the use of 'the' in domain name

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tom182

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Hi Folks, maybe I am over analysing things here, I want to setup a new site that will offer a service to builders and the like,

E.g say my company name is The Building Safety Company ltd.
is if ok practice to use 'the' in the domain name,
eg www.thebuildingsafetycompany.com
or should I scale back domain to just 'buildingsafety.com ?

thanks
T
 

mneylon

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Well you might be over analysing :)

I would drop the "the" as most systems ignore definite and indefinite articles
 

link8r

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If you can get it without "the", go for it.

If you search for "Building safety Company" - Google, Bing, Y! etc will read your domain as "www.thebuildingsafetycompany.com"

I dont think the "the" will be a big issue for you if you can't get it without.
 

Claudiu

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Whatever sounds better to you, facebook used to be thefacebook at first, but got rid of it as it wasn't really necessary. It doesn't really matter from a SEO perspective, but it might be better to drop it off as anyone loves shorter domain names.
 
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