Comments on: Is Direct Navigation Too Expensive?

By: Boating

Boating — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:08:01 +0000

I’m totally agree.
Its hard to say, but Id say SEO is worthwhile

By: Lda

Lda — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:00:23 +0000

Ellie.
Good SEO people are worth their weight in gold – literally. SEO is much much more than just fiddling with metatags. Those with longer web memories will recall a different Google where the first 3-10 pages of any search were stacked with smut links. In those days metatag stuffing and ‘invisible’ pages (where the text color matched the background color) full of dictionary keywords was enough to beat the Google algorithms and achieve higher page placements. Those days are long gone. If you try many of the old tricks, Google will ‘punish’ you severely. As Google never reveals their algorithms, SEO is now a ‘Black Art’ where to achieve any serious effect, constant in-depth research etc. is essential. That’s what SEO ‘experts’ are paid for. There’s many good starting points. The following two links should prove useful reading.
http://www.seofaststart.com/
http://www.seogeek.info/
Please note, absolute knowledge on SEO is rare, opinions abound.

By: Unregistered Domain Names #51 : Domain Name CEO

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By: Unregistered Domain Names #51

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By: damir

damir — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:58:58 +0000

Is Direct Navigation Too Expensive? – short term and LONG term that kind of domain names will pay for themselfes since their $$value will increase with time as the demand is increasing.

It would be very EXPENSIVE to stand by and do nothing.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:36:29 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to respond, Gordon. I guess it is hard for me to understand why “experts” on SEO are so highly paid. I mean, there are a limited number of keywords that are applicable to any particular good or service…it’s a matter of selecting the best ones which could easily be determined through a series of trials.

People get rich off of telling domain owners what metatags to have on their site? What a world. And some folks complain about those of us who merely buy and trade domain names.

But thanks again…I haven’t always had such a polite respond to a request for more information.

By: Rob Sequin

Rob Sequin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:41:05 +0000

I’ll never argue with development and good SEO. What this guy was talking about was spending the money on Adwords vs spending the money to purchase a direct nav name.

It’s funny, large corporations will spend $10,000 for a one page ad in a magazine for one month but try to get them to buy a good domain for $10,000. Nope, that’s some other department.