Just registered a sweet domain name

don't know what to do with it

[shasan]

Hi all

I already have a domain widgetsrightnow.com and on a whim, I just registered widget-depot.com because it was available. I have absolutely no idea what to do with it. I'm new to all this so I was looking for some ideas...

I wanted to make a gateway page on it but I've heard that it may not be good for SEO...

Any thoughts, recommendations?

[lazerzubb]

You can make it look a bit different than your exisiting site, then try to collect inbound links to it, and that way try to get top ranking for a few phrases, and if they wanted to see a product etc, you could send them to your "real" site.

[jeffb]

Think of this also as a chance to experiment. Right now, I have a similar situation with three domains that fell into my lap. I'm focusing on the one domain right now with a largely reviews and information approach with product information embedded in the articles, but plan to try a few experiments on the others, such as centering one site around a blog about the topic and perhaps using a direct sales approach on the third. I figure it will be a great learning experience at the least comparing how the search engines and the visitors respond to different approaches.

[mylungsarempty]

what is a widget, anyhow...?

[lazerzubb]

mylungsarempty, since we try not to post the actual keywords (Due to TOS), we've used widgets as a replacement system for the actual keyword, and it's worked well so far.

[mylungsarempty]

Thanks for clearing that up for me... i think i'll go read the TOS: i've kindof made a habit of just skipping over those on the internet, along with lisence agreements and what not... i'm sure y'all understand. This is a great site though, by the way.

[shasan]

JeffB, I'm not sure about a direct sales approach (i assume you mean something like a sales letter a la Corey Rudl), since I have many different models of widget.

The blog sounds interesting, post your findings with that. I would love to hear how you did.

I think I may experiment with it and see if I can collect inbound links like Jeffb and lazerzubb (I keep wanting to type lazerbubb :) suggested.

What kind of impact will that have on my business if I screw up and get penalized on that domain for some weird reason?

Oh and on the widget thing... we used it as a universal analogy for any kind of product back when I was in Business school. Easier for profs to give examples that way instead of thinking up, "say they make, um, ah, apples... no, oranges.." :)

[peewhy]

Dabble with it!

If it is product related, set up a site and with a little SEO, you will benefit from it.