Domain question

[boarderman23]

Is it bad to have a domain name cover three specific terms to help with SEO and then have sub pages of that...for example: www.pokerbonuscodesreviews.com and then also having http://www.pokerbonuscodesreviews.co...bonuscodes.htm ?

So my question is if it hurts or helps with Google to have the "keyword" in the URL more than once?

Thanks,
Jermey

[Kyle]

Page titles will always help you, but people put way to much into the name of a domain. You don't need the keywords in it to rank well for that term, it's just 1 part of the hundreds of different factors that go into a site's rankings.

To more specifically answer your question I suppose it would help, but not too much. You will need a lot of quality links, authority links and good content before you start ranking for any worthwhile terms regardless of your domain name.

[edmc]

www.pokerbonuscodesreviews.com

I would make it www.poker-bonus-codes-reviews.com to separate the words.

but using something like www.poker-bonus-codes.com/bonus-codes-reviews.html you would probably lose a little because it is not a pure domain but still better if you want to have both pages indexed well

[adioking]

both of those are too long IMO. Go with something brandable instead like "bonusagent.com" and ditch the stuffed keywords.

Take a look at the results for "rakeback" and you'll find a site called Rakebrain.com among them. Has half the keyword in there, but I guarantee that it will be a #1 result with the way they are blitzing their content and backlinks.

Rakebrain, if you're reading this... you're doing a great job!

[boarderman23]

Ok, thanks for the input everyone!!

I have a couple new projects that I'm planning on starting shortly and I've decided to go with the shorter domain, like you guys suggested. I just read something about the keywords in the domain is best, so I decided what people had to say. So, I guess it would be the same as having...www.pokerbonus.com/keyword.htm...so I'll juss stick with this way.