Domain with or without 'dash'

Discussion in 'Domain Names & Parking' started by raju4all, Apr 19, 2012.

  1. Apr 19, 2012
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    raju4all

    raju4all Registered Member

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    Does the ranking or SEO effect if the domain has dash in it and one without dash?
     
  2. Apr 19, 2012
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    Dan Da Man

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    Doesn't matter except it would be weird to tell someone your site with hyphen in it
     
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    MarkWW

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    No it doesn't matter, but people generally hate dashes
    so-don't-go-for-this.com
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    goforthis.com ;)
     
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    Mountaineer

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    Not much difference. I have ranked both type of domains with almost same efforts. However like everyone above said, hyphens look weird for those who want to visit your website by typing in your domain name and you might lose typo traffic because of this.