Key word in domian name?

Mick Shaw · 02-09-2009, 05:25 AM

HI v7n,
What's better having key words in your domain name, eg www.domain-name.com, or www.domainname.com?

or does it make much difference at all if you have your site with great SEO?

Thanks
Mick Shaw

TheFriend · 02-09-2009, 09:52 AM

there's not much difference between using the hyphen and not using the hyphen

great seo obviously makes a big difference from aweful seo

ad2310 · 02-10-2009, 12:01 AM

I'd go without hyphen

shakir · 02-10-2009, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ad2310

I'd go without hyphen

All are same for SEO. some time will not get desired domain without hyphen... if not get take with hyphen and try to be more close to ur site product or nature

micoblanco · 02-10-2009, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick Shaw

HI v7n,
What's better having key words in your domain name, eg www.domain-name.com, or www.domainname.com?

or does it make much difference at all if you have your site with great SEO?

Thanks
Mick Shaw

I think it doesn't make any difference. Based on your example, I'll go for the domain name without hyphen but of course there is always an exception. Example, my keywords are "best" and "top10" and if I'm going to construct my domain name like this -> "besttopten.com"... it will looks quite confusing because of the double "t" but if I'm going to put it this way -> "best-top10.com" personally, it looks good for me and I can remember it easily.

Maurice84 · 02-11-2009, 06:21 PM

as far as Google is concerned, does hyphen count as a letter? no, but it shows where 2 words separate.

helloscar??

is it hell-oscar or hello-scar?

so beware of that 1;

anyway depends on your keywords as shown above and beyond + for users hyphen is not user-friendly.

bobchrist · 02-13-2009, 08:24 AM

If both are available you should go with the second one (without hyphen).

Mick Shaw · 02-22-2009, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maurice84

as far as Google is concerned, does hyphen count as a letter? no, but it shows where 2 words separate.

helloscar??

is it hell-oscar or hello-scar?

so beware of that 1;

anyway depends on your keywords as shown above and beyond + for users hyphen is not user-friendly.

Thanks for pointing this little trap out to me! It's so obvious yet so simple to miss!

gargambrish · 02-13-2009, 10:41 AM

if ur keyword exactly match domain name

like for keywored

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bobchrist · 02-20-2009, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by gargambrish

if ur keyword exactly match domain name

like for keywored

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It's practically difficult to find exact match of keywords because most of the potential domain name has been already taken.

Maurice84 · 02-21-2009, 02:46 PM

yes,

it is very hard to find good domain names nowadays; many of the good ones are parked and just sitting there, what a waste.

you have to be creative to get a good domain name, i guess.

Mike Tyson · 02-20-2009, 05:59 AM

Hello Friends,

First one is Search Engine friendly.Second one is User friendly. Both are useful in same place.

niceboy · 02-22-2009, 08:49 AM

I know a bit on seo and according to me, its better to stay as close as possible to our objective/product[no hyphens better].

nb

web hosting · 02-24-2009, 12:55 AM

I used to think it wouldn't make any difference until I saw a thread on some other forum. According to Google http://www.google.com/support/webmas...29&ctx=sibling, It is better for them if you use Hyphens to separate your URL terms. Then why shouldn't it be the same case for domain names too?

SiberForum · 02-24-2009, 01:23 AM

If I were you I would avoid dashes.

marble hill · 02-26-2009, 12:19 PM

hyphens make domains look cheap in my opinion. As a search engine sees it , I do not think there is much difference.

non hyphen is better in many ways , as it does not look spammy & looks more professional.

InterShark · 03-04-2009, 09:30 AM

Personally we find no use of having hyphenated domain names, to us as a business, the best type of domain we can register is one that is easy to remember and more importantly, brandable.

For example, our quit smoking website, http://www.quittingadvantage.com its much easier for a site visitor to remember that domain name than it would be for them to remember something like help-to-quit-smoking.com.

SiteShrine · 03-06-2009, 06:39 AM

User friendly as far as a domain is always more important than search engine friendly. You can steer the search engines in the right direction with your keywords, title tags, and content. Drop the dash and appeal to your visitors.