Keyword Rich Domains

how to pick an alternative?

[MaxPower]

now that most of the premium keyword rich domains are long gone, I am trying to find the next best thing.
online-widgets.com is gone what is the next best thing?
.net, .org. biz... are all also gone.
what other domain name alternative could I use?
1-online-widgets.com online-widgets-1.com....?
thanks.

[FleaPit]

If you are only looking to improve your serps and are not worried about users typing in the url or remembering it then surely anything goes. Can't be too hard to get the keywords you want in the url.

[trillianjedi]

I would try and think a bit more laterally than that.

I think the whole "1-online" thing just looks naff.

I still think .com carries weight amongst users and just can't see that changing in the next few years.

Are you selling widgets or services relating to widgets?

Examples:-

(singular)
online-widget-services.com
widget-shopping.com
widget-shop.com
all-things-widget.com

(plural)
the-widgets-shop.com
we-sell-widgets.com (I like being direct!)
cheapest-widgets.com (OK, if you really sell cheap tat)

(Branded)
[brandname]-widgets.com

Branded is easy to get the .com for and I think looks better than a .net or whatever, and better than a numeral "1" stuck in front of something just because you can't get the domain of choice.

TJ

[MaxPower]

Fleapit: " If you are only looking to improve your serps and are not worried about users typing in the url or remembering it then surely anything goes. "

if what you are saying is true then 1-online-widgets.com would rank same as online-widgets.com?

Max

[mcavic]

if what you are saying is true then 1-online-widgets.com would rank same as online-widgets.com?

Yes, shouldn't it? Of course, 1-online-widgets is harder to remember, and PR and page text matter much more.

(Branded)
[brandname]-widgets.com

This is my favorite, if you only sell widgets, and widgets is a short, single word.