This is not how EMDs or 301 work

21d (edited) • Local SEO

Do not follow this advice... it is cringe and wrong:

I told one of my clients to buy an exact match domain three years ago. The domain was his service plus his city dot com.

He paid 12 dollars for it. Pointed it at his main website. Within six months that domain was ranking on page one for his primary keyword.

Three years later he still ranks there. That 12 dollar domain has generated hundreds of thousands in revenue and he has never run a single ad against it.

Exact match domains still work for local SEO. Google gives them a relevance signal because the keyword is literally IN the URL. They also help your Google Business Profile rank higher in Maps when the domain is connected to your listing.

Most of them are sitting on GoDaddy for 10 to 15 dollars. Go check RIGHT NOW if yours is available.

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Do not do this lol.

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This is not how EMDs or 301 work