Geo Domains Locked and Loaded – Watch Your Keywords
One thing I have always found interesting is watching what people are searching for that landed them on my site. My minisites are very keyword targeted and usually are pretty predictable but many times I have found that my sites have been "selected" by google to rank high for certain terms I did not necassarily expect and by using this data I can sometimes find solid hand registered domains that I may not of found otherwise.
With the recent launch of this blog I have found a very interesting search that has started to send traffic my way. Recently I posted about Newspapers Closing. I have been a fan of Geo domains for sometime but with the recent fall of old school media I really think the time is now for Geo domain owners to fully develop and take advantage of the opportunity at hand. One thing that really drove this point home has been a term that has been driving many visitors a day to this blog.
That term is Newspapers Closing, at first I did not think much of it but then started thinking, the public has changed mindset enough that they are searching online frequently enough that it would show up in my keyword results. A quick check of the google keyword tool shows small results for this term but in the past 3 days I have had more visitors for this term than the big G shows for average search volume on this term for a month.
As more and more newspapers close their doors people will be looking for alternatives online. If you own a Geo domain it would be a smart move to be that portal. I will be posting in the near future on content that is freely available to develop your Geo domain to provide the content that people are looking for each morning when they sip their coffee.
So, even though this post is focused on why I think a specific term is valuable for Geo domains, the point is to pay attention for trends in the data that you have in your keyword stats. It could be valuable....
Great Post, I have noticed this on another small blog of mine that I was getting tons of traffic for this one keyword so I registered it in the .com and now it more than pays for itself every month. Watching where you traffic comes from is a great way to find names to registers.
Good post Bruce, something to watch for while one works to get traffic to his site
Pure geo domains are the natural progression as hard copy papers close their doors. The internet equivalent geodomain is so much more media-rich, and timely.
You make an interesting point about keywords. Researching keyword options helps provide a more comprehensive view on how to actively promote a site. This is not one of my high interest areas, although it is very important for sure in maximizing one’s marketing..
Geo pure names are definitely valuable. They are the logical spot for media and travel information. I know there is an up and coming geo domain event in San Diego. I plan on going. It should be interesting to see what the vibe is about alternative extensions such a cctlds or even .travel.
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Great post. I like to check my logs and do the exact same thing.
You may be interested in trying out our new Geo Domain finding tool at http://www.DomainSuperstar.com.
The tool is a Google Maps mashup that lets you enter in a location and a tld and any keywords that you would like to prepend or append to the location and then the tool will automatically search for the availability of all domain names that match cities + any keywords you enter near the location you chose.