are dashes still in play?

eeha123 · May 9, 2011

I am working on a proposal for a contract,
It s a new industry but all the .net .org .com is gone.
to be able to rank them by July for their show I thought of getting the exact domain with a dash.com keyword-keyword.net/org

What do u guys suggest.

inurl:996 intitle: 1500

top players 3000+ links
last 3 on the bottom of the page 200+ links

Thanks for your advice.

Sinatra · May 9, 2011

Yes, dashes have no effect on SEO. The only problem would be type in traffic. Many people forget the dash and go to those other pages, which are probably parked domains anyway.

Good luck with your project.

BassTrackerBoats · May 9, 2011

They are fine... I use them all the time. In fact, I use them for inner pages as well... site .com-Keyword-Keyword-Keyword.

I don't know what the rest of the world calls it but I call it Domain SEO.

eeha123 · May 10, 2011

thanks guys,

so when the exact domain is not available in .org/net/com the next best thing is a dash right>?

Shhhocker · May 10, 2011

I would assume dashes/extending the keyword phrase with a term like 'info', or 'guide', would be the best route. I use dashes on all of my inner pages, as well.

jakekelly · May 10, 2011

I've also heard you can use numbers at the end of your domain too. I haven't tested this, but it seems to be this would work ok.

fnd80 · May 10, 2011

it depends on the type of site you're building, if you're not worried about typing it in, or people telling it to each other verbally, then dashes are fine.

greentitanium · May 10, 2011

agree with bass,
i kind of think people believe the non dashes are better but i think
that most of the time people go without dashes first,
therefore are older than those with.

eeha123 · May 12, 2011

I am trying to get some EMD exact match domains so i can rank them easily. Thats what I am asking

navone · May 12, 2011

I have a number of sites on first page, using hyphenated domains. Don't worry, they still work.

are dashes still in play?

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