Why does John Scott keep the ugly keyword-keyword-keyword.com domain?

Search Engine Optimization March 4th, 2006

I’m just thinking out loud here but everytime I run into a mention of John Scott’s Internet Marketing blog (www.internet-marketing-blog.com) I can’t help but think the URL looks really spammy. It always reminds me of one of my first sites: 1-a1-best-price-viagra-store.com

Come on John. 301 that sucker to something with class!

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3 Responses to “Why does John Scott keep the ugly keyword-keyword-keyword.com domain?”

John Scott Says:
March 4th, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Hi Tony

I wish I had chosen something else. I wanted JohnScott.com (I don’t have any cool nicknames), but that was taken, and I used to be big on hyphenated keyword domains. I had webmaster-forum.net, internet-marketing-research.net, quality-web-hosting.net, etc, etc.

Then I went on my branding crusade and everything became brand oriented (v7n.com, v7inc.com, etc) but my blog remains the same old keyword domain.

I guess it will serve as an experiment as to how people perceive keyword domains
Brian Says:
March 8th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
I think older “dashed” domains fair much better than new ones but I do agree that some just look spammy. I think John’s domain name doesn’t look too spammy though. But, this coming from someone who’s had their fair share of dashed domains.

I think a domain would be reflected in a lessor light by having a poor design or content rather than the domain name itself.

Hey Tony, you should’ve branded that Viagra domain of yours or at least had a few commercials made.
Tony Spencer Says:
March 8th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
>Hey Tony, you should’ve branded that Viagra domain of yours or at least had a few commercials made.
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