Return to New TLD Agreements Forum - Message Thread - FAQ

Username:	Gregory W. Krajewski
Date/Time:	Sun, October 14, 2001 at 10:51 PM GMT
Browser:	Microsoft Internet Explorer V5.01 using Windows 98
Subject:	A hypenated domain can get you higher Google ranking..
Message:
Google [from what I've been told--don't quote me on it] will recognize the *first* word in a domain (if there is more than one), and give it a ranking...So with BaseballScores.com, google will *recognize* the word "baseball"...With a hypenated domain, Such as Baseball-Scores.com, it will recognize "baseball" & "scores" separately giving it a higher ranking.....If you do a WHOIS under some of the prime "key words" dot com domains, you will notice a lot of them have been reg'd...same thing with dot info...Of course the question is how long will this last??  Search engines can change on a dime....I prefer good meta-tags myself.. Note: This is not gospel, so use your best judgement...it's just what i've been told.. thanks for asking Gregory

Message Thread:

• Afilias doesn't work. NeuLevel is Illegal. — kodo, October 14 @ 4:19 AM (3/15)
• My Prediction:  Image Online Design will get ICANN approval for dot web next year — Gregory W. Krajewski, October 14 @ 5:46 PM (3/10)
• hypenated key words and search engine rankings — antipodes, October 14 @ 10:33 PM (1/2)
• A hypenated domain can get you higher Google ranking.. — Gregory W. Krajewski, October 14 @ 10:51 PM (1/1)
• I understand the value of good meta-tags — antipodes, October 15 @ 1:21 AM (0/0)
• Didn't Afilias also apply for the .web registry? — vera-city, October 14 @ 8:37 PM (1/1)
• The problem is with privately owned registries is: — vera-city, October 15 @ 2:15 AM (0/0)
• ... but many dot web domain names already taken — Helveticus, October 14 @ 6:54 PM (3/4)
• Good point, Helv...Who cares about .web all names are taken eom — psbyowner, October 15 @ 6:41 PM (1/1)
• Ah, I would emphatically disagree with you that "All the dot web names are gone" — Gregory W. Krajewski, October 15 @ 10:45 PM (0/0)
• Image Online Design's Registry  [explained] — Gregory W. Krajewski, October 14 @ 11:46 PM (0/0)
• names already taken — kodo, October 14 @ 7:48 PM (0/0)
• My .info names are and have been working fine since activated eom — psbyowner, October 14 @ 5:08 PM (2/2)
• What did you do? File a bogus trademark claim? — kodo, October 14 @ 7:51 PM (0/0)
• Mine too, maybe I just got lucky — hiltonian, October 14 @ 6:24 PM (0/0)
• New.net rocks. — mole, October 14 @ 5:52 AM (0/0)

Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Cookies Policy