Domain name with - symbol good or bad ?

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I am gonna buy a domain name with - symbol like good-bye.com is it SEO friendly and is it okay?
Because my domain name is already gone.
Any advice ?
 
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I also think using - symbol is wired like you guys anyway thanks for the advice :)
 
Symbols seem difficult to navigate from a user perspective because they just aren't that common and are something that I would imagine a significant number of people would forget.

Not to mention the first thing that comes to mind is someone url squatting on your future success.
 
It depends. If the domain is for your own SEO use, it doesn't matter.

If you are building/branding the domain into a money site and/or if you ever plan on reselling the domain/site, avoid hyphens at all costs.
 
HiPurple said:
It depends. If the domain is for your own SEO use, it doesn't matter.

If you are building/branding the domain into a money site and/or if you ever plan on reselling the domain/site, avoid hyphens at all costs.
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Its a brand and a company name.so that will be a issue :(
 
18young said:
Its a brand and a company name.so that will be a issue :(
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Yep. No one ever remembers a hyphenated domain correctly. They will remember the non-hyphenated version.

Get creative and come up with something that works for you by switching up the brand (see Brandbucket - com for some creative ideas) or adding a short word to it.

Keep the domain short, memorable, have it pass the radio test, and by all means, please don't shoot yourself in the foot by going to .net or .org.

Good luck.
 
I would try to avoid complicating it with symbols.

There is a reason why buying simple and short domain names is so expensive. You can counter the issue with the SEO behind it, but why not start without this issue?
 
forget about SEO, people dont like sympol in the domain.
 
i know a domain which dominates a huge porn niche with a - its something like sexy- .com
 
HiPurple said:
Yep. No one ever remembers a hyphenated domain correctly. They will remember the non-hyphenated version.

Get creative and come up with something that works for you by switching up the brand (see Brandbucket - com for some creative ideas) or adding a short word to it.

Keep the domain short, memorable, have it pass the radio test, and by all means, please don't shoot yourself in the foot by going to .net or .org.

Good luck.
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jhonnyjoker888 said:
I would try to avoid complicating it with symbols.

There is a reason why buying simple and short domain names is so expensive. You can counter the issue with the SEO behind it, but why not start without this issue?
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Purush said:
forget about SEO, people dont like sympol in the domain.
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FUTUR TIM said:
I don't think it's a good idea.
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Yeah.Thanks for the advice guys. :)
 
I'd say bad , because when someone is typing it in a keyboard it'd hard to type the symbols specialy on pc so not bradable
 
Ihate-theseinmydomain.com
ihatetheseinmydomain.com

The hyphen just looks wrong lol
 
Hyphens are perfectly fine to use from an SEO standpoint.
From a user standpoint, it would be better not to have one.
 
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