Comments on: Should You Put Your Keywords In Your URL? http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2007/09/14/keywords-url/ Search Engine Optimization Journal or the SEO Journal is an SEO Blog by SEO expert and Brick Marketing President, Nick Stamoulis. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:33:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Brown http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2007/09/14/keywords-url/comment-page-1/#comment-10662 Chris Brown Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:20:43 +0000 http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2007/09/14/should-you-put-your-keywords-in-your-url/#comment-10662 I think it is a great idea to put keywords in your urls. I use www.swiftstocks.com to get free streaming stock quotes. I think it is a great idea to put keywords in your urls. I use http://www.swiftstocks.com to get free streaming stock quotes.

]]> By: namecritic http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2007/09/14/keywords-url/comment-page-1/#comment-2376 namecritic Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:44:52 +0000 http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2007/09/14/should-you-put-your-keywords-in-your-url/#comment-2376 I've had similar results that prove the domain name and keywords in the urls do help you get top listings. And I agree that no, this alone does not mean you will get ranked well, but why would you ignore one more thing that can help you? I’ve had similar results that prove the domain name and keywords in the urls do help you get top listings. And I agree that no, this alone does not mean you will get ranked well, but why would you ignore one more thing that can help you?

]]> By: Michael Phipps http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2007/09/14/keywords-url/comment-page-1/#comment-2368 Michael Phipps Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:47:16 +0000 http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2007/09/14/should-you-put-your-keywords-in-your-url/#comment-2368 There has been one occasion I can think of where using the keyword in the domain name got me an instant #1 hit. The domain was permarexia dot com. Yes - obscure keyword, but the fact when I registered and put up an obscure 1 page website with the word in the domain, the page title, and h1 tag, it was put ahead of many pre-existing websites about permarexia. The bloke I set the site up for has since slaughtered the page, and has no idea about SEO (or basic web design), yet the number 1 position still remains. No, you could not do this for any keyword. But for me to get an unestablished site with no links to it in a #1 position, based on using the keyword in the domain name, says to me that there is *some* advantage to using keywords in a domain name - but as Nick has stated, it is just a factor, and other permarexia sites that focus on on-page factors could probably overtake the #1 position with a little bit of effort. There has been one occasion I can think of where using the keyword in the domain name got me an instant #1 hit. The domain was permarexia dot com. Yes – obscure keyword, but the fact when I registered and put up an obscure 1 page website with the word in the domain, the page title, and h1 tag, it was put ahead of many pre-existing websites about permarexia.

The bloke I set the site up for has since slaughtered the page, and has no idea about SEO (or basic web design), yet the number 1 position still remains.

No, you could not do this for any keyword. But for me to get an unestablished site with no links to it in a #1 position, based on using the keyword in the domain name, says to me that there is *some* advantage to using keywords in a domain name – but as Nick has stated, it is just a factor, and other permarexia sites that focus on on-page factors could probably overtake the #1 position with a little bit of effort.

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