Small Business Mavericks

article thumbnail

Does Your Domain Name Need To Be Exact Match?

Small Business Mavericks

Is it necessary that your domain name be an exact match for your primary keyword? However, many websites have been successful without exact match domain names. Here are a few: Google. That makes the domain name a partial match, not an exact match per se. Small Business Mavericks.

article thumbnail

Will Brand Domain Names Be A Small Business Opportunity?

Small Business Mavericks

I know Frank Reed says a recent ICANN ruling that will allow large corporations to purchase their own domain name extensions for their brands will only be available for the big guys – small businesses won’t be able to afford it. Where there are domain name extensions, there will be domain names.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Blogger Integrates With Google+

Small Business Mavericks

Google has said from the beginning that it plans to integrate all of its services with Google+. Well, that integration is happening right now for Blogger, the Google blogging platform. Some of them even go so far as to map it to their own domain name. So what’s next for Google+ integration?

Blogger 93
article thumbnail

How To Rank In Google 101

Small Business Mavericks

Google likes to help new webmasters. These few suggestions Google offers won’t guarantee your website a page 1 ranking, but they do give you the basic run down on what Google is looking for from websites. Choose a domain name that is easy to read and descriptive.

Google 96
article thumbnail

Are The New Top Level Domains Valuable?

Small Business Mavericks

Now, the sunrise period for some of those domains has begun, which allows trademark holders the right to register their desired domain names based on trademark ownership. Many registrars will charge premium prices for people who want specific domain names on these gTLDs. Branding, yes. Strategic marketing, yes.

article thumbnail

Exact Match Domain Hysteria: Is It Worth It?

Small Business Mavericks

Not all domain names are equal. When you decide to purchase a new domain name for your business you’ll have to decide on a few things. You really have only three options: Exact match domain name. Partial match domain name. Branded domain name. You can of course do both.

article thumbnail

How New gTLDs Will Create New Search Opportunities

Small Business Mavericks

The search engines of course will have to adjust to the volume of new domain names. Several of these new gTLDs have already received thousands of applications for domain names in anticipation of the coming explosion. SEO for Small Business domain names gTLD search'