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Old 07-03-2009, 08:19 AM
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the homes on that front page are all new listings. sometimes agents are slow to post photos, and then I think it takes a day for them to get posted on the REW system. I have the listings there purely for content, but I can see where it might look bad to the viewer.
I think that it looks good in that the viewer can quickly dive into listings.
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Old 07-03-2009, 09:04 AM
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im still indecisive on a domain name. I have read that it does help a bit to have keywords in the domain name.

i thought OCHousesAndHomes had a nice sound to it.

I understand that long urls are not good for marketing, but I could always market a shorter name and 301 redirect to a longer one. Right?

This is not my main site.

NorthOrangeCountyHouses
OrangeCountyRealEstateFinder
OCHouseGuide
OCHousesAndHomes
OrangeCountyHouseGuide

??????
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Old 07-03-2009, 10:55 AM
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im still indecisive on a domain name. I have read that it does help a bit to have keywords in the domain name.

i thought OCHousesAndHomes had a nice sound to it.

I understand that long urls are not good for marketing, but I could always market a shorter name and 301 redirect to a longer one. Right?

This is not my main site.

NorthOrangeCountyHouses
OrangeCountyRealEstateFinder
OCHouseGuide
OCHousesAndHomes
OrangeCountyHouseGuide

??????
Keywords in url is a small boost in Google. But you also gain a boost for the keywords in the anchor text when people link back using your url.

How about these?

orangecountyhouses.net
orangecountyhouses.org
orangecountyhomes.us
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Old 07-03-2009, 11:04 AM
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everyone always says to .com it.
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Old 07-03-2009, 11:25 AM
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everyone always says to .com it.
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The .com is the most brandable. However, .net & .org tlds are just as good. The .info tld has a bad reputation because spammers buy up the domains for 99 cents. The other domains (.biz, .mobi, .name,.us) are less popular.
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