Does "-" in domain matter?

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Stellow

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Sep 14, 2013

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• Dec 31, 2013

• #1

Hey!

I have a question regarding domains and how good some are for SEO.

Let's say that I own those domains:

buybooksonline.com
buy-books-online.com
booksonlinebuy.com

and I want to target "Buy books online" when someone searches on Google.

Which one of those domains would be best for SEO?

 

Disloyal

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May 3, 2012

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• Dec 31, 2013

• #2

They are are the same. But the "-" might be easy for people to forget and end up going to the wrong site. If anything the first one makes the most sense.

 

BackY

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Dec 28, 2012

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• Dec 31, 2013

• #3

Disloyal said:

They are are the same. But the "-" might be easy for people to forget and end up going to the wrong site. If anything the first one makes the most sense.

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I agree with him. I rarely see sites using signs in the name anymore.. no matter how long the name is, they just go it without signs.. it's like a new trend lol..

 

TehEpidemick

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Oct 31, 2011

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• Dec 31, 2013

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i dont think it would be a huge impact but obviously without hyphens is better. But i think hyphen EMD is better then a domain without EMD