Which domain name?

Hi,

I want to register a domain, which has the keyword in it.

Is it better to give the keyword in the front of the domain-name like xy-keyword.com or is this way better: keyword-xy.com?

Some hints for me?

Your Innuendo

i would assume it is slightly better to have the keyword come first.

this is just based on all other SEO techniques.

if u want to build brand name then your domain name should be start from keyword-xy

if u need help i can suggest many domain names.

For this reason the subdomain story......

regards, hans

I dont think it makes a great deal of difference really. I have my keyword(s) last and my brand name first and it hasnt done me any harm.

BTW, I've developed a domain name SEO tool called KeywordDomain which helps find good keyword rich domains through the typing in of up to 4 keywords, it mixes them up with and without hyphens to find those available. It comes in two flavours, english and german :-)

I've found a few beauts with it myself.

I think it depends on what "xy" is, and how well the whole thing reads as a single entity. Also, as you may have guessed from the sig, I'm a great believer in domains that appear high in the alphabet... if your keyword begins in 'A' you might want to lead with it!

Aaron

No prizes for guessing why I called my company after an old chinese counting machine lol.

On balance it's better to have your keyword at the start of the domain, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it

Thank you all for your hot tips.

I'll take the way, to put the keyword in the front of the domain-name.


Innuendo

Yeah, I'm a firm believer in this sort of approach online. We have everything from http://www.abandb.net and http://www.aardvarktravel.net to http://www.4britishhotels.com and http://www.1234hotels.com

Whilst it might not be suitable, it does definitely work.

Aaron