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Have spent today emailing potential end users - have had three replies already saying that normally they would be interested, but due to the recent algorithm update they have no interest/need...
Have spent today emailing potential end users - have had three replies already saying that normally they would be interested, but due to the recent algorithm update they have no interest/need...
Have spent today emailing potential end users - have had three replies already saying that normally they would be interested, but due to the recent algorithm update they have no interest/need...
Have spent today emailing potential end users - have had three replies already saying that normally they would be interested, but due to the recent algorithm update they have no interest/need...
Google is not going to devalue a quality site based on using an EMD.
It is in Google's best interest to provide high quality results.
If you are an end user who sells flowers in Chicago, and your domain is ChicagoFlowers.com, that simply explains your business.
Google is looking to remove garbage sites based on EMD.
So when you say your long established sites were pushed down the order, what is the quality of your competitors sites that replaced you at the top?Actually they have done exactly that to me - long established sites with plenty of original relevant content, not domainer sites.
For the EMD query they have totally disappeared from search results. For other queries their position in results is unchanged.
This would never have happened if most EMDs did not fall on domainers' hands. Domainers gave EMDs a bad reputation, which triggered Matt Cutts to tweak his algo. It's just like when scammers invaded the .BIZ tld, everyone else have shun them altogether as spammy.IMO Google wants to provide high quality results for major businesses, not small players. It seems to me every change just pushes Amazon and other big American business players up in the search results. Yes big players tend not to use EMD.
So this means the amount of effort an End-User will spend trying to rank a brandable domain, say frazzle.co is now just about the same as an EMD.
It's just like when scammers invaded the .BIZ tld, everyone else have shun them altogether as spammy.
Have spent today emailing potential end users - have had three replies already saying that normally they would be interested, but due to the recent algorithm update they have no interest/need...
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lol
that response sounds more like it would come from another domainer.
domainers are the one group who will panic, and become confused, whenever they think the sky is falling or something is raining on their parade.
as such is the case with every report of Big G changing some shiz-zit around.
a true end-user who really has plans for development, would not use such a lame excuse.
unless, they were playing jedi mind tricks on you
imo...
I deal with multiple end users daily, and most of them know hardly anything about SEO.
I am surprised three people would mention that.
Google is not going to devalue a quality site based on using an EMD.
It is in Google's best interest to provide high quality results.
If you are an end user who sells flowers in Chicago, and your domain is ChicagoFlowers.com, that simply explains your business.
Google is looking to remove garbage sites based on EMD.
EMD domains still come with instant brand recognition. There is a lot of marketing value outside of SEO alone.
Brad
The only time I've had a reply similar to Pounds is when emailing seo companies. Most endusers don't have a clue.
That's a no-contest comparison.ChicagoFlowers.com is a very good name.
EMD like ChicagoFlowerShopInMagnificentMile.com would become less valuable.
They are now more comfortable settling on the other extensions, or attaching some nifty word infront of the domain like "the" or "my". That's because they realized domainers are now unable to rank their stuffs high on search engines. And if domainers can't sell their stuff, their own "less than perfect" domains are safe on top of search.End users are getting smarter.
....prematurely released its quarterly earnings midday Thursday, reporting that profit declined 20% as total costs jumped and advertising prices continued to slide....
personally i think this update has made many domain names value drop to zero.
anything like (example purposes only)
chainsaws.com
woodsheds.com
fishtanks.com
usbleads.com
blankdiscs.com
if your site is about the domain name then i think this google update has rendered the domain name redundant.
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