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In response to "blah.. owns the domain "doctor[lastname]" and is willing to sell it for $398. I just checked godaddy and the domain is actually available for $12.99" by James Bond (aka Igor)

See if you can buy from namecheap or google DNS instead of godaddy. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Sep 13 '14, 09:59

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Similar topic question. If one were to buy a lot of domains like [cityname]botox.com, is it better for them to just redirect to one main website or - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 13, 10:08 8
- I don't know the answer to this, as SEO is a dark art. I do know that the same content under a different domain tends to be a big no-no. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 10:43 7
  - Hmm.. maybe redirect then would be better. I will research it some more. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 13, 10:46 5
    - When ST was searchable (it isn't now) and showing google ads (also kaput), Google got mad at the multiple domains -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 10:52 4
      - I see. But it was the same content on multiple domains.. not really redirects. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 13, 10:53 3
        
        Right, redirects and landing pages are two strategies to combat the problem. - Beryllium Sep 13, 10:56 1
        
        (Whereas just showing the practice's page for each domain might be less likely to funnel visitors into clients) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 11:01
        
        I feel like it is nice to have [cityname]doctor.com for a number of surrounding cities because that is how people search. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 13, 10:54
  - (I also know that getting to "the first page" in google is hard - unless you buy the keywords) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 10:45
Why? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 13, 10:00 2
- Godaddy is the walmart of DNS. Even Qale is leaving them. :-) - Beryllium Sep 13, 10:01 1
  - I did. And I even bought a second domain. - Qale Sep 13, 10:02

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