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Using the word "FREE" in domain name
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Hi,
This may seem like a simple question but a new client of mine wishes to use a domain name with the word "free" in it.
The website will offer free activity vouchers.
I couldn't see this being a problem as there a lot of websites that do this although he was told it may present a problem with the search engines thinking the site was spammy. It won't be and will be offering information and vouchers on local sporting activities.
I was wondering if anybody could clarify this please so I can give him a more definitive answer to his question.
Thanks for your help.
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Many thanks for the quick responses and this was as I had hoped. I found some websites with free in the domain with some very high domain authorities and your answers confirm my thoughts.
Thanks again and I'll let the client know.
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The first example that comes to mind is Freecreditreport .com which actually is ranked #2 for the term 'free credit report'. I have never heard of search engines marking certain words as spammy. You should be perfectly okay.
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Provided the site isn't spammy and its content and link profile are of a decent quality, I can't forsee any problems.
Besides, what if a website was called freespeech.com? I cant imagine Google seeing that as spammy.
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