It depends on the word and the time of the year. Google has been experimenting with stemming algorithms for years, which changes "boxes" into "box" and "swimming" into "swim". But they have been turning it on and off and weighing its affect differently. As of late it seems to be set to a low intensity. Either way the tense that matches the user's keyword will always rank slightly heavier. Also, not all words stem. If the stem dictionary doesn't know "iqwebs" it probably won't stem it too "iqweb". AFAIK, yahoo and msn don't use stemming at all.
FYI, keywords domains help very little with SEO. If you're in a very competitive keyword arena like "computer jobs", forget the keyword domain. Think of a cool marketing name and start branding it. Keyword domains are out, branding is in! Don't think that www.computerjobs.com got its number one spot for "computer jobs" because of its domain. The domain contributed probably around 0.5 percent of the needed "juice" to get there. Daniel Elmore -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Kelly Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SEO Question It makes a difference, in Google at least. Try it out. I typed in "iqweb" & "iqwebs" and came up with different results. It's plural words like "company" and companies" that are aggevating to me in SEO and even just searching. Joe Kelly On 9/23/05, Brent Helms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question: If you were registering a domain with SEO in mind, how does the > search-engine work with regards to singular versus plural words. A simple > example. > > www.I-like-apples.com > > versus > > www.I-like-apple.com > > (BTW: dont click on those, I have no idea what they go to) > > Is the plural form worse because "apple" may be a more common search term, > so "apple" is better, or will "apples" always pick up the singular form as > well? The conflict is: this domain looks better in the plural form, but if > the singular form is used as a searchable word more often, does taht mean > the singular form is the route to go? > > Make sense? > > Brent -- Thanks, Joe Kelly ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
