Google's Search Relations Team advises that domain name choices should prioritize long-term branding over keyword-centric SEO strategies. Keywords in domain names don't impact Google search rankings.

Google’s John Mueller answered a question on Reddit about why people don’t use hyphens with domains and if there was something to be concerned about that they were missing. I’ve been working online ...

Google seemingly let its South African domain name expire today. Google.co.za was unavailable for several hours as a result. The website seems to be up and running again. Making sure your domain name ...

Google's John Mueller said in a Reddit thread that he would personally go with a traditional TLD (i.e., .com) even if it means having to put a hyphen in the domain name. This is instead of picking a ...

Roger Montti at Search Engine Journal published a back and forth on X between an SEO consultant and John Mueller of Google. “Does the age of a domain name impact Google search rankings?” Mueller first ...

For a reported $180 million, Google will transfer millions of customers from its domain registrar to help "sharpen" its focus. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes For once, the tech conglomerate that ...

Google has introduced a new top-level domain for the web to use. It’s .ing, and it seems it exists primarily to challenge the internet and its capacity for creativity. I must admit, I’m struggl.ing to ...

Google has updated its help documentation to specify that Google Search now considers .ai domain names as a generic top-level domain, such as a .com, .org and others. Google posted the update over ...

Google has once again updated the relatively new documentation around Site Names in Google Search, this time to clarify that www and m-dot prefixes for domain names are generally considered root ...