Does it matter what domain it is

danizdeman

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For example, if it was company-a.com, or company-a.info
would it matter in terms of SEO in google and such,
and the quality of the domain name?
thanks.

 

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hardcore1

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The extension won't make a difference to your search engine ranking, .coms are better for type in traffic and people might find it easier to remember than .info - but there is no benefit to com over info in terms of SEO.

 

danizdeman

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Also would it be better if it was:
company-plumbing.com
or
companyplumbing.com

 

gregstereo

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The one without the hyphen is better. Not a lotta difference, but less hyphens and digits are better from my experience.

Used to be a school of thought that hypens made names more parse-friendly to the search engines, but I think that's way old school. Pronounceable == better.

peace,
gregs.

 

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hardcore1

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I think that a domain without a hyphen is easier to remember and type, but if you would rather have the name hyphenated, then buy both and use 301 redirects on the non hyphenated domain.