: Does character length of domain affect seo rankings? My domain : CreditCardPaymentGateways dot in even after 6 months is not ranking well. Could it be due to length of it? Also I've blocked

@Rambettina238

About your specific website
Assuming you are talking about the ".com" website: I am sorry to say, but about everything is wrong with your website when considering the "rules" you have to follow to gain proper SERP results. A good starting point would be to start reading the webmaster guidelines from Google: www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769
About the question you posted
The search engines would are not necessarily "punishing" websites that have "long" domain names. However, from a users perspective you would want to read a domain name that is easy to read and one that reflects the contents of the website it represents. This DOES NOT mean summing up a string of keywords and place ".com" at the end of it. It has no added value and might even be seen as a "spammy" activity.

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@Shelley277

Domain length should not impact your chances of ranking well. However taking a look at:

Your site it would appear to be a holding page with low value content this probably means you don't get much traffic. Plus your domain name is made up of a number of keyword phrases so I assume you were wanting to rank for exact match searches.

I would look to improve content and do some link building.

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