DomainName.com vs Domain-Name.com

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ubeyou

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• Oct 2, 2013

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Hi guy,

I got a question. I knew a lot DomainName.com were taken, but not domain-name.com.

if I can get highly searched domain by adding a dash into the domain, will it improve my SEO?

 

IamBlackhatter

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• Oct 2, 2013

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My first preference would be domain.com if it's not available then preferably hyphen works i have seen a lot ranking high in searches

 

bartosimpsonio

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• Oct 2, 2013

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Some folks frown upon the - in between keywords. Others use it anyway.

 

edgematch

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• Oct 2, 2013

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I have many many of them. they do not work well like domainwithoutdashes.com

 

BusinessMagnet

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I would always prefer to buy Domain.com. It's damn easy to rank them.

 

bertbaby

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• Oct 2, 2013

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There are a ton of threads on this topic so you get additional opinions there as well! In terms of ranking makes no difference but for branding no hyphen is better.

 

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GamingOn

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• Oct 2, 2013

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If you can't find a .com .net's seem to rank just as good. .Org's too. I think you should try to find the domian.com domain.net or domain.org for a good website and if you have to and can find nothing else .info.

Best of luck I wouldn't recommend dashes but Matt Cutts says that the keyword-domain.com can rank for word 1 the first word word 2 the second word and the phrase altogether. So that is what is said about that. Good luck again!

 

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cyberpowerpc

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• Oct 2, 2013

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The first would be better, the second only as a backup in case the first is take. Won't hurt you too bad.

 

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SEOHULK

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• Oct 4, 2013

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One of my main sites has a dash (-) in the middle.
If I'd do it all over again, I'd buy the domain without it.
Don't know what I was thinking :\

 

Aty

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I don't like hyphens in domain names, I prefer either a prefix or a suffix if the EMD is not available.

 

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• Oct 12, 2013

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always go for DomainName.com if that's available, if not then Domain-Name.com or alternatives like DomainName.net/DomainNet.org
But first choice should be DomainName.com always.

 

Alpha7

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• Oct 18, 2013

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Would not go w/ the dash. Too much work. People don't think of using it.

 

Link Building

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• Oct 18, 2013

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[h=2][FONT=Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]Domain-Name.com is good choice if DomainName.com has taken... EMD works so hyphens don't matters... [/FONT][/h]