question Do people still buy EMD??

The real question should be do people buy 20 character domains and the answer is it's unlikely.

Of course they do. If you spend money on google adwords and you have a matching EMD for your keyword your CTR goes up. IF your CTR goes up from say 2.0 to 3.0% is it worth it? Yes. That is priceless. Your conversions go up so it is worth it if your developing it.

Numerous studies and comparison on this. People look at the URL before clicking. It's all about the trust of the URL.

Long tail words work because they are in a niche. The days of ranking first page on google are gone unless you focus on a small niche that has a long keyword and has a small volume. I mean you can't compete against amazon, insurance.com, geico.com, etc.

Again,
Focus on the small traffic where no one is and you will do good. If your looking to sell long-tail keywords then it will not be the most profitable maybe can pick some up for under an 100 and sell for 1 to 2k if lucky. But the site that gets leads in a small niche is much better. I would rather make 200 or 300 a month than do one sale. If your going to buy that name make it website hook up with some pay-per call programs and affiliates. Make sure that affiliate is a high paying products at least 20 per lead at least.

Good luck

If I sold Hats I would want Hats.Com on my business card, If I only sold WhiteHats I would want WhiteHats.Com on my business card ..........etc

s.azis said:

Hello nP
question here regarding emd,
i plan to registered a domain (EMD) that contain 4 word with 20 letter.
the keywords has 1k monthly search (in US) with bid suggestion about $40.
should i registered that domain? is emd still work good today, do peoples still buy it?
thanks before for your answer

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Do businesses still buy EMDs?

Of course. Sold a 21 characters (3 word) EMD this month for mid four figures.

If the domain name makes sense, has search volume and/or some level of advertiser competition, and you can see three or more potential end users, then you have chances of someone buying it.

Also, go to whois.domaintools.com and check if the domain has previous registration history. Almost every .COM domain has been registered at some point. You can use the historical data in your decision making.

Absolutely. The value of the keyword has fallen since Google pays less attention to keywords in domains than they once did but it still has value. However, if the domain explains the product, it can be vastly helpful in marketing.

Think escrow.com - can you be in much doubt about what they do?

Yeah dude... EMD still have lots of value. Sure they don't carry as much clout as they used to back in the day, in terms of SEO value but they still do pack a punch.

Hi everyone, wanna know if this EMD is sellable.... not even sure of what it can be used for...
Y/A/L/TA..C/ONFE/REN/CE.COM.

It has an average of about 30k exct searches per month

neyoweb said:

Hi everyone, wanna know if this EMD is sellable.... not sure if it even makes sense...
Y.A.L.TA..C.ONFE.REN.CE.COM.

It has an average of about 30k exct searches per month

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Seems limited in sales opportunities .... if they don't buy it ...who will ?

Yes, there is still value in EMDs although as previously stated, although concur their general impact has somewhat lessened over the years.

In my experience small market / niche market EMDs can still attract traffic and an occasional offer - to - buy.

i sold a 20 letter emd .org a few weeks back. they don't fly off the shelves but there is a market for them.

Yes, EMD are still sought after. Just look at all the auctions on NJ, Snap etc. There's still a lot of life with EMD's not only because of SEO value (big debate there), but because they basically describe a product or service better than any other type of domain can.

-Omar

Shane Bellone said:

The real question should be do people buy 20 character domains and the answer is it's unlikely.

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it all depends on the actual name

The short answer- yes.

EMD .COM yes - other TLDs not nearly as often

Yes, EMD's are still hot.

Not sure what EMD type of domains you are referring too but do know there is a market for GEO-Keyword domains like New York Lawyers.

Emd.Domains is registered folks

This is interesting discussion, I'm on record here saying brandables with some letters forming gibberish, mean nothing to me. But they sell regular as clock work.. So what do I know?

BUt I know that regular end users maybe someone like me before the domaining start, would be less inclined to click on the gibbish madeup brandable word than the site with the actual keyword in a google search.

EG
A dad is on the web he is not tech savvy like the rest of you. (Keep this in your mind while reading this)
He wants to buys a kids canoe for his kids birthday (im shamelessly plugging my domain here btw) does he click on the brandable xrsed.com that he doesnt know or does he click on ........ thecanoestore.com or another (for fairness sake and not plugging my own domain)........ childrenscanoes.com

So he has a choice.....

1. thecanoestore.com
2. childrenscanoes.com
3. xrsed.com

Im fairly sure he will pick the first two and ignore the third choice of xrsed.com, even though its could be considered a brandable short domain but he doesnt know what it means
at least he knows that the other two choices have canoe in their title.

Childrenscanoes.com available as are a couple of other varaitions for anyone interested btw

Emd's are self advertising ....... who would have guessed

I always prefer EMD over brandables. If you have descriptive EMD even better. Recently I sold 21 character long .com for mid $xxx. Sent e-mails to potential end users and had 2 very interested buyers. I sold to the one who responded first. The second one even asked to let him know if the first one fail to send payment as he was very interested. It was an EMD, but with very small exact search, something like 170/month I think. However, the is solid description of their business. So the winning combination is to have descriptive name which is also an EMD with high exact search. Someone mentioned Escrow.com. That is TOP domain, of course. It is decriptive, and also EMD with high search.

You can find long tail domains (many are even available for registration) which are descriptive, and also an EMD with exact search over than 1,000. Those domains are definitely worth at least mid $xxx (not all, but in many cases). However, there is one problem....potential end users are often totally uneducated. Some Mike who sells e-cigarettes might prefer MikesShopOfEcigarettes.com over Ecigarettes.com. Or another example, which many of us already saw.....some Mike will prefer MikeSellsMiami.com over MiamiPropertyForSale.com. You cant fight against uneducated people, but you can search for domains which are descriptive, EMD and for which you will be able to find dozens of potential end users. That is a sure bet, at least from my experience.

EMDs are still very important for SEO. Not as used to be, but still bring big advantage.

I never tried investing EMD's. But I am thinking of investing in one or two of them. Just want to try them out. Any suggestions?

Sulabh Sharma said:

I never tried investing EMD's. But I am thinking of investing in one or two of them. Just want to try them out. Any suggestions?

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Perhaps a Geo ...... BostonPlumber etc

DnEbook said:

Perhaps a Geo ...... BostonPlumber etc

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I deleted more or less all of these
as the target price was below $500 USD
and didn't sell

If not brandables that leaves services and products