What Startups Need to Know About SEO and Domain Names (Video)

When creating a website, some entrepreneurs try to do too much when it comes to optimizing their sites for search. For instance, some might want think they need an SEO-friendly domain name — that having keywords related to their business in their site’s URL will make their site rank higher in the search engine results pages. But search engines mainly analyze website content, not individual domain names, says Search Engine Land Editor Danny Sullivan. The key to great SEO is having high quality content on your site.

This story originally appeared at Entrepreneur.com

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Newport Beach, Calif.-based search engine expert Danny Sullivan is editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, which covers search marketing and search engine news.