Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'domain names'

Should We Worry About a New Form of Typosquatting?

It's becoming easier to start registering domains with typos -- but not the kind you'd expect with a little extra letter here and there. It starts out with a discovery from pageoneresults: With the approval of IDNs recently and now...

Google Webmaster Tools Can't Verify Serbia's .rs TLDs

Serbia currently has two TLDs, .rs and .yu. The .rs TLD is now replacing the .yu TLD, all .yu TLDs should be transferred over to .rs by September 30, 2009. FYI, .rs stands for Republika Srbija (The Republic of Serbia)....

The Big Top-Level-Domain Debate: Are .com's Better for SEO Purposes?

A very ordinary question was promoted to the WebmasterWorld home page, making for a great discussion on TLD, top level domains. The question is, does Google prefer a .com over a .biz, or a .org over a .edu, or .de...

Can Multiple Hyphens in the Domain Name Raise a Red Flag with Search Engines?

A DigitalPoint Forums thread asks, can multiple hyphens in a domain name raise a red flag with a search engine? For example, if you have a domain name that is something like www.buy-shoes-now-online-for-cheap.com, would that type of domain raise a...

Want To Switch to a New Domain? 301 Redirects vs. 302 Redirects

Well respected SEO, Scottie Claiborne, wrote a guest article for Jill Whalen's popular newsletter named Switching to a New Domain Without Losing Your Google Rankings. In her article, Scottie recommends using a 302 redirect temporarily, so that Google keeps your...

Google Registers Domains Through Google App

InfoWorld says Google to offer domain registration services through Google Applications. Now, Google became a registrar back on January 31, 2005. Since then Google said the reason was (1) because they register a lot of domains internally and (2) (not...

Does Registering A Domain Name for 10 Years Help Search Ranking?

The question at a WebmasterWorld forum is does registering your domain name for 10 years, instead of one year, help you rank better in Google? Reading the thread, it appears that most senior members in the thread, feel that it...


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