dads-mug.co.uk or dadsmug.org.uk

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Lets say you're selling mugs for dads and dadsmug.co.uk is taken. Which is better to go for - in the title above?

The one with the hyphen is easier to read but I dont know if google will like it much (even there is only ONE hyphen...) and #2 is ok but a .org as a domain name isnt very commercial and some people might avoid it if theyre looking to buy.

(PS - Not my keywords)
 
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go for the keyword.org one. Hyphens ones are useless from SEO point of view
 
I'll second that - Google is smart enough to pick up your individual words without the hyphens - I've had hyphenated domains and they've done diddly compared to the ones without hyphens - split-tested them too.
 
I'm not sure what options you have with a .co.uk and if there are .org.uk and .gov.au sites but generally speaking you want to register domains in this order.

http://www.keyword.com
http://www.keyword.net
http://www.keyword.org
http://www.key-word.com
http://www.key-word.net
http://www.key-word.org
http://www.keywordsuffix.com
http://www.prefixkeyword.com
 
Yeah sorry I meant for secondary pages. I've got several using underscores which might need changing as they don't come up very well in the SERPs
 
From a purist point of view .org is for an organisation, so .co.uk everytime. To me .orgs just seem wrong unless it's a charity or club or something of that ilk.
 
DadsMugs.co.uk doesn't have a website installed.

You might be best off looking to see if it's been registered, before someone sees this thread and does it themself (this is BHW after all).

Personally, I think DadsMugs rolls off the tongue better than DadsMug anyway.
 
Hyphenated domains are great from SEO point of view, mainly for big G.
G algorithms see hyphens in the domain name as space, for example in your dads-mug.co.uk big G will see the keyphrase "dads mug". The most important element of on page SEO is the targeted keyword in the URL. The best CMS (like wordpress) mahe huge use of hyphens in the URL.

If someone doesn't rank well with hyphenated domains this is not due the hyphens but to high competition keywords.
 
There seems to be conflicting views here..
I'm wondering the same thing..
caught between registering a key-word.com vs a keyword.net.. not sure which would be better..
 
noph34r said:
Hyphenated domains are great from SEO point of view, mainly for big G.
G algorithms see hyphens in the domain name as space, for example in your dads-mug.co.uk big G will see the keyphrase "dads mug". The most important element of on page SEO is the targeted keyword in the URL. The best CMS (like wordpress) mahe huge use of hyphens in the URL.

If someone doesn't rank well with hyphenated domains this is not due the hyphens but to high competition keywords.
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No its not - if you re-read my post you'll see that I have split tested this - the non-hyphenated version rolls up top every time.
 
Hyphens or no hyphens, from a SEO standpoint is make absolutely no difference. From a conversion standpoint it is always better to use something which is going to make it easier to read for the user which wud be with the hyphens.
 
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No its not - if you re-read my post you'll see that I have split tested this - the non-hyphenated version rolls up top every time.
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How can u split test such a thing? Were the page identical with identical links from identical pages?
 
Split tested in the sense I've placed many domains with much the same content across numerous keywords over the years - domains with hyphens and without. Those without usually rank higher. Not dupe content now - but much the same. Both tuned for the same keyword, both released at the same time.
 
aliens said:
Split tested in the sense I've placed many domains with much the same content across numerous keywords over the years - domains with hyphens and without. Those without usually rank higher. Not dupe content now - but much the same. Both tuned for the same keyword, both released at the same time.
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I make an example:
"dads mug" and dadsmug are 2 quite different keyphrases, the first one has more SEO competition, then the ranking is more difficult.

P.S: the a/b split testing is only for different layouts on the same url.
 
hyphens or not makes no difference. go with .co.uk, never .org.uk
 
riolas said:
hyphens or not makes no difference. go with .co.uk, never .org.uk
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I always thought that org.uk has more authority since it has org in it just like org always ranks better over com. Well thats what I thought until now, correct me if im wrong.
 
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