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Google Auto-Correct is killing my site

5 points by chintan39 12y ago

I run a site https://birthde.com. But when you google the "Birthde"(https://www.google.com/#q=birthde) it Auto-Correct changes it to "Birthday". And I dont get any traffic in. Do I have to change to a better domain name? or Should the google change something for such senario?

mostlystatic 12y ago
You'll probably need a different domain name if you want to rank for the name of your product. Google has little reason to change anything - chances are most people who type in 'birthde' are looking for 'birthday'.
- chintan39 12y ago
  Cant google be smart about it? Like now google knows Birthde.com is a Brand/Product name. So cant it stop auto correcting. I have worked a lot on this domain for SEO.Different Domain doesnt seem like an option
  - 7952 12y ago
    You don't have a good ranking even for terms that don't autocorrect. "birthde app", and "birthde site" don't give good results. It is just difficult to remember and hard to find when you forget the name, which people will do for such a periodic thing as birthdays.
    - chintan39 12y ago
      "birthde app" and "birthde site" are still autocorrecting to "birthday app" and "birthday site"
  - pdappollonio 12y ago
    Don't worry. Really. Google IS that smart to understand and learn a new word. It worked several times before not just for you or me. Think in any domain that's just an invented word and you'll see that Google learnt their name. It happened to me, too: I've registered "angrybirders.com" and in the beginning, Google said "Did you mean 'Angry Birds'... At the end, if you perform a search, you'll see that the domain was correctly detected and no" Did you mean?" appears on the page.
pdappollonio 12y ago
How much time ago you uploaded your site? Commonly, a few months after a site is launched, Google understands that's essentially a new word.
- chintan39 12y ago
  I started it on Feb 2014. Almost 3 months.
  - pdappollonio 12y ago
    I'll recommend you to wait just a little bit. Commonly, many domains that becomes funny products later starts with an invented word, and Google later has no troubles understanding that's actually a new word. And just to be sure, add your site to Google Webmasters and try to put the requested name in the title tag, too.
    - chintan39 12y ago
      Thanks for the tips.Will do.
staunch 12y ago
Change your apps name. Not that big of a deal. Steve.
DanBC 12y ago
I guess that as people search for [birthde] and click the "Did you mean 'birthde'?" link then Google will learn that people typing [birthde] are not misstyping [birthday]. Seems frustrating though.
cr3ative 12y ago
How many people do you think are searching specifically for your site's name who wouldn't think to put the ".com" on it? It might be fewer than you think. You won't automatically rank highly for "birthday reminders" as it's a highly contested keyword. As an aside: What does your product offer which I can't achieve with Google Calendar?
- chintan39 12y ago
  Actually I have never used google calendar.But Birthde sends SMS reminders which I am sure not present in Google Calendar.
  - deleted 12y ago
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  - cr3ative 12y ago
    They are. I can configure Google Calendar to send me SMS reminders about any event I choose at any time before it, and can have it recur yearly automatically - which does what your product does, and allows synchronisation to any mobile devices by calendar subscription.
chintan39 12y ago
I just checked it on DuckDuckGo,Yahoo,Bing https://duckduckgo.com/?q=birthde https://duckduckgo.com/?q=birthde https://in.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0SO82JB9G1TPxoAHL.7HAx.?p=birthde&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-704&vm=r https://in.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0SO82JB9G1TPxoAHL.7... https://www.bing.com/search?q=birthde&qs=n&form=QBLH&filt=all&pq=birthde&sc=8-7&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=cfa7a4472b60426ba878561fdc585d5f https://www.bing.com/search?q=birthde&qs=n&form=QBLH&filt=al... And they all shows correct results.
hashtag 12y ago
No comments on the Google situation but a few on the idea itself... 1. Facebook reminds me of people's birthday already via its site as well as email reminders. 2. Google Calendar allows alerts of said events (so does iCal). This also integrates with my Google Contacts already. 3. Integrated apps like EasilyDo and many others also display these reminders if needed I believe. I'm not sure I understand the value proposition of paying for something like this, particularly if I have to manually punch all those birthdays in when there are so many free solutions all over the place.

5 points by chintan39 12y ago

mostlystatic 12y ago

You'll probably need a different domain name if you want to rank for the name of your product. Google has little reason to change anything - chances are most people who type in 'birthde' are looking for 'birthday'.

chintan39 12y ago
Cant google be smart about it? Like now google knows Birthde.com is a Brand/Product name. So cant it stop auto correcting. I have worked a lot on this domain for SEO.Different Domain doesnt seem like an option
- 7952 12y ago
  You don't have a good ranking even for terms that don't autocorrect. "birthde app", and "birthde site" don't give good results. It is just difficult to remember and hard to find when you forget the name, which people will do for such a periodic thing as birthdays.
  - chintan39 12y ago
    "birthde app" and "birthde site" are still autocorrecting to "birthday app" and "birthday site"
- pdappollonio 12y ago
  Don't worry. Really. Google IS that smart to understand and learn a new word. It worked several times before not just for you or me. Think in any domain that's just an invented word and you'll see that Google learnt their name. It happened to me, too: I've registered "angrybirders.com" and in the beginning, Google said "Did you mean 'Angry Birds'... At the end, if you perform a search, you'll see that the domain was correctly detected and no" Did you mean?" appears on the page.

pdappollonio 12y ago

How much time ago you uploaded your site? Commonly, a few months after a site is launched, Google understands that's essentially a new word.

chintan39 12y ago
I started it on Feb 2014. Almost 3 months.
- pdappollonio 12y ago
  I'll recommend you to wait just a little bit. Commonly, many domains that becomes funny products later starts with an invented word, and Google later has no troubles understanding that's actually a new word. And just to be sure, add your site to Google Webmasters and try to put the requested name in the title tag, too.
  - chintan39 12y ago
    Thanks for the tips.Will do.

staunch 12y ago

Change your apps name. Not that big of a deal. Steve.

DanBC 12y ago

I guess that as people search for [birthde] and click the "Did you mean 'birthde'?" link then Google will learn that people typing [birthde] are not misstyping [birthday]. Seems frustrating though.

cr3ative 12y ago

How many people do you think are searching specifically for your site's name who wouldn't think to put the ".com" on it? It might be fewer than you think. You won't automatically rank highly for "birthday reminders" as it's a highly contested keyword. As an aside: What does your product offer which I can't achieve with Google Calendar?

chintan39 12y ago
Actually I have never used google calendar.But Birthde sends SMS reminders which I am sure not present in Google Calendar.
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]
- cr3ative 12y ago
  They are. I can configure Google Calendar to send me SMS reminders about any event I choose at any time before it, and can have it recur yearly automatically - which does what your product does, and allows synchronisation to any mobile devices by calendar subscription.

chintan39 12y ago

I just checked it on DuckDuckGo,Yahoo,Bing https://duckduckgo.com/?q=birthde https://duckduckgo.com/?q=birthde https://in.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0SO82JB9G1TPxoAHL.7HAx.?p=birthde&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-704&vm=r https://in.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0SO82JB9G1TPxoAHL.7... https://www.bing.com/search?q=birthde&qs=n&form=QBLH&filt=all&pq=birthde&sc=8-7&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=cfa7a4472b60426ba878561fdc585d5f https://www.bing.com/search?q=birthde&qs=n&form=QBLH&filt=al... And they all shows correct results.

hashtag 12y ago

No comments on the Google situation but a few on the idea itself... 1. Facebook reminds me of people's birthday already via its site as well as email reminders. 2. Google Calendar allows alerts of said events (so does iCal). This also integrates with my Google Contacts already. 3. Integrated apps like EasilyDo and many others also display these reminders if needed I believe. I'm not sure I understand the value proposition of paying for something like this, particularly if I have to manually punch all those birthdays in when there are so many free solutions all over the place.