Just something to think about - it will be easier to rank your site if you have at least some of your keywords in the domain name. It's not a "must have", but it can certainly save you some extra SEO work.
"If you want to be rich, add VALUE to people's lives."
- Brian Sher
Yea I had that sort of in mind with the "Home on the Waterfront" name. But it seems if I try to fit keywords into the name, the name suffers because of it. Becomes not easily remembered and too long. Mostly because all of the good domains that relate are taken.
So im trying to aim for something shorter now and a little more catchy. I kind of like coastage.com but the wife insists that WatersideViews and ShoresideHome are much better. I feel stupid fussing over it this much and not just making the decision.
Don't. Choosing the right domain name can really make a difference.Originally Posted by Shades
That being said, set yourself a deadline. It's easy to get caught up in analysis paralysis when starting a new venture.
Good luck.
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"Don't confuse motion with action" -Ernest Hemingway
,,,or ,,, you can stick a SUBDOMAIN on any .com domain and point a keyphrase youtube video at it:
Youtube file to upload:
keyphrase.wmv or keyphrase.avi etc
Youtube video title:
Key Phrase
Pointing to ( in the video description )
http://keyphrase.crappydomain.com
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For best results, include THE LOCATION ( city or state or region )
where the majority of real estate is that you represent
in your key phrase:
Florida Waterfront Real Estate
kwerner (Mar 17th, 2012)
kwerner - What about replacing an "s" at the end of a word with a "z" in a domain name?
Never tried it before. It still wouldn't be an "exact match", but having some keywords in the domain would be better than having none. But like I said, it's not something critically important. There's a million examples of sites that rank well that aren't EMD's or have keywords in the domain name, it just might take a little more effort to rank them. Are you planning on 100% of your traffic to the site coming from search results or do you have other traffic methods planned as well?
"If you want to be rich, add VALUE to people's lives."
- Brian Sher
I think your site has real potential to make you big money over time or even present you with a liquidation event!
Love the website look and feel!
Optimize it for search engines and you are good to go with a domain like that.
Hello,
Definitely change the logo asap. As soon as i see a logo like that, i associate it with cheap, one-man type of company. Such image provides you no credibility at all even if your service is top notch. Of course, that is only my opnion.
You can have a great logo created via elance.com or odesk.com
Lots of freelancers looking for work on there.
Vito
This seems like a great venture. Great name, who cares that its a bit long. It catches the long tail term, right? The logo in my opinion is awesome because its simple and to the point, which seems to be somewhat rare when seeing sites. I feel like there are several places where they put too much emphasis.
Good Luck to you!
I agree that my logo isnt great. I have to decide on what the new name is gonna be before I get into having someone do a new logo though.
I liked it at first. Lately the more I think about it, it just seems to long and not catchy. Maybe im over analyzing it.
Im wondering how much it helps me rank for terms like Waterfront Homes and Waterfront Property.
Right now im liking Waterfrontz.com
Im just not sure if replacing the "s" with a "z" will have any sort of negative effect.
Whatever you do. Don't do the z. Its not that great and seriously, ask yourself why? What the heck do you need to have a Z at the end of something for unless you have gold teeth...
i think as time goes by and that you gain momentum you will continually to get better at this.
Great thread. Thanks especially to Zendolphin and Snowbank for the different different perspectives and friendly debate.
Shades I personally think you have a good idea and have started well. Prol doesn't mean much coming from me I am a newbie and just ran my first business into the ground XD. I think you started this business at a good time as well with the economy and real estate markets seeming to recover in the not to distant future, you may have a foothold early on that could turn into a solid niche once established in a recovered market.
I personally don't think you should get to distracted by the name, but that's just me. I think homeonthewaterfront.com works for what you are doing, esp if its B2B.
Hi Shades,
It's a beautiful well put together site! Your footer should contain something about you or your company, and perhaps adding a blog to your site would help in SEO. Our services are similar to yours, but we are focusing on the roommate, tenant, landlord, and rental marketplace at Roomplug - Rooms For Rent. Live Happy. All Under One Roof.
Congrats on your site and continue success!
I liked you site. I am a Real Estate agent in Texas too! WHat I think has impact though.....is when you land on your homepage it would be nice to have a view of the water. Lake, river, ocean etc. Then have your featured properties down the side. It gives the client the illusion they can have that view by purchasing one of your homes. Travel company are masters of this. If you want to be more "real" and are specializing in a particular area, then find an amazing shot of that view and have that on your homepage. I agree with everyone else that your logo is just ok. Hope this helps!
Although everybody has said it, I also agree that once you are for sure good with a name, you should get a new logo. When I looked at your site, it loaded first and it kinda put me off but then everything else loaded and it came back. A nice logo really can set you apart in just 1 second.
I decided to stick with the name.
What do you guys think of this logo?
I'm digging the logo, it looks good! It's not too overdone but not oversimplified.
Thanks. I had two new logos done. The other one is terrible. This one isnt bad to me. I know a lot of people didnt like the original logo I have on the site now. Im wondering if this logo gives off the same low caliber feeling to those people.
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