Keywords in the domain name
I would like to present you our “Candidate” #2 – GalwaySEO.com
Why do I use quotes? – The truth is that there is nothing wrong with buying a domain and until the site is ready to show “Website coming soon!” and contact information.
![galwayseo.com • 2021-01-10 • Sloppiest SEO Candidate • SEO Smoothie • SEO Agency](https://seosmoothie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/galwayseo-2021-01-10.png)
Looking at that page I wanted to obtain a little bit more information about them: domain age, historical data, backlinks and of course ranking 😀 😀 😀.
The Domain Age is an important SEO factor | 8 |
![galwayseo.com • Domain age • Sloppiest SEO Candidate • SEO Smoothie • SEO Agency](https://seosmoothie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/galwayseo-age.png)
The next step was checking the historical changes.
![galwayseo.com • 2013-02-06 • Sloppiest SEO Candidate • SEO Smoothie • SEO Agency](https://seosmoothie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/galwayseo-2013-02-06-1024x356.png)
It turned out that it has been “coming soon” for some years – since June 2013.
Domain Rating (DR)* | 0 |
![galwayseo.com • Domain rating • Sloppiest SEO Candidate • SEO Smoothie • Galway, Ireland](https://seosmoothie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/galwayseo-domain-rating-1024x302.png)
It isn’t a surprise at all that they even have some backlinks. They are listed in a business directory under the category: Best SEO Companies in Galway Ireland.
Below you can see what I found after checking the position for “Galway SEO” keyword.
![galwayseo.com • Ranking • Sloppiest SEO Candidate • SEO Smoothie • Galway, Ireland](https://seosmoothie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/galwayseo-ranking.png)
And here is the result if you misspell “GalwaySEO” instead of “Galway SEO”. Nice, isn’t it?
![galwayseo.com • SERP ranking • Sloppiest SEO Candidate • SEO Smoothie • Ireland](https://seosmoothie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/galwayseo-serp-ranking.png)
The first result is their Twitter account, #4 – their Facebook page and #5 is the position of the website.
Now, I want to show you the really cool part: the local business results.
![galwayseo.com • Local ranking • Sloppiest SEO Candidate • SEO Smoothie • Galway, Ireland](https://seosmoothie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/galwayseo-local-ranking.png)
As I do not agree “coming soon” (for 8 years) to be on that place, I did what I believe is right:
Reviewed and reported to Google.
I am very curious to see if, when and what effect it will have.
GalwaySEO.com is an online business, but it has never worked as such! It is actually just a parked domain, with the possible purpose of selling it at some point. It should not be ranked in google local business!
I know that the “Candidate” #2 is very similar to January 2021 Sloppiest SEO Candidate #1 but we wanted to include it, because it shows us another good example of the controversy of SEO recommendations vs reality.
The Google Reaction – 26/01/2021
![galwayseo.com - report submitted and not applied • Sloppiest SEO Candidate • SEO Smoothie • Galway](https://seosmoothie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/galwayseo-not-applied-1024x417.png)