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**tattoos** · 06-05-2009, 06:20 PM

As an interested observer, and not wishing to get into any for or against debates about this (as I don't intend to sell any names in the foreseeable future).

I know that Google do not index the @ sign (possibly to stop people from harvesting email addresses)
It also "seems" (I could be wrong) that they place anything with the @ sign lower in the SERP's.
I tried a few site: searches on twitter (which as you know use the @ sign a lot) and noticed that anything with @keyword did not show up in any prominent position. (maybe buried deep in the results somewhere IDK)

I am not 100% sure this would stop sites showing on the first couple of pages, but it may be worth testing on a few domains.

Also, having an underscore in between each or some of the letters could solve the problem, but may add quite a lot of extra length to the title when it comes to long domains. (underscores don't seem to get treated as separators like - does)

Anyway, just sharing some thoughts and observations.

Cheers
James

06-05-2009, 06:20 PM	#29 (permalink)
tattoos Platinum Lifetime Member Name: James Watt Last Online: Today 06:04 AM iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 28 DNF$: 10 Location: Australia Country:	As an interested observer, and not wishing to get into any for or against debates about this (as I don't intend to sell any names in the foreseeable future). I know that Google do not index the @ sign (possibly to stop people from harvesting email addresses) It also "seems" (I could be wrong) that they place anything with the @ sign lower in the SERP's. I tried a few site: searches on twitter (which as you know use the @ sign a lot) and noticed that anything with @keyword did not show up in any prominent position. (maybe buried deep in the results somewhere IDK) I am not 100% sure this would stop sites showing on the first couple of pages, but it may be worth testing on a few domains. Also, having an underscore in between each or some of the letters could solve the problem, but may add quite a lot of extra length to the title when it comes to long domains. (underscores don't seem to get treated as separators like - does) Anyway, just sharing some thoughts and observations. Cheers James __________________ Do you want it done Right! Or do you want me to do it?