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    Your opinion on really long domain names

    I've found two domains with keywords that I want to rank good with search engines and one is a little shorter but it's still very hard someone would memorize it and be able to type it in again. The other domain is a lot longer but it has all the keywords in it that I want good placement for.

    I wonder what domain to register, I'm leaning to the one that's longer with all the keywords. What do you think?

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    Exempel 1: Rays-Photography-Resource.com

    Exempel 2: Rays-Cheap-Used-Digital-Camera-and-Photography-Resource.com

    As ex 2 has more keywords and ex 1 is hard to remember anyway isn't it better to use ex 2?

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    Well more isn't always better.

    If you want to focus on "photography resource" 1 is better.

    If you want to focus on both digital cameras and photography I'd say make 2 sites, or make two site sections and so you'd get your keywords in your directory name.
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    Originally posted by Chris
    Well more isn't always better.

    If you want to focus on "photography resource" 1 is better.

    If you want to focus on both digital cameras and photography I'd say make 2 sites, or make two site sections and so you'd get your keywords in your directory name.
    Well it's more like Cheap-Used-Digital-Camera-Reviews-Tips.com

    Nothing to do with photo resource, it was just a bad example

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    I stay away from long domain names.
    But if the price (domain) is right...

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    i would stay awayfrom long domains too unless you really want to hit all the keywords for se's

    2 keywords are max for me

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    Yeah, I try and limit it to two. Three maximum, but they would have to be short words.

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    9 words (with hyphens) - yikes!

    Unless your visitor bookmarks the page, it'll be hard to get return traffic because they URL is so difficult and such a hassle to type in.

    It also makes the website look SEO spammish.

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    I agree. It makes the SEO look real spammish.

    I would say two hyphens in a domain is the absolute max, and sometimes that's pushing it.
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    what do you guys think of a 2 word .ws and .cc domain name. i currently own auto-loans.cc & .ws . I am planning on building those 2 sites in the next few weeks. Do you think they are good domains to help those sites rank well for those keywords?

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    I own a .ws and traffic wise it is performing quite well considering the time it has been up. You've got to ask yourself the question, am I going to get most traffic from search engines or word of mouth.
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    Two words and below people seem to remember quite easily. Three and above and the ability to remember the domain drops considerably.

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