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Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum as well as to SEO. I've been doing a lot of reading in the past weeks and I'm hoping to learn more from the pros around here. I thank you for your wisdom and aplogize for my lack of in advance (IMG:http://www.highrankings.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Question: Does a page get better ranking when the URL includes the keyword? Consider the following cases, who would rank better by default? keyword: monkey food Case 1: www.monkeyfood.com Case 2: www.petexperts.com How about: Case 1: www.petexperts.com/monkeyfood.html Case 2: www.petsuperstore.com/buy.html Thanks! |
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alnany Do Keywords In Url Matter? Aug 18 2003, 10:42 PM
Mel Hi Al:
IMO there is little if any gain to be achi... Aug 18 2003, 10:55 PM alnany Another thing though:
Let's suppose having a ... Aug 18 2003, 11:16 PM Jill Yes, you are correct, alnany. That's the only... Aug 19 2003, 11:31 AM Drew-z
That seems a bit strong.
For example, I encoun... Aug 19 2003, 10:17 PM chrishirst More importantly out of the top 40 for the search ... Aug 20 2003, 03:39 PM mcanerin In general, a page that is named after it's su... Aug 20 2003, 04:05 PM toprank Isn't it true that urls with target keywords i... Aug 20 2003, 04:30 PM Jill Think about it, guys...
Who buys keyword-rich dom... Aug 20 2003, 07:13 PM mcanerin I have one client who managed to get himself black... Aug 20 2003, 07:40 PM toprank I agree. I do not think having a keyword in the do... Aug 21 2003, 07:43 AM Sharon & Roy Indirectly Your Domain... Aug 21 2003, 05:27 PM SearchEngineZ Well, although I agree with most of the above (key... Aug 21 2003, 08:18 PM lcobb Sharon and Roy's example demonstrates that the... Aug 22 2003, 11:34 AM Marc keywords in url.....
I've never worried about ... Aug 22 2003, 12:07 PM mopacfan I think most everyone has expressed a valid argume... Aug 25 2003, 09:30 AM ChrisB I'm suprised at people who downplay the import... Sep 3 2003, 09:09 AM webmama I am one of the biggest proponents of using keywor... Sep 3 2003, 10:11 AM Scottie I agree. (nice pic, Barbara! :thumbup:)
While... Sep 3 2003, 04:11 PM Sharon & Roy
Hi Barbara,
We couldn't agree with you more... Sep 3 2003, 09:03 PM compar
Jill,
I can't agree with that claim at all. ... Sep 3 2003, 09:10 PM compar
I only have one question. Why? I can't see an... Sep 3 2003, 09:23 PM Jill
Yes, that's very true, and I agree.
I shoul... Sep 3 2003, 09:41 PM SearchEngineZ
Most experienced searchers (and, with time, more ... Sep 3 2003, 10:16 PM mcanerin I agree with SearchEngineZ,
It does help you to l... Sep 4 2003, 01:59 PM Ron Carnell
Too true. But I suspect it's equally true tha... Sep 4 2003, 04:38 PM bwelford I'm from the KISS school. So your domain name... Sep 4 2003, 05:49 PM awall19 My take on the URL thing is that it is easy to do,... Sep 4 2003, 06:44 PM ttweb
Just one more opinion... from an SEO neophyte...... Sep 5 2003, 11:50 AM Jill
:thumbsup: Sep 5 2003, 01:38 PM mcanerin Of course, having said all of that....
What the h... Sep 5 2003, 02:25 PM mcanerin Answering my own question, since everyone else is ... Sep 8 2003, 12:35 PM Jill Okay, Ian...I'll talk to you... :rolleyes:
I... Sep 8 2003, 12:52 PM webstream Interesting topic, which lured into this forum. :a... Sep 8 2003, 06:01 PM Jill Welcome, Webstream! :aloha: Glad we lured you... Sep 8 2003, 09:24 PM webstream Sorry, Jill. You're right and I know better. ... Sep 8 2003, 09:52 PM webstream
My question is: If all is equal, would keywords ... Sep 9 2003, 02:29 PM Scottie
If all else were equal... Sep 9 2003, 02:33 PM Jill The audiences click preference? Yes, perhaps, if t... Sep 9 2003, 02:37 PM webstream Okay, now let's examine this some more and rem... Sep 9 2003, 03:15 PM markm Well keywords in the URL do indirectly matter as h... Sep 9 2003, 07:46 PM mcanerin webstream,
For the example you used, I would prob... Sep 9 2003, 08:05 PM webstream
Branding a name on the Net to me is a whole diff... Sep 9 2003, 08:37 PM Jill
I would most definitely, 100% use the domain of z... Sep 9 2003, 08:44 PM Jill
Ian, if I'm understanding what you're sa... Sep 9 2003, 08:47 PM Jill
That's what I've been trying to say this... Sep 9 2003, 08:49 PM webstream
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Agreed!
Webstream Sep 9 2003, 09:09 PM Mel
of course not, because it is all spelled as all o... Sep 10 2003, 01:05 AM webstream
From your above statement can you show me docume... Sep 10 2003, 10:20 AM bwelford I believe Google does not do "stemming" ... Sep 10 2003, 10:35 AM Mel Hi Webstream:
sorry but my notary public is off th... Sep 10 2003, 11:49 AM webstream Mel, great answer!
Have a virtual drink on m... Sep 10 2003, 01:18 PM mcanerin
OOPS. Jill is right - I got carried away and wen... Sep 10 2003, 08:02 PM webstream >>re-direct<<
I think it should be cl... Sep 10 2003, 09:42 PM Googlefrog Which order is better: for seo?
mysite.com/canada... Nov 10 2008, 03:52 PM Randy Neither is better for seo.
Or did you miss the ... Nov 10 2008, 08:28 PM
Googlefrog Neither is better for seo.
Or did you miss the ... Nov 13 2008, 09:06 AM torka I read it. Many people said keywords in url is imp... Nov 13 2008, 12:57 PM tomer1 NO!!
in the past it was very important, b... Nov 10 2008, 08:49 PM Chris Kevin I've been working as content writer as well as... Nov 12 2008, 03:21 PM BBCoach Keyword placement doesn't matter so much so as... Nov 12 2008, 06:17 PM Randy Okay, let's make it easy then.
The answer is ... Nov 13 2008, 09:25 AM 1dmf And as someone who beleives in the hyphenated keyw... Nov 13 2008, 10:00 AM davidbrett I absolutley agree with Jill on this one. The bene... Nov 14 2008, 09:39 AM mcanerin I'm going to have to disagree with a lot of pe... Nov 14 2008, 12:08 PM Jill Yes, things have changed in the 5 years since this... Nov 15 2008, 11:47 AM 1dmf Jill -> would you say hyphens make a difference... Nov 25 2008, 09:42 AM Jill Jill -> would you say hyphens make a difference... Nov 25 2008, 12:21 PM ezwoodz for me it's important also, it may give you so... Dec 8 2008, 11:12 PM ClickClick Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum as well as ... Dec 9 2008, 02:22 PM Jill Personally I'd say get keywords in wherever yo... Dec 9 2008, 02:45 PM mcanerin In this example, unless "monkeyfood" was... Dec 11 2008, 03:28 PM BBCoach This is a very hard sell for me to swallow since t... Dec 11 2008, 04:08 PM austk I do not agree with these posts. I am concerned th... Dec 14 2008, 11:52 PM mcanerin Examples are always good ways to make a point. Let... Dec 23 2008, 01:08 AM BBCoach That's a pretty thin example Mc. Of course the... Dec 23 2008, 10:32 AM 1dmf
Oh come on Ian, I find that hard to swallow! Dec 23 2008, 11:21 AM blackirish.ken Hi, what about keywords in a redirected url or ali... Jan 4 2009, 02:04 PM Jill If it's 301 redirected then it's basically... Jan 4 2009, 03:16 PM mcanerin "If what you're saying is true, then if y... Jan 12 2009, 12:46 AM Travelguy Keywords alone in the URL are not the only factor ... Jan 21 2009, 10:09 AM qwerty I agree with you that the URL matters, but you tak... Jan 21 2009, 11:05 AM Jill Travelguy, historically, separating keywords via a... Jan 21 2009, 12:18 PM BBCoach
Which is something to be very proud of!
But... Jan 21 2009, 03:07 PM mcanerin Oh, crap. How the hell did that happen?
Sorry BBC... Jan 21 2009, 09:30 PM Jill Ackk...i'm afraid not. Can remove whole thing.... Jan 22 2009, 12:26 AM ogormask My advice has always been if this is a new site th... Jan 22 2009, 01:08 AM BBCoach LOL! :lol: That'll confuse someone cruisin... Jan 22 2009, 03:29 PM  |
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