Repeated domain names

Good or bad?

[farmboy]

Strictly from a search engine ranking perspective, would there be any advantage or disadvantage to registering and using a repeated domain name?

If I wanted example.com and it was already taken, I might use exampleexample.com or example-example.com

FarmBoy

[Quadrille]

Search engines would have no problem with it - but you would likely lose visitors to domain.com - it's always better to be unique!

Vistors might find it confusing; do you think levislevis.com makes as much sense as levis.com? Does footballfootball.com make perfect sense? I'm not so sure.

Also, no-one is very likely to search for domaindomain, so that one is less than ideal.

So in my view, it isn't the SEs you should be thinking about ... it's people.

[ccDan]

Yes, exampleexample.dom is not memorable, but doubleexample.dom might be.

For example, if you can't get wow.dom, wowwow.dom is not a good choice, but doublewow.dom would be more memorable and perhaps marketable too. Your site is not just Wow!--it's doubleWow!

Can't get threat.dom, how about triplethreat.dom?

Use a natural multiplier rather than a repetitive word.

Only get the multiple word version (exampleexample.dom or threatthreatthreat.dom) to redirect to the other site, in case people hear "doubleexample.dom" and type in exampleexample.dom instead.

[Quadrille]

There's still a risk of confusion, and loyalty going to the 'name'

Think pepsimax, cokezero - it's the 'core' of the name that carries the value - and if you tried too hard to commandeer it, you'd risk legal action - and / or dupe problems.

starbucksgold - looks like starbucks to me!

I still reckon unique is the way to go; build your own brand, don't parasitize someone else's; long term you'll always be a 'me too', never a success of your own. Short term, you'll lose all your repeat visiters to the 'home site' - domain.com

[rocker]

If I wanted example.com and it was already taken, I might use exampleexample.com or example-example.com

Depends on what the keyword is. According to DN Journal exampleexampleexample.com recently sold at SnapNames for $21,000 USD.

[Car_Guy]

It it still still sounds sounds goofy goofy.

[jtara]

Temporarily redacted. :)

[jtara]

OK, I didn't want to violate the TOS, and also wanted to wait for all of the registrations to get into WHOIS. webwork, feel free to delete if needed.

But I can't resist. I'm giddy. Don't expect a great deal of commercial value, but I registered some "fun" domain names as a result of this thread.

They revolve around that annoying annoying TV commercial...

[Webwork]

jtara, whatever you're smokin I want some. ;)

Have fun boys and girls. Sometimes you just gotta let your . . ummm . . shorts down and moon the moderator? ;-P

All taken in good jest.

[jtara]

Ugggggghhhhh! Anybody have a good hangover cure? ;)