Having a dash in Domain vs SEO

renta

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• Oct 12, 2010

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My first observation about go*ogle seo rank is 99% of the time its a .com or .org. I have rarely seen .net or any other url format.

Secondly I have seen mostly domains without a - (dash) for example:
comfortableshoes.com not comfortable-shoes.com

My question is, If I have a domain with a - (dash) and with amazing keywords, can I get it to the top of Googles SEO ranks?

Any suggestions would be helpful. This is the basic stuff that no one ever talks about...

 

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mtetrans1

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Oct 12, 2010

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• Oct 12, 2010

• #2

Just how does this thing work

 

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linkking9

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• Oct 12, 2010

• #3

You can but you will rank more easily and quicker not having dashes in the main url.

 

wpbacklinks

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• Oct 12, 2010

• #4

i have site with 3 (three) dash and it rank #1 on serps (50million competition page). but yes, a domain without dash is better. but you still also rank with dash domain.

 

thedorf

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Oct 1, 2008

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• #5

.net ranks just as easily as .com and .org. I have multiples of all three.

Personally I will not buy a domain with dashes, but that's just me.

 

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Mr Allante

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• Oct 12, 2010

• #6

.com and .net sites both rank well for me domains without dashes have ranked better YMMV

 

stoned raider

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• #7

i ranked .eu and even .info TLDs for my clients and my projects without any significant problems. it's all about how much work you put into it.

 

royalmice

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• Oct 12, 2010

• #8

This has been discussed in length before in this forum, try searching you might find it

 

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BSON

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• Oct 12, 2010

• #9

On google webmaster help Matt told that dash have no any negative factor so dash or no dash doesn't make any difference.

 

renta

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I read in go*gle webmaster tools that a dash (-) is easier for spyders to crawl, understand, and categorize your domains.

 

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liquidx

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• Oct 12, 2010

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yes siiirrr I've ranked number one before with a dash in the domain. Only problem is sometimes people forget the dash but other than for SEO its great.

 

Last edited: Oct 12, 2010