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VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
Is it better to use a domain name that closely matches or contains your likely keywords, or something clever that people might actually remember?

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VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
I notice all his examples of more abstract domains are basically web services, not single-topic blogs.

What he doesn't really explain is whether you really see much of a boost in SEO with one type versus the other. However, one of the commenters pointed out that low-content gateway pages are still ranking highly.

He explains it well in an abstract pie-in-the-sky fantasy sense without consideration for whether you're talking about a blog or information page, or web service. But I think I did get the answer I was looking for (keywords in the domain...maybe if I get traffic later I'll go with a different clever domain and set up a "we've moved" gateway at the old URL), so thanks.

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