Yay, I snatched a really good domain :D

Defcon5 · 16-11-08, 12:55 PM

http://freeipods.co.uk

I have decided to make a new freebie website, like most people on here

And I was fortunate enough to get snatch a really good one

freeipods.co.uk

I would have assumed someone would have had it already

since free ipods are two important words in the freebie community, and I imagined it would be a fairly important domain name, in search engine terms. Because alot of people will be searching for "Free ipods" in google

So... YAY

Oh, and i'm not spamming my site.. the site's not even up yet just wanted to show you the new domain I have

ps. 36,100,000 hits for free ipods

on google

Larkino · 16-11-08, 01:09 PM

for the URL to be keyword relevant, it has to be seperated, so free-ipods or free_ipods. I don't think if its one word, its helpful for SEO purposes...

I could be wrong

Defcon5 · 16-11-08, 01:14 PM

Search "free ipods" into google (seperated) and you'll find you ARE wrong :P

freeipods.org.uk - no.1 on results
ipods.freepay.com - no.2 on results
freeipodsetc.co.uk - no.3 on results

And the list goes on..

Larkino · 16-11-08, 01:15 PM

it's still possible to get high rankings with keywords even if they are not in the domain, but for it to be beneficial, they have to be seperated, else googlebot will read it as one word, even if it is in bold

**the_icks** · 16-11-08, 01:17 PM

nice domain!! It's all about the traffic though.. you can own all the domains in the world (I know, I am trying!!) but if nobody ever goes there!!!

crispyste · 16-11-08, 01:19 PM

Still, great domain mate. How was this not taken lol?

mcgrou · 16-11-08, 01:24 PM

Ooohhh... I searched for that domain like 2 days ago!
Well done mate

Larkino · 16-11-08, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Using Keywords in your Domain Name is good for SEO
Your domain name is the first thing the search engine spiders see and their first clue to what your site is about. So, ideally, you want your domain to include keywords. So, if you sell drill bits, and the domain name Drillbits.com.au - drill bits Resources and Information. is available, then this would be a good domain name, wouldn’t it? A better name than www.raycostanza.com.au. But perhaps not ideal.

SEO, Domain Names and Hyphens or Dashes
When Google looks at www.drillbits.com.au, it can read the words “drill” and “bits”, so it will know this site is likely to have something to do with drill bits. So, that’s good. However, if Google looks at www.drill-bits.com.au or www.drill.bits.com.au, it will rate those names higher than www.drillbits.com.au.

taken from Web Copywriter Website Copywriting SEO Copywriter Sydney

Quote:

. Dash-separated keywords in the domain name. You may tell the tool to also check for domain name variations where terms are separated by dashes: e.g. not only 'webmarketingexpert.com', but also 'web-marketing-expert.com' etc. Domains separated by dashes are better for search engine rankings, because 'webmarketingexpert.com' will only help you rank for the entire word 'webmarketingexpert', which is hardly popular among the searching audience... whereas with 'web-marketing-expert.com' you will rank better for keywords 'web', 'marketing', and 'expert'.

taken from www.webproguide.com

mcgrou · 16-11-08, 01:28 PM

larkino, your first quote tag is [quopte]

nickjett · 16-11-08, 01:33 PM

A lot of people come on this forum showing off there great domain name they have snapped up. But apart from being able to remember the address easier, i really doubt that random people type in www.freeipods.co.uk or whatever in the address bar instead of using a search engine.

Its is a good domain name but dont expect loads of free traffic!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larkino

taken from Web Copywriter Website Copywriting SEO Copywriter Sydney

taken from www.webproguide.com

I think there are more important factors to SEO than wether or not a url has an additional "-" or not. As long as the keywords are in the url, it will help!

mcgrou · 16-11-08, 01:38 PM

I think the main advantage to the domain will be in offline advertising, as freeipods is a very simple name to remember - but I've heard that flyers, business cards etc don't bring in many greens anyway...

nickjett · 16-11-08, 01:39 PM

Oh just realised the url freeipods.co.uk has a pagerank of 4!

Larkino · 16-11-08, 01:42 PM

I reckon you were very lucky, the person who owned that domain hadn't renewed it yet, so itwas available

I feel sorry for the previous owner

mcgrou · 16-11-08, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larkino

I reckon you were very lucky, the person who owned that domain hadn't renewed it yet, so itwas available

I feel sorry for the previous owner

I thought that the prev owner was freepay?

EDIT - Actually, that might have just been freeipods.com

Larkino · 16-11-08, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcgrou

I thought that the prev owner was freepay?

EDIT - Actually, that might have just been freeipods.com

haha, oh yeah!!

get your site up now mate, you know how much direct traffic your going to get?
since freeipods.co.uk is the domain listed in all of the TV broadcasts!!

edit: sorry, freepay own freeipods.com, not .co.uk

mcgrou · 16-11-08, 01:53 PM

yeh, can you imagine getting freeipods .com?? All the proof videos that people use mention the site!

Dunstan · 16-11-08, 01:58 PM

Think it had recently expired. Nice grab.
A lot of great relevent free links already pointing to your site. You should find it quite easy to rank.
Also it's an old domain and age certainly helps a lot.

FurbtasticM · 16-11-08, 02:04 PM

Not sure about all the negativity, that is a great domain to grab, nice one

Larkino · 16-11-08, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FurbtasticM

Not sure about all the negativity, that is a great domain to grab, nice one

just to clarify, I wan't being negative, sorry if I came across so, just wanted to point out that I had read some domain names are more useful to SEO than others.

however, we can all see that domain name can't be that important, since furbs is 1st for some killer keywords!

mdnl · 16-11-08, 02:32 PM

PR5 it comes up for me, that is an awesome snatch mate, well done. Hope it brings you lots of Greens

16-11-08, 12:55 PM	#1
Defcon5 BANNED Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 23	Yay, I snatched a really good domain :D http://freeipods.co.uk I have decided to make a new freebie website, like most people on here And I was fortunate enough to get snatch a really good one freeipods.co.uk I would have assumed someone would have had it already since free ipods are two important words in the freebie community, and I imagined it would be a fairly important domain name, in search engine terms. Because alot of people will be searching for "Free ipods" in google So... YAY Oh, and i'm not spamming my site.. the site's not even up yet just wanted to show you the new domain I have ps. 36,100,000 hits for free ipods on google Last edited by Defcon5; 16-11-08 at 01:00 PM..

16-11-08, 01:09 PM	#2
Larkino Call me Vlad Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South London Posts: 9,512	for the URL to be keyword relevant, it has to be seperated, so free-ipods or free_ipods. I don't think if its one word, its helpful for SEO purposes... I could be wrong __________________ Free Xbox 360 S \| Free Wii \| Last.FM

16-11-08, 01:15 PM	#4
Larkino Call me Vlad Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South London Posts: 9,512	it's still possible to get high rankings with keywords even if they are not in the domain, but for it to be beneficial, they have to be seperated, else googlebot will read it as one word, even if it is in bold __________________ Free Xbox 360 S \| Free Wii \| Last.FM

16-11-08, 01:17 PM	#5
the_icks Mr Baldy Chicken Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 14,483	nice domain!! It's all about the traffic though.. you can own all the domains in the world (I know, I am trying!!) but if nobody ever goes there!!! __________________

16-11-08, 01:24 PM	#7
mcgrou - - - - - - - Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: - Posts: 5,156	Ooohhh... I searched for that domain like 2 days ago! Well done mate __________________ Spoiler Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned - Tyler

16-11-08, 01:14 PM	#3
Defcon5 BANNED Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 23	Search "free ipods" into google (seperated) and you'll find you ARE wrong :P freeipods.org.uk - no.1 on results ipods.freepay.com - no.2 on results freeipodsetc.co.uk - no.3 on results And the list goes on..

16-11-08, 01:19 PM	#6
crispyste iPod 20gb Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Teesside Posts: 996	Still, great domain mate. How was this not taken lol?

16-11-08, 01:28 PM	#9
mcgrou - - - - - - - Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: - Posts: 5,156	larkino, your first quote tag is [quopte] __________________ Spoiler Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned - Tyler

16-11-08, 01:38 PM	#11
mcgrou - - - - - - - Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: - Posts: 5,156	I think the main advantage to the domain will be in offline advertising, as freeipods is a very simple name to remember - but I've heard that flyers, business cards etc don't bring in many greens anyway... __________________ Spoiler Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned - Tyler

16-11-08, 01:39 PM	#12
nickjett iPod 60gb Join Date: May 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,756	Oh just realised the url freeipods.co.uk has a pagerank of 4! __________________ Free DSi - Free iMac - Free iPhone - Free Macbook - Free Ps3

16-11-08, 01:42 PM	#13
Larkino Call me Vlad Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South London Posts: 9,512	I reckon you were very lucky, the person who owned that domain hadn't renewed it yet, so itwas available I feel sorry for the previous owner __________________ Free Xbox 360 S \| Free Wii \| Last.FM

16-11-08, 01:53 PM	#16
mcgrou - - - - - - - Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: - Posts: 5,156	yeh, can you imagine getting freeipods .com?? All the proof videos that people use mention the site! __________________ Spoiler Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned - Tyler

16-11-08, 01:58 PM	#17
Dunstan iPod 60gb Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,977	Think it had recently expired. Nice grab. A lot of great relevent free links already pointing to your site. You should find it quite easy to rank. Also it's an old domain and age certainly helps a lot. __________________ Follow @MoneySavingHvn Last edited by Dunstan; 16-11-08 at 02:00 PM..

16-11-08, 02:04 PM	#18
FurbtasticM ..is a Muppet! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Swindon Posts: 10,243	Not sure about all the negativity, that is a great domain to grab, nice one __________________ iPhone deals \| Giveaway \| Free iPhone \| Free iPad

16-11-08, 02:32 PM	#20
mdnl iPod 20gb Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Behind you Posts: 860	PR5 it comes up for me, that is an awesome snatch mate, well done. Hope it brings you lots of Greens