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jengoggtim Posts: 91 Joined: 11/8/2005 Status: offline	Length of Web Name? - 10/5/2006 11:42:02 For SE purposes is it better to have a short name? My name is www.sunembroideryscreenprinting.com. I know its long & "embroidery" is often mispelled but it says what I do. Presently almost all of my business is local & local customers (who already know my name) do go to my site. I want to optimize my site locally so I can gain more local customers. Will the length of my name hurt my rankings? Thanks.


womble Posts: 5461 Joined: 3/14/2005 From: Living on the edge Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/5/2006 12:55:18 I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that 64 characters is the limit for a domain name, though I forget where now. I'm not sure if it'll hurt your ranking in terms of search engines, but from a human point of view, shorter tends to be better because it's usually easier to remember and to type - less chance of potential visitors mis-typing the name and ending up on your competitor's site instead. Of course you could also register variations of your domain name with the mis-spelling built in and redirect those onto your real domain name if you thought that was going to be a problem. _____________________________ ~~ "A cruel god ain't no god at all" ~~ (in reply to jengoggtim)


coreybryant Posts: 2422 Joined: 3/17/2002 From: Castle Rock CO USA Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/5/2006 18:16:42 You might want to first consider your customers and maybe get a shorter URL for them to possibly use. Typing that in if they have to for an email or into the browser might make them consider going to another site. Even though search engines are important, customers can be more important _____________________________ Corey R. Bryant Merchant Accounts \| Toll Free Numbers \| My Blog \| Expression Web Blog (in reply to womble)


jaybee Posts: 13959 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/6/2006 6:52:49 I would shorten it too. Typing that lot in is horrible. I'd just go with the first bit. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to coreybryant)


SeoPharmacy Posts: 6 Joined: 2/27/2006 Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 8:58:36 Hello, jengoggtim! I'm agree with guys. Your domain name is too long. It's obviously that too short domain names are taken up or they cost too much to buy. There is a good advise about web names: Try to use 5 letters (even if they don't make sense) before or after your main keyword. Best regards, Seopharmacy UPD: I'm sorry. It was a misprint. < Message edited by SeoPharmacy -- 10/10/2006 14:19:53 > (in reply to jengoggtim)


Donkey Posts: 3842 Joined: 11/13/2001 From: Blackfield United Kingdom Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 9:56:31 quote: ORIGINAL: SeoPharmacy Hello, jengoggtim! I'm agree with guys. Your domain name is too short. It's obviously that too short domain names are taken up or they cost too much to buy. There is a good advise about web names: Try to use 5 letters (even if they don't make sense) before or after your main keyword. Best regards, Seopharmacy Is it just me or does none of that make any sense at all. _____________________________ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Samuel Clemens (in reply to SeoPharmacy)


Tailslide Posts: 5915 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 10:06:58 Nope, not you at all _____________________________ "My strategy is so simple an idiot could have devised it" Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Blood, Sweat & Rust - A Land Rover restoration project (in reply to Donkey)


coreybryant Posts: 2422 Joined: 3/17/2002 From: Castle Rock CO USA Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 10:08:22 I just wonder how long he thinks the OPs domain name should be since he said it is too short (and most of us said too long). Maybe no coffee yet for him this morning? _____________________________ Corey R. Bryant Merchant Accounts \| Toll Free Numbers \| My Blog \| Expression Web Blog (in reply to Tailslide)


Tailslide Posts: 5915 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 10:13:04 Or maybe some ham-based product is on the way? Or is that just me being cynical again? _____________________________ "My strategy is so simple an idiot could have devised it" Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Blood, Sweat & Rust - A Land Rover restoration project (in reply to coreybryant)


jaybee Posts: 13959 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 10:36:54 No. looking at his 2 posts and looking at his nick, I would definitely say that he specialises in cured pork. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to Tailslide)


Donkey Posts: 3842 Joined: 11/13/2001 From: Blackfield United Kingdom Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 10:49:26 If the idea of having 5 random letters before your domain name (I think that's what he meant) works then ispamgoogle.com & ihatemicrosoft.com should be worth a few bob. _____________________________ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Samuel Clemens (in reply to jaybee)


dpf Posts: 7121 Joined: 11/12/2003 From: India-napolis Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 12:31:51 quote: For SE purposes is it better to have a short name? I am of the opinion that it has no impact on SE ranking. to me, the most important issue is can you say the name...over the phone, over lunch, over a drink..and the 'receiver" remember the name easily and be able to type it in w/out error. to that effect, the word embroidery isnt good - easy to misspell. _____________________________ Dan (in reply to jengoggtim)


Tailslide Posts: 5915 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 12:32:32 Hey Dan - good to see you again! _____________________________ "My strategy is so simple an idiot could have devised it" Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Blood, Sweat & Rust - A Land Rover restoration project (in reply to dpf)


dpf Posts: 7121 Joined: 11/12/2003 From: India-napolis Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 12:33:16 thanks _____________________________ Dan (in reply to Tailslide)


rdouglass Posts: 9167 From: Biddeford, ME USA Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/9/2006 12:50:13 I don't think it's too long at all. Especially if it's already an established business name. You said: quote: I want to optimize my site locally and so IMO a short name is not nearly as important as any established identity. If the company name is Sun Embroidery Screen Printing, by all means don't give that up. Don't worry so much about misspellings. Rather try to buy some of the misspellings to catch those. You may be able to get those for a paltry $9 a year. Minimal when comparing to changing any company identities. And if someone is trying to type in the name from memory, if they don't get there they will probably use a search engine (see Mango, I didn't use Google as a verb ) to find it and most search engines will suggest misspellings. But by no means don't give up an established identity for a short web site name. It's not worth it for locally oriented sites.. Now if you want to go national or international, go for the short name. </$.02> _____________________________ Don't take you're eye off your final destination. ASP Checkbox Function Tutorial. (in reply to dpf)


xlmdxlmd Posts: 2 Joined: 10/17/2006 Status: offline	RE: Length of Web Name? - 10/17/2006 18:38:54 I would shorten it too (in reply to rdouglass)

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