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Search terms - spelling variations - 6/1/2006 7:49:45
Hi.. first post here, so hello.
A friend of mine has a site with the domain name cinthiahamer.com. If you search for cinthia hamer in google, it finds her site, but she feels that some people might search for cynthia hamer instead.
Is there a way we achieve her site showing up for either variation? Would it help putting both in the meta tags?
(She's a writer, and we're thinking ahead, for if she becomes published.)
Many thanks!
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MJMoore
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RE: Search terms - spelling variations - 6/1/2006 8:34:36
Thank you Nicole!
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ORIGINAL: Nicole
Another option could be for her to buy the domain name cynthiahamer.com and re-direct it to her real address.
She is willing to do this, but I was told elsewhere that it wouldn't be worth it?
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RE: Search terms - spelling variations - 6/1/2006 9:05:28
Easier way, link campaign.
Use a GREAT two sentence description utilizing the miss spelling in it. This will get you were you want to be. I would do this in low level directories. Do a search on genre+add site, +submit site, add your site (You get where I am going here).
Take care,
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MJMoore
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RE: Search terms - spelling variations - 6/2/2006 16:14:20
Thanks Brian, but I'm not sure either of us have the time for a link campaign.
Can anyone give me any feedback on the idea of buying the alternative domain?
Thanks :)
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RE: Search terms - spelling variations - 6/3/2006 9:06:00
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but I was told elsewhere that it wouldn't be worth it? with domains available under $10 its definitely worth it!!!! you have already identified what will be common spelling error- aside from search engines domain names are often communicated (or remmbered) verbally
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RE: Search terms - spelling variations - 6/3/2006 11:00:31
a lot of (big) sites use Levenshtein's Distance (or similar algos) to check for variations in spelling. For example, putting cinthia into Google you get asked if you meant Cynthia, but you don't get prompted if you search for cynthia. So perhaps it's best to stick to cynthia?
then again you'd be in a more crowded market - there's more cynthias.
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MJMoore
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RE: Search terms - spelling variations - 6/3/2006 11:09:04
Cinthia is her writers name, no choice on that one. :)
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RE: Search terms - spelling variations - 6/16/2006 20:15:42
I do this at http://www.nowinskipirogies.com/our_pirogies.htm ... we used to have 4 domaisn spelled diferent ways, but they didn't want the expense so we got rid of 3.
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) so I'd do that and re-direct to the real address. 
