyone should be making them. Thanks for the case study as proof.

By: Tiptopcat

Tiptopcat — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:38:20 +0000

Thank you for such a detailed analysis. I keep reading that it is very important to get your keyword into your domain name so it is always interesting to read and see concrete proof.

As a newbie, I need all the help I can get. Thank you.

By: Forest

Forest — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:20:05 +0000

Wow Michelle,

You put a lot of work into this….

I am now going after keyword rich domains but was not when I first started… I believe it will make a long term difference.