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Ask HN: monkeyswithrings.com or monkeysrings.com?
1 point by garply on April 16, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments
I need some SEO help. I'm considering buying a domain name. Let's say in the English language "monkeys with rings" is a common phrase. Let's say I want to make a website about monkeys with rings. But the Google keyword tool tells me "monkeys rings" has far, far more queries. Should I use "monkeyswithrings.com" or "monkeysrings.com"?



Monkeysrings.com. Treat most casual web surfers as having ADD and that they are only itching to click the back button; so the easier and more memorable the name the better.

You might consider having a clear, camel notation heading at the top of your landing page to make the website name clear.


I'm not sure from an SEO standpoint, but from an end-user standpoint I wouldn't click on a site with the domain "monkeyshats.com". It looks too much like "monkey sh*ts".


That reminds me of something funny a guy from Yahoo told me. He worked on an algorithm that would try to identify what a domain like www.salesexchange.com was really about - "sales exchange" or "sale sex change"


OK, fair point, let me change the second noun. That wasn't the point of the question.


If monkeysrings.com has "far, far more queries", then choosing that domain is a clear optimisation.


Choose a domain name that is exactly as some one might query it. Google gives a bonus for exact matches. You'll jump up a few positions in the SERPs.

P.S. Avoid hyphens :)




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