Finally, the secret to Google rankings revealed

I recently came across the following domain

http://www.1radio-remote-control-cheap-car-airplane-boat-truck-helicopter.com/

I can't believe I didnt think about doing that!!

chuckle, chuckle.

I would be real amazed if this site was able to rank at all. I would sure hate to have to tell someone how to find the site...

Jarrod Hunt

I have been doing that for a while with great success.

I guess that blows the whole theory of "too many hyphens in the url would be a cause for an over-optimization penalty" out the window.

I am no stranger to keywords and hyphens in urls being successful but most people have theorized that too many would be a bad thing.

I would be curious as to how successful these actually are overall and if people were actually able to maintain long term rankings with them. My guess is that it would be delisted very quickly after being ranked. Great for a quick buck or two but not too great for a consistent income.

This is the first time I have ever seen this long of a URL, with so many hyphens.

Jarrod Hunt

http://www.****-****-*****-*****-***.********.com/*****_***** *****_******_*****_******_*****_*****.php

One of my urls that performs in a big way.
The site has never been sandboxed and gets lots of visitors.

Nice,

I might have to put a couple test domains up.

they're 2nd META keyword is "remote control airplanes" and when I googled that, the site came up as #4 I think....

Hmmm....gotta think about this.....looks interesting tho....



Jim

pretty spammy in my opinion

Agreed, I can't imagine Google will continue to turn a blind eye to this type of excess forever.

ha... yeah, extremely spammy.
But yyou guys have to remember that the URL itself has nothing to do with their ranking... If they have that spammy of a URL, they're more than likely also spamming to get lots of links as well. They have over 800 backlinks. Of those 800+ backlinks, 97% of them contain the anchor text "remote control", which is why they're ranked well for "remote control airplanes"...

Brad

for sure.

Surprising:
Registration Date.... 2003-02-24
Expiry Date.......... 2006-02-24

BTW Brad, Like your sig. A good use for it!

allinanchor:remote control airplanes

That site is #2

Their url has nothing to do with their rankings.

Fryman,

I'm not sure if anyone has any solid proof on this but I am curiuos if Google doesnt include the URL as well as surrounding text in its calculation for allinanchor:.

That cant last forever, I dont think its a good idea for any long term project.

i have just started a website with hyphens in it but not nearly as long. I am sandboxed still. IMO i dont think the url is helping.