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What's up with forum(s), talk, etc domains?!
10-25-2007, 03:58 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 63  | What's up with forum(s), talk, etc domains?! Why is it many forums/communities now a days have like talk, forums, chat, etc in their domain name? Like TennisForum, TechChat, WebTalk, etc. Is there not much thought put into domains nowadays? Maybe it's just me thinking that?  | ||||
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10-25-2007, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,321 Location: Delaware   Recent Blog: Happy Birthday, Kittykat!!!  | SEO is a big factor. its best to have the term in the url if somone searched "tennis forum" on the internet for instance, tennistalk.com could be huge and around for years, tennisforum.com could be brand new. more then likely tennisforum.com will outrank the competition. | ||||
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10-25-2007, 08:25 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 274 Location: Long Island, New York 
| And ThatsLifeForum  Actually, that is my first time doing it. So it is kind of something new for me. I don't mind when forums have that anyway.
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10-25-2007, 09:48 PM
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10-25-2007, 09:58 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 274 Location: Long Island, New York
| I don't know but I would say a whole lot do. Well, for me at least anyways. I always search for niche + forum, actually, niche + vBulletin.
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10-25-2007, 10:12 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,034 Location: Michigan, US Recent Blog: Action figures and comics in SW:TOR?s future?
| Yeah if you can rank highly for niche + forum you'll get a ton of traffic especially if its a fairly popular niche.
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10-25-2007, 10:14 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,478 Location: Alabama
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10-25-2007, 10:25 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 700 Location: www.NewOniTunes.com 
| I think using the terms "forum","chat" or "talk" is fine - it imparts a meaning to the domain without ever visiting the site - you KNOW it's about conversations.
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