akopayan — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:55:48 +0000

birch;218029 wrote: .us seems better for me

Explain your thought please.

Megan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:23:48 +0000

I'm thinking this may not be such a good idea. I'm not 100% sure on this, but having links pointing to your keyword domain names would mean that any link value for the originating page is not passed directly to your real site. You might want to look for some info from SEO experts about that (I will if I get a chance).

I have also heard something from the SEO community about the importance of keywords in the domain becoming less important. That might not be true now but it may be in the future. I also think that Google thinks that overly keyword-heavy domain names are spammy so that's another thing to avoid.

Here you go: http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors#f1

This is a highly respected document with comments from many well known experts in SEO. One of the respondants says that "A good brand name is always better than a keyword-filled domain." Overall they seem to think it's a good thing but not of critical importance.

birch — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:46:12 +0000

.us seems better for me

Ruth — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:38:36 +0000

The choice between .us and .biz depends on the targeted audience of your site.

ohrana — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:05:33 +0000

I'd choose .biz.