2 or 3 words Domain Names

[iamyri]

Hello all ! Tell me please what way is better to use and why ?
For example:
www.wordword.com or www.word-word.com
or
www.wordwordword.com or www.word-word-word.com
The matter is that I think it's more better for robots if keywords are separated by "-". Am I right ?

Thank you very much

[reteep]

Keywords in the domain name have a very low SEO Value - if at all. However, www.word-word.com would be the way to go.

[etech-peter]

In case of two words in a domain name a dash would be ok to separate the keywords so i would say www.word-word.com would be better to use. Having said that, I don't think the dash in a domain makes a huge difference in SEs.

[Mrblogs]

The shorter the name, the easier it is to type and remember (generally).

[John Scott]

Originally Posted by etech-peter

In case of two words in a domain name a dash would be ok to separate the keywords so i would say www.word-word.com would be better to use. Having said that, I don't think the dash in a domain makes a huge difference in SEs.

Yup. The dash does seperate the keywords so Google can recognize them, but the benefits are not that noteworthy.

[webprofessor]

I have to disagree with John and Peter. I believe for common term, 2 word domains, no hyphen is required.

Regardless of which way you go:
- shorter is always better.
- hyphenated domains are easier to read for a user in the serps.
- hyphenated domains are a bitch to tell someone on the phone or a bar so get business cards if you use one.
ie:
washington-state-travel.com
versus
washingtonstatetravel.com

[John Scott]

I believe for common term, 2 word domains, no hyphen is required.

You believe Google can parse the keywords?

[webprofessor]

Yes, just my opinion of course,

why?
- Get a domain with no hyphens and 2 words that are in the dictionary ( shorter the better )
- make a blank page splat adsense on said page.
- look at what advertisements show.

In my experience they always show relevent ads. Surely the Adsense team would share the same technology with the search team or vice versa.

[John Scott]

I have never seen that, but it seems worth a try.

http://www.internet-marketing-blog.c...words-in-urls/

I actually tested a lot more URL's than I point out there. Even with underscore, Google was not parsing keywords.

[iamyri]

Thank you all for your replies.
Good-luck !