Comments on: SBS Mailbag: Should I Buy Multiple Domains for SEO? http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/sbs-mailbag-should-i-buy-multiple-domains-for-seo/3165/ Because not everyone can throw thousands of dollars at the 'How do we market ourselves online?' question... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris Avery http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/sbs-mailbag-should-i-buy-multiple-domains-for-seo/3165/#comment-282344 Chris Avery Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:13:52 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=3165#comment-282344 Laura: If you want your site to appear at the top for "kendo film" then there are a few simple on-page tweaks you could perform that might be enough. For example the "Intro" tab could be renamed to "Kendo Film" or "Kendo Film Intro" or even "Kendo Film - Intro" if you could squeeze it in. There's also no h1 tag on the page so you should create one and put some useful words to describe the page that also include Kendo Film in them. Laura: If you want your site to appear at the top for “kendo film” then there are a few simple on-page tweaks you could perform that might be enough. For example the “Intro” tab could be renamed to “Kendo Film” or “Kendo Film Intro” or even “Kendo Film – Intro” if you could squeeze it in. There’s also no h1 tag on the page so you should create one and put some useful words to describe the page that also include Kendo Film in them.

]]> By: John http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/sbs-mailbag-should-i-buy-multiple-domains-for-seo/3165/#comment-259411 John Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:30:11 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=3165#comment-259411 This theory does not work these dys after the recent J C Penny issue. So no a long-term solution. This theory does not work these dys after the recent J C Penny issue. So no a long-term solution.

]]> By: John http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/sbs-mailbag-should-i-buy-multiple-domains-for-seo/3165/#comment-223221 John Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:12:24 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=3165#comment-223221 I own www.topbuypc.com and when I first started developing the site for good SEO I targeted 'buy' 'pc' and a few other keywords since I had those keywords in my domain. I still think I should have stayed with those keywords, but instead I switched to 'custom' 'pc' 'computer' and 'components'.My question, is switching keywords this late (I have had the site open total of 5 months, with the new keywords for about 4 months, the first keywords were set for 1 month) a good idea or should I keep everything set? Any site suggestions would be helpful as well to improve my SEO. I am a bit new to SEO and this is my first website SEO attempt. Thanks guys! I own http://www.topbuypc.com and when I first started developing the site for good SEO I targeted ‘buy’ ‘pc’ and a few other keywords since I had those keywords in my domain. I still think I should have stayed with those keywords, but instead I switched to ‘custom’ ‘pc’ ‘computer’ and ‘components’.My question, is switching keywords this late (I have had the site open total of 5 months, with the new keywords for about 4 months, the first keywords were set for 1 month) a good idea or should I keep everything set? Any site suggestions would be helpful as well to improve my SEO. I am a bit new to SEO and this is my first website SEO attempt. Thanks guys!

]]> By: Laura http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/sbs-mailbag-should-i-buy-multiple-domains-for-seo/3165/#comment-199285 Laura Thu, 20 May 2010 18:36:11 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=3165#comment-199285 Thanks, Matt. Thanks, Matt.

]]> By: Matt McGee http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/sbs-mailbag-should-i-buy-multiple-domains-for-seo/3165/#comment-199277 Matt McGee Thu, 20 May 2010 18:02:56 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=3165#comment-199277 Laura, plenty of companies purchase multiple domains and redirect them to their main site. There's nothing inherently spammy about doing this. It's good business practice if you have a company or product name that people might misspell when typing in the domain name. Laura, plenty of companies purchase multiple domains and redirect them to their main site. There’s nothing inherently spammy about doing this. It’s good business practice if you have a company or product name that people might misspell when typing in the domain name.

]]> By: Laura http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/sbs-mailbag-should-i-buy-multiple-domains-for-seo/3165/#comment-198268 Laura Sat, 15 May 2010 17:08:34 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=3165#comment-198268 Matt, thanks for addressing my question in your blog, I really appreciate it. 2 further comments I may add: 1. I understand that you do not attach any SEO value to buying multiple exact-match-domains and redirecting them to the same site. What I am still hesitant about: is this technique explicitly considered to be spammy by the search engines? Opinions on this vary even among your commenters. 2. Annoying situation: our site http://www.kendoshortfilm.com is loved by many people across the globe, our Facebook fan base is groung day-by-day, we update our site regularly and yes, we are on the first page of G for the keyword "kendo film" with several of our pages and social media profiles. However, we can't get into the #1 position because there is an exact match domain on it with absolutely no content at all, just the domain name! Annoying as it may be, it seems to work - when someone else is doing it lol. Matt, thanks for addressing my question in your blog, I really appreciate it.

2 further comments I may add:

1. I understand that you do not attach any SEO value to buying multiple exact-match-domains and redirecting them to the same site. What I am still hesitant about: is this technique explicitly considered to be spammy by the search engines? Opinions on this vary even among your commenters.

2. Annoying situation: our site http://www.kendoshortfilm.com is loved by many people across the globe, our Facebook fan base is groung day-by-day, we update our site regularly and yes, we are on the first page of G for the keyword “kendo film” with several of our pages and social media profiles. However, we can’t get into the #1 position because there is an exact match domain on it with absolutely no content at all, just the domain name! Annoying as it may be, it seems to work – when someone else is doing it lol.

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