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    • innofidelity
      innofidelity last edited by

      Target keyword still in domain name? getting domain name same as keyword still work for SEO ?

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      • irvingw
        irvingw last edited by

        Yes it still works.

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        • peterthistle
          peterthistle last edited by

          A guess based on experience but I suspect it depends on the term, with domain working especially well for things like brands and personal names, and being less significant for generic terms.

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          • JakubMovic
            JakubMovic last edited by

            Unfortunately it still works pretty well.

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