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SEO Turns to Domaining: An Interview with Todd Mintz

Went Hot: September 10, 2007 - 1:04 pm
Posted By: nowsourcing 396 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://nowsourcing.com)
Category: Domaining

Interview with Todd Mintz, an SEO by trade who is becoming a domainer. Todd offers good advice for anyone who is interested in purchasing domains, getting parking tips, and clearing up a domainer's name which can be tainted by cybersquatters and domain tasters.

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from searchcommander 396 days ago #

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Good article - Mostly agree Todd, but would you really recommend staying away from hyphens altogether?

I can point out several instances where my own lack of foresight in registering a domain name without a hyphen has proven to be a mistake, and one that's pretty embarrassing...

- sorry - no more details here ;)

from LocalHound 396 days ago #

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As google seems focused on making sure navigational searchers are satisfied, this is going to become more of a thing, do me a favor and put something of value on the domain, please. I hate those sites with an entire page of adsense.

from toddmintz 396 days ago #

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Searchcommander...a domain with a hyphen in it will be valued much less by a purchaser who is a "classic" domainer. If you are building out the site and plan to hold onto it or are planning to sell it as a business with recurring revenue, the hyphen in the domain will matter much less.

LocalHound...many will argue that relevant ads are meeting the needs of the visitor. Better a parking page than a low quality "placeholder" article IMO.

from planetc1 396 days ago #

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"Predictive SEO" and the $8.00 purchase has worked well for me. Good tips.

from ScottFish 396 days ago #

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In taking a PURE domainers stance, I would value a domain with a hyphen only if it received traffic or was a wildly popular keyphrase.

A domainer would look at a domain name and give it value only based on the direct navigation traffic or "type-in" traffic because they are looking at the revenue stream that it provides. While an SEO looks at a domain from a development stand point. Both sides like brandability. Luckily SEOs and domainers are getting together and brining the best of both worlds, direct navigation and search engine traffic.

Great article.