I heard that for a good search result, it's good to have the keyword in your URL. but what if the URL gets too long? Does that have a problem as far as SEO goes? I know that long URL is hard to remember for users. But if only considering SEO, is it better to have keywords in URL? Thanks!

Long domain names which have keywords are fare better. From my point of view they would be fine for seo.

Originally Posted by compassout01

I heard that for a good search result, it's good to have the keyword in your URL.

You heard wrong.

Originally Posted by compassout01

But if only considering SEO, is it better to have keywords in URL? Thanks!

You obviously have the wrong idea of what SEO is.

domain names don't affect SEO

If your domain name and Keyword is match with each other then you have a good chance to improve your site SEO on search engine.

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Off course domain name effects the position of a website. If your URL includes your keyword then there are more chance to get good rankings

Originally Posted by techworm

domain names don't affect SEO

It does, but not as highly as other things -> e.g. quality relevant backlinks.

Originally Posted by compassout01

I heard that for a good search result, it's good to have the keyword in your URL. but what if the URL gets too long?

Of course it is necessary that your domain name is similar to your website's main keywords. if they matched then there is no effect on seo of it. but avoid to use long domain name.

i think if the domian contains some keywords you used to do the seo work.thus, it will improve your search ranking result well.

choosing an easy to remember domain name is good and having a kw on it is a good idea..

I have seen a lot of people wish to include keywords into domain name. So far I have never tested that but I tend to agree that can help somehow for SEO.

domains DO SIGNIFICANTLY affect page rankings. That doesnt mean if you build a galillion links with a domain that doesnt have they keyword in it you cant rank, but it is significantly easier to rank for a domain with the keywords in it.

For SEO please putt your keywords in domain name.

Yes, here everyone would recommend to get those domain names which have keyword into it.

In this way search engine things that you are dedicated to a particular field hence you would focus more on that topic.

My opinion is that keyword domains used to have a far better effect than they do now days...

Domain names are a MARKETING decision NOT a SEO one.

I agree. Keywords in the domain names or domain name extension will never improve your ranking

Originally Posted by techworm

domain names don't affect SEO

I concur. I have a rich keyword in one of my sites and it doesn't give me any advantage. I still have to do SEO work to get better ranking for that specific keyword, and if anything it was at the bottom of the barrel for the longest!

Keywords in the domain name or as your company name will make it easier to write copy with the keywords in it. You can get away with mentioning the keywords more often without the paragraphs sounding contrived.