Google's Search Relations Team advises that domain name choices should prioritize long-term branding over keyword-centric SEO strategies. Keywords in domain names don't impact Google search rankings.

Google’s John Mueller answered a question on Reddit about why people don’t use hyphens with domains and if there was something to be concerned about that they were missing. I’ve been working online ...

Google's John Mueller said in a Reddit thread that he would personally go with a traditional TLD (i.e., .com) even if it means having to put a hyphen in the domain name. This is instead of picking a ...

When was the last time you did a Google search? Very recently, right? What about a search on Yahoo!, DuckDuckGo or Bing? On Aug. 5, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of ...

For decades, search engines have acted as the first stop in the journey of intent. A founder wants to name their startup? They Google domain ideas. A student wants to apply to college? They search for ...

We covered the topic of taking over an old domain name from someone else and how that can sometimes be problematic in the Google SEO world. But here is a more recent comment from John Mueller of ...

Are Google’s days numbered? A ChatGPT-powered search engine would certainly speed things up, and a freshly minted domain points to its launch in the near future. Google has seen unprecedented ...