Domain name and hyphen advice?

DemolitionX · Jul 13, 2013

I know it is very important to have the domain name url include your keywords. I recently found out that you could include a "-" in the url, which makes me feel like i wasted my money on the domain i already bought

For the sake of preserving my niche, I will give a hypothetical example. Which of these domains would be a the best choice?:

xbox1giveaway.net

OR

xbox-onegiveaway.com

OR

freeexboxone.com (note the extra e in free)

I know .coms are the best, but does the "-" hurt in the long run or no? And does the extra e affect SERP etc?

Thanks in advance!

Goal Line Technology · Jul 13, 2013

xbox1giveaway.net
xbox-onegiveaway.com

although i prefer the .com (always) sometimes you just to put up with a suitable alternative.

Don't torture yourself (over think) over the domain name, after all,
it is what you do after purchase to develop the site that will earn you $

loudINMedia · Jul 15, 2013

Prefer the hypen based domain which is more clear to the readers & visitors of your site & gives more clear picture of what it is

GoGetRanked · Jul 15, 2013

What perfect timing for the post ..thank you op ..
I have the exact conundrum right now .. i have a 2 word domain avail , .com with 5000+ searches, $2 CPC , but the NAMEIDEA.com is not available and name-idea.com is
building a customer mns site and hes adamant he wants that .. been looking for senior seo advice if it would be a good idea ?

regards
ToG

flowerz · Jul 15, 2013

go with the hyphen. seems more legit than the 1111 versions, its not like the domain name makes miracles seo wise.

Pvlman · Jul 15, 2013

Just remember that Google gives some minus points for domain agnostic features such as hyphens, numbers or too long name..

.. or at least MOZ says this

MorganX · Jul 15, 2013

Well including (-) is not a problem....! Concentrate on bulding your webssite to get high reputation.... Good luck dude..!

seocrab · Jul 15, 2013

.com always and avoid numbers in domains unless they are relevant (looks suspicious, not sure how G feels about this).

I would go with using hyphens, unless sites are promoted offline or via audio (radio ad etc), because people forget and just type it without the "-".

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