By: Raymond Hackney
Spencer Yao wrote a post today on Search Engine Journal dealing with domain names and their impact on both SEO and Social Media.
From the article:
When starting a new website, one of the first and most important decisions you have to make is choosing a domain name. That choice will impact the website’s success in nearly every area, included search engine optimization (SEO) and social media marketing (SMM). Let’s examine how a domain name impacts SEO and SMM and then analyze the factors that make a good domain name.
The article discusses whether or not to choose a keyword domain.
7 factors to consider when choosing a brandable domain.
Keywords that affect CTR
Read the full article on Search Engine Journal
Did you notice that 75% of what he defines as a ‘brandable” is actually, a keyword generic?
Well as for me, domain name is really really very important. It’s like in the sayings that goes “first impression last”. Domain name is your forerunner or your identity and this should be brainstormed and should be well-researched.