Domain name for seo

[zsyed]

Lets say that my competitor has the domain name and website called remotecontrolcar.com , .net and .org . And he has great links and good white hat google juice. What if I get MyRemoteControlCar.com , .net, and .org domain name.. Would my domain name help me in rank against him as long as I have similar google juice?

Thanks.

[trung.ngo]

Assuming your content is just as good and you have the exact same external links and about a million other considerations...theoretically, yes. You can achieve comparable rankings. But the focus shouldn't be the domain name here. Google is actively reducing the relevance and weight of exact match keywords within domain names in their algorithm. See EMD update on Moz's algorithm change history: http://moz.com/google-algorithm-change

In short, the domain name, without everything else, (e.g. content, links, social metrics, user engagement metrics, site structure, keyword targeting, etc.) is useless. I would recommend focusing on creating better content than your competitors and trying to bring new value to users. That's how you'll win in the long run.

-Trung

[ZDAdmin]

Trung is exactly right. You might as well pick any domain name and ask that question again.

Personally, I would try to differentiate myself from my competition with my domain name to some degree.