domain name with dash

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Aspirin

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Sep 4, 2011

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• Sep 24, 2011

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are those as good as domain names without them?

for example greatreviews.com vs great-reviews.com...

what are the seo pro's or con's?

thanks guys

 

cbar126

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Nov 10, 2009

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The best is the kw.com but if it is not available, better get kwx.com or kwv.com

 

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kma9090

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• Sep 24, 2011

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A domain without a dash is always better than with, multiple dashes are worse still.
Avoid a dash if possible.
use a .net instead of .com if you can't get the proper domain.

 

KeyzDT

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Aug 9, 2010

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I have never seen any solid proof that suggests one is better than the other.

 

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compton13

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Mar 14, 2009

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I like dashes, I have had good luck ranking things number 1 with dashes.

 

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azu12

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• #6

never use dash.

 

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Kaistar

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azu12 said:

never use dash.

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Why not.
I have no solid proof that it matters either way and I suspect that no one else does either, all guesstimates.

Take this url: expertsexchange.com

Is that expert-sex-change or is it experts-exchange ?

Just a thought...

 

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JJayUrban

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Apr 21, 2011

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I think no difference, even easy to read out the keyword/domain.

 

jheyslow

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• #9

I think it has almost the same seo power but more people tend to type with no dashes.

 

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maradonna2010

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May 27, 2010

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• Sep 25, 2011

• #10

personally i much prefer getting keyword1keyword2.com(.net or .org) over keyword1-keyword2.com(.net or .org)

but if they aren't available i've had some VERY good experience in ranking
keyword1-keyword2.com(.net or .org) and i've found it much easier than ranking

keyword1keyword2[random semi related keyword].com(.net or .org)

or

[random semi related keyword]keyword1keyword2.com(.net or .org)