SEO for Geo Domains

[serryjw]

Which will help ranking MORE..
Having the GEO in the domain (DenverDentist.com)
OR
Using the GEO in the TITLE (SERP results)
AFFORDABLE Denver Dentist

I see more GEOs in the TITLE. Is it just that businesses can't get the DOT.COM or they Just don't know how important it is.

 

[lothos]

Do you think a dentist would rather have his business name, like WhiterSmiles or FamilyDentists, or a crappy geo name like MiamiDentalClinic?

Business is about building a brand, and a geo MiamiDentist isn't a very good brand name. There are many more important factors to SEO than having a geo domain name.

The majority of businesses won't want your DenverDentist domain.

 

[serryjw]

Do you think a dentist would rather have his business name, like WhiterSmiles or FamilyDentists, or a crappy geo name like MiamiDentalClinic?

Business is about building a brand, and a geo MiamiDentist isn't a very good brand name. There are many more important factors to SEO than having a geo domain name.

The majority of businesses won't want your DenverDentist domain.

I appreciate your response BUT Denver Dentist was just and example. I just need to know which is better strategy B/T my 2 choices or HOW are people hand regging geo category names. To use your example: WhiterSmilesofDenver.com

 

[enlytend]

Page title. For local search rankings, location in the domain isn't all that helpful.

Neither is a major factor in local search. Local is very different from "traditional" organic search - there's a whole layer of additional (and more important) ranking factors that go into local search.

 

[lothos]

I appreciate your response BUT Denver Dentist was just and example.

I understand it was an example. Let me put this in more general terms, then:

Businesses will buy their business name over a generic geo.

 

[jk23]

Do you think a dentist would rather have his business name, like WhiterSmiles or FamilyDentists, or a crappy geo name like MiamiDentalClinic?

Business is about building a brand, and a geo MiamiDentist isn't a very good brand name. There are many more important factors to SEO than having a geo domain name.

The majority of businesses won't want your DenverDentist domain.

Are you saying a dentist would not want DenverDentist dot com or MiamiDentist dot com?

 

[Nattydomain]

Both domains will help you rank BUT what your missing is what are your keywords? You could have DenverDentist but if this is not a KW you are trying to rank for then it wont even matter. an EMD update came out a month or so ago and hurt a lot of people BUT again most of those were skinny sites.

Again both domains would work but your best thing to do is concentrate on your off page SEO (titles, tags, keywords etc) and your onpage SEO.