Domain Name Election 2007!

[NewPokerGirl]

Hello, I need some advice on domain name quality. I have quite a few poker domains but I dont really do anything with most of them. I am going to have a custom designed site made for one of my domain names but am not sure which one will be the best to focus all my effort into and make a high quality content site that I can be proud of. Here is a list of some of them, if you could vote on the one you think is best it will help me decide which one to choose. Some might say "it depends what niche you are trying to use"..but really I am going to decide my niche by the domain I choose, so I will be building from the domain up.

xxx.ePokerClub.net
xxx.BonusBoards.com
xxx.SmallStakesTexasHoldem.com
xxx.ChargedPoker.com
xxx.USAPokerListings.com
xxx.USAPokerTips.com
xxx.EmptyTilt.com
xxx.LowRollersClub.com

Thanks for your votes!

[ClickItNow]

xxx.ePokerClub.net ....3/10
xxx.BonusBoards.com .....6/10 <------------
xxx.SmallStakesTexasHoldem.com ......1/10
xxx.ChargedPoker.com ...........5/10 <-------------
xxx.USAPokerListings.com ......6/10 <-----------
xxx.USAPokerTips.com ..........4/10
xxx.EmptyTilt.com ...............1/10
xxx.LowRollersClub.com ........ 0/10

One of these 3 would be my vote

[Squigley]

I think my favorite is USAPokerlistings, followed closely by Smallstakestexasholdem, and third would be USApokertips.

[SunPoker.com]

BonusBoards.com would definitely give you a niche to target but I'm not sure if that would yield many non-bonus hunters.

Mark

[NewPokerGirl]

hmmm...Thanks guys, we'v narrowed it down some. I'm still not 100% sure which one to pick but I'm off to a good start. Hopefully when everyone else wakes up around here and gives me their opinoin I will be able to decide...thanks for your feedback!

[Rachna06]

Hi NewPokerGirl,

I'm going to have to go with SmallStakesTexasHoldEm.com. It's catchy and will stand out in people's minds.

[Aidan]

I'm liking bonusboards.com

[Jeremy]

Hmmmm......In reality the domain name is not as important as you may think. What is important though is that the domain is "brandable" and people will remember it or bookmark it.

For example, BonusBoards could be very brandable where as EmptyTilt.com would be much more difficult.

Also if you're talking about loading a ton of content on a site, you should consider which domains have been registered and "in the system" longer. It would certainly be better to take a domain name that was registered 3 years ago than a domain that was just registered last month. From my understanding and experience, google favors older domains and it is much easier to climb in the serps with a domain that was registered 5 years ago versus 1 year ago.

Also I realize that the actual domain name holds some strength in the SE's, but more important is the quality backlinks and anchor text you have coming into well optimized pages. Whether the links are internal or external, the anchor text is important.

[Graham]

Of those, my top two are BonusBoars, and LowRollersClub.

[losercore]

BonusBoards is great. I also like SmallStakesTexasHoldEm.com just because of the key word density in the domain.