Geo Target Domain Names: A Good Investment
November 22, 2007 by Pablo Palatnik
Searchers are becoming better at search itself. What do I mean? The person that has been using search engines to find what they are looking for is using longer tail keywords or more narrow keywords to find their destination site (that’s the obvious.)
If I’m going to look for health insurance, I’d type in ‘Miami health insurance’ or ‘health insurance plans in Miami’, etc. Google is putting a lot more weight these days on domain names. Geo targeted domains would also look favorably on the searcher.
Moniker just had their Geo domain auction. It’s really interesting if you haven’t heard an auction before and gives you a pretty good idea at the geo domain market, a very good idea actually.
Here are the results:
beverlyhillsrentalproperty.com $600 hackensack.com $20,000
centralmissouri.com $3,000 maltaillinois.com $250
oakland.info $5,000 shorthillsnewjersey.com $1,000
dallasrealestatebroker.com $2,500 ameliaislandhouses.com $1,500
ftpierceflorida.com $1,000 sacramento.org $24,500
lagunabeachhouses.com $10,000 fountainhills.com $15,000
kazakhstan.net $15,000 colombianews.com $5,900
perth.com $200,000 ewisconsin.com $3,500
marylandbeachfront.com $250 sanfranciscocalifornia.us $4,000
congo.org $7,000 beverlyhillsrealestate.us $1,500
southparkcolorado.com $600 ebrooklyn.com $2,250
seattlewashington.us $2,500 santamargarita.com $1,250
murrieta.com $19,000 santaynezcalifornia.com $1,000
fresno.us $4,800 molokaihawaii.com $600
roads.us $3,250 northdakotanews.com $4,000
territory.com $52,500 213.com $33,000
honduras.biz $300 408.com $33,000
This auction sold all cities, etc…but if you are building your domain portfolio, I strongly suggest investing in geo targeted keywords. They will help your SEO and PPC efforts, guaranteed. If you want to look at domain auctions, check out:
Moniker
Domain Aftermarket
Sedo
Dotpound
