The domain plays a considerable role in the SEO of your website. For example, having high traffic keywords in your domain is generally positive and knowing the history of the domain you intend to purchase is also important.

Following are 10 important points to consider when buying your real estate domain.

1. Keyword Rich? Does your domain have your targeted local real estate keywords in it? Such as New York Real Estate or New York Condos? Are they high traffic keywords? Use the free version of www.wordtracker.com to find out daily search statistics for your keywords/phrases.

2. .com .us .ca .net ? A .com is what is most generally recommended. However, if you are outside the US, a local domain is generally recommended such as .ca .au .co.uk