I believe that there was a blog post on Coding Error that stackoverflow got most traffic via google search. Google is the dominant search engine, whether we like it or not. Anyhow, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is something you cannot neglect as a business. But the domain name is not that relevant imho.
Search for "rent a room in new york" and the top hit is airbnb.com . No "room", "rent" nor "NY" in the name. Content, metatag, links from other sites, url of pages etc. all play a role. Google only give hints on what their algorithm uses, all the rest are guesses. I would also stick the to naming convention used in the other countries so openstreetmap.be (there are e.g. openstreetmap.nl, openstreetmap.fr, openstreetmap.de ) Also what technology are they using for their sites ? Their communities (especially the German one) are larger and they might develop reusable components, that can be used on other sites. And what is the main openstreetmap.org using (read it somewhere but forgot it) regards m On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Glenn Plas <gl...@byte-consult.be> wrote: > On 2013-09-10 20:06, Ivo De Broeck wrote: > > Its important (for Google) to have a domain name like > belgiumopenstreetmap.be ( see > http://ivoweb.be/wat-heb-je-nodig/domeinnaam-kiezen ); All other related > url's can be redirected to that site (like osm.be and many others) > > > Which will make you compete with yourself as the same files get indexed > for every domain for all search engines if not done properly ... I'm > still wondering why you claim google find that important. Sorry for being > critical , but I would rather see such claims backed up by sane arguments. > > Glenn > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > >
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