I have a travel webiste: www.alotmuchmore,com

but the name doesn't make you think its about travel, just how important is the website domain name?

I bought travelmastery.com (nothing in it yet), was thinking if it really was worth it to go through all that change for the name?

Thank you for your answers

Google considers your domain name as a part of its algorithm or ranking criteria. If your web site is well optimized and your domain name contains your main keyword, you definitely have better chance of higher placement on SERPS.

I would put all the content under the new domain and then do a 302 redirect from the old domain to the new.

Having the word travel in the domain is important

matte wrote:

I would put all the content under the new domain and then do a 302 redirect from the old domain to the new.

Having the word travel in the domain is important

I agree this new domain would be much better for the name but on the other hand how old is your current domain as the old a domain the better and if you have high serp with good seo on the site as it is you may not need to change.

If you reg your domain for longer it is said the google will think its better as they can see you will stick at the site and not use for spam etc (I dont know if this is true or not its just been said to me and its on other sites).

Not a 301 redirect????

well thank you very much i Will change it, don't know how hard and long it will be though.

There's a new function in Googles webmaster tools called "Change Domain" which is probably right up your street:

For best results, follow these steps:

   1. Set up the new site

      Review our guidelines for moving your site to a new domain. Set up your content on your new domain, then make sure all internal links point to the new domain.

   2. Redirect all traffic from the old site

      Use a 301 redirect to permanently redirect the pages on your old site to your new site. This tells users and search engines that your site has permanently moved. Ask webmasters to update their links to point to your new domain and make sure incoming links to your old site are redirected correctly using the 301 redirects.
   3. Add your new site to Webmaster Tools

      Make sure you have added and verified your new domain.

Oh yer I see that yesterday griffin but i forgot all about it as didnt use it lol.

Looks handy and easy to use so give it ago if you goin to move domains

Well i  Made another tread, but as an administrator mentioned it, it kind of was in the same subject, so il post it here:

is Travelmastery.com a good domain name? what makes it good?

Any other better/other idea for a domain name for travel?!

i quite like it

what's the site about? 'travel' is pretty broad topic - what exactly do you do or offer?

Hitchiking/hiking/security/tip/real experiences/tips to save money/diferent transport ways and backpacking.

hard to travel without using one of these.

You'll need to qualify the word "travel" as you have done using the word "mastery." But why not use a qualifying word that you want to target, such as "backpack" or "hitch-hike."

Thank you all!

Tread is now done,

Thanks to you all I changed it to : www.Travelmastery.com