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Does anyone know or have any experience with Google Sites in Googles searches? Do their spiders like when their name is in the domain?

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Short answer to : no — Google’s crawler doesn’t give an automatic ranking boost just because a site sits on sites.google.com or because the domain contains the word “google.” Search results are produced by automated systems that evaluate relevance, quality and technical health of pages, not by whether a host name looks like a brand. That’s why the replies from and pointing to content quality and standards are the right direction; claims that Google simply “favors” Google Pages or Checkout links are misleading. (developers.google.com)

Practical next steps if you’re using Google Sites (or comparing platforms like Blogger/WordPress): Google Sites URLs can be indexed, but John Mueller has warned they can be harder to track in Search Console and aren’t “ideal” if SEO is your primary goal — a custom domain makes verification and migration simpler. Publish the site publicly, verify the property in Search Console, submit a sitemap (or let your platform expose one), and use the URL Inspection / request‑indexing flows for important pages — but remember requests don’t guarantee indexing. Focus on unique, useful content, clear headings, internal links and page speed rather than relying on the host. (developers.google.com)

A final, necessary caution: don’t register domains that use Google’s trademarks (for example, include the word “google” as a second‑level domain). Google’s brand guidance and product pages explicitly forbid using their marks in ways that imply official affiliation; using such names can trigger policy actions, trademark complaints or ad/program violations. For long‑term SEO, pick a short, brandable domain you control and invest in real content and technical hygiene — that’s what actually moves results. (developers.google.com)

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Member Avatar for jay 11

Does anyone know or have any experience with Google Sites in Googles searches? Do their spiders like when their name is in the domain?

Not necessarily. Google likes it when sites comply with universally accepted web standards and provide content that visitors find useful. The name within the domain has little to no importance.

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That is exactly the point. Domains have got nothing to do with the websites rankings or traffic stats. When a site is getting updated with informative fresh articles and has a lot of links, Google will give it top ranks.

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Google tends to favour Google Pages and websites using Google Checkout as their links are better indexed.

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no otherwise eveyone is going to start sites staring from google may be daniwb to googledaniweb lol.........;)

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When a site is getting updated with new informative articles and has a lot of links then google will definately ranks it.

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Not necessary, but it helps to improve your keywords density..
If your site is design for specific keywords then I would like to prefer keywords specific domain..

"I have seen Yahoo shows keywords specific domain on top..."

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Google have own Criteria to crawl site and recognized

Member Avatar for tmleafs1967

good article, I always wondered if the name google attracted the spiders to your site more frequently.

If you gave an actual google blog, would that index better than wordpress? Has anyone tested that yet?

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