Comments on: Why Do I Use Long Domain Names?

By: Dave Ovenden

Dave Ovenden — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:54:42 +0000

Thanks for tweeting this link. I found this really informative and useful.

The distinction between on and off-line use is a good point to bear in mind and I hadn’t really thought of it before.

Thanks
Dave Ovenden

By: Edgy Eft

Edgy Eft — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:51:14 +0000

Nice and useful article with a big laugh while I was reading Hog-Porn-Farts.com instead of the correct spelling

Anyway, thumbs up!

By: mpact (Angela Fulcher)

mpact (Angela Fulcher) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:47:27 +0000

@ scottwendell good review of how to choose url. RT daivRawks http://bit.ly/2kwwSe

By: admin

admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:28:25 +0000

Great to hear a dissenting voice. More savvy internet folks might have concerns about long domain names. But if the result came up in Google well, most people will only appreciate the fact that it was the #1 result, rather than paying too much more attention. High search engine rank confers a great deal of credibility, in itself.

By: Ed G

Ed G — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:16:09 +0000

Sorry, but I’m going to disagree with this advice. It’s true that this is a good technique for SEO, but when I see a long URL I immediately associate it with a parked domain, so am likely to never click it. YMMV.

By: DeVerne Chapman

DeVerne Chapman — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:08:00 +0000

Excellent suggestions.

Another point to consider with local offline marketing (radio, print, vehicle signs) is that most people have been conditioned to add a “dot com” at the end of your domain name.

So make sure you stick with a .com domain if you are marketing offline.

By: Josh Sommers

Josh Sommers — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:20:04 +0000

Great point. Very handy when you can’t use HTML in an article (for marketing) and you still want Keyword Rich links back to your site.

Will be sharing this with a few clients!

By: Kyle Reddoch

Kyle Reddoch — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:00:33 +0000

Great Post! I agree with you 100%. There are a lot of different aspects that you have to take into consideration when choosing a domain name. Think about it carefully!