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Which Domain Should I use?

Discussion in 'New Domainers' started by devilsrefugee, Sep 13, 2012.

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  1. devilsrefugee

    devilsrefugee Active Member

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    Hi guys,

    Bought both of these lastnight, just not sure which to develop and which to forward (to the developed site).

    superelectroniccigarette.co.uk
    superecigs.co.uk

    My plan for the site is to market e-cigs, I'm going with a comic book/superhero type of style, aimed at men. Most (95%) of the marketing will be online and 'electronic cigarette' has 60k exact uk searches p/m compared to 1k for 'ecigs'.

    Thoughts appreciated.

    Thanks
     
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  3. bensd United Kingdom

    bensd Well-Known Member

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    Even though 'electronic cigarette' has more searches, your domain is not the EMD.

    I would go for the short domain - much easier to brand IMO
     
  4. Adem United Kingdom

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    I'd agree with Ben that if you're developing the site then superecigs.co.uk would be better and with more content you can rank for the electronic cigarette searches.
     
  5. AuthorityDomain United States

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    Ditto to what Ben and Adem have said. The short one for sure.

    Google understands that e cig also relates to electronic cigarette

    Just search Google for e cig and you will see Electronic Cigarette highlighted. Known as LSI - Latent semantic indexing
     
  6. Marcoose

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    The second one for sure.
     
  7. devilsrefugee

    devilsrefugee Active Member

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    thanks everyone I have gone with the latter, as suggested. Bit of a 'no brainer' really, considering the branding I have in mind. :)

    Also thanks AuthorityDomain, I never knew that, so appreciate the info! :)
     
  8. Marcoose

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    Good luck with the site.
     
  9. devilsrefugee

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    also agree with superecigs.co.uk
    To be fair I'd probally spell the first one wrong
     
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