Which domain should I use?

**Tapanti** · 04-21-2010, 11:40 AM

Hi,

I'm currently developing a network of web sites to sell real estate in Costa Rica. I own some very good domains with major search keywords on them. The idea is to use the best 3 domains with the highest number of searches to develop the "main" web sites, and use the rest of the domains to create "secondary" web sites, to be used as link exchange sites and traffic generators for the main sites.

I have selected two of the "main" domains, but have not yet decided for the 3rd one, as I have two possible candidates, and would like to hear opinions about which one of them would be better.

The 3rd main domain will be used to target the keyword "costa rica property" and they are:

costa rica property . net and costa rican property . com (with no spaces, of course)

Each one of them has its pros and its cons.

I mostly develop my web sites using .com domains, but in this case, the .com domain with the exact key phrase is not mine. The .net domains are also good, but.....

The second domain is a .com, but uses the word "costa rican" instead of "costa rica", and most searches are made using "costa rica"... not "costa rican"... and therefore, I'm afraid that using this domain might represent a disadvantage for search engine positioning.

So... if it was you decision... which domain would you use as "main" and which as "secondary"... and why?

Thank you for your comments.

**SellPropertyFast** · 04-21-2010, 05:04 PM

You can use the .com and create blog which you can use your main keyword as your url name, of course if this is available.

**RoscoeProperties** · 04-22-2010, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by SellPropertyFast

You can use the .com and create blog which you can use your main keyword as your url name, of course if this is available.

main keyword and city.

**rehablist12** · 05-05-2010, 11:03 PM

.com is the best domain for your website, see the different usage of domain like for the net, it is being use of your website is something with regards to networking technologies, such as Internet service providers. The other five being com, edu, gov, mil, and org. (.Com) - Its name is derived from commercial, indicating its original intended purpose for networks of general commercial character.