Adding Extra Domains

[Armin666]

There are domains available which match exactly to my main keywords which I am trying to rank for. For example my keyword is "Green apple" and there are domains like greenapple.com . Do you think from Google stand point of view it is ok if I buy domains like this and when visitors go to these domains, automatically direct them to my main website?

Thanks

[FedeEinhorn]

Hi Armin, I'd suggest you take a look here: http://moz.com/community/q/domain-name-redirect-question

Look for Jesse's response.

[Armin666]

Hi Fredrico,

Many thanks for your response. But I think the other question that you directed me is a little bit different than my question. My concern is if I purchase a few keyword-rich domains and link them to my website, in the eye of Google it is like a duplication or even scam. I am looking for to see if Google cares about this.

Thanks

[Armin666]

Hi Fredrico,

Many thanks for your response. But I think the other question that you directed me is a little bit different than my question. My concern is if I purchase a few keyword-rich domains and link them to my website, in the eye of Google it is like a duplication or even scam. I am looking for to see if Google cares about this.

Thanks

[FedeEinhorn]

If you just do a 301 of the entire domain then you are completely safe.

However, if you decide to go another route and build a landing page, specifically designed to target those keywords then the page will be penalized as a backdoor page + it could take a hit on EMD too.

For example, take a big brand: Apple.

www.itunes.com -> http://www.apple.com/itunes/

www.iphone.com -> http://www.apple.com/iphone/

All redirect to their main domain: apple.com

*It must be a 301 redirect of the entire domain. Which then gives me the following question: keyword reach domains aren't worth it, branded domains are. You don't see www.cellphone.com redirecting to apple or any other cell phone brand page, instead, they get their branded domains, in this example: iphone.com, itunes.com, mac.com, ipad.com, etc. People isn't going to look for a keyword reach domain, instead if they enter in their address bar "green apple" their browser will perform a search for those keywords on Google, Bing or whatever browser they have, which will NOT return your keyword reach domain as it is actually nor indexed by Google as it is just a redirection.

To sum up, branded domains = Perfect. Keyword rich domains = spending money.

[Armin666]

Hi Fredrico,

Thank you so very much. It answered my question completely

[FedeEinhorn]

Glad it helped. Feel free to mark the question as answered if you are satisfied with the response.

Have a good one!