which is best, E-M-D.com or EMD.net?

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hi, guys
if EMD.com is not available. which is best, E-M-D.com or EMD.net or EMD.org?
I want to listen your advices.
thanks
 
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EMD.net or EMD.org. I haven't had much luck with E-M-D.com
 
I would go with EMD.net/EMD.org, but the domain's just the start of it. Good luck, mate.
 
google doesnt "see" hypens so with e-m-d.com you are not loosing nothing on seo, if that is your main concern.
 
Everybody hates on the dash - fine leave them all for me. There's nothing wrong with having dashes in your url as long as it makes sense.

Don't do w-ord.com or w-o-r-d.com but if you do one-two.com it's fine.
 
TZ2011 said:
google doesnt "see" hypens so with e-m-d.com you are not loosing nothing on seo, if that is your main concern.
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For branding purposes, I see EMD as better (easier for visitors to remember and retype in the future, and for word of mouth), but just looking at it from an SEO perspective, it seems that Google (don't know about Bing) doesn't care if there are hyphens or slight variations (such as plural, but I could be wrong). (I think the much loved Matt Cutts even once mentioned hyphens aren't penalised.) However, on here there seems to be a lot of emphasis on EMD from an SEO perspective. (I only ever had one EMD until I joined this forum, although I chose it by accident.) What's your take on pluralisation and other slight variations? (Although the domain is just one small piece of the picture.)
 
Tomwinners1 said:
Choose the EMD_net then EMD_org
E-M-D is not the EMD
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Ummm then I guess you never use the SPACE bar when typing in searches? Because then that wouldn't be EMD either.

The dashes don't matter as far as SEO.

As others have said it is more for the purpose of looking good and easy to remember for humans and best for branding.
 
Since I don't see the point opening a new thread about domain names.

Is it better for my to use a catchy six-letter phrase like webjet d-o-t c-o-m for a domain or one that actually mentions keywords, such as cheapflightspronto d-o-t c-o-m, assuming you were trying to rank for cheap flights and related phrases.

I would definitely prefer something like webjet and could see it being grown into a brand name, but I don't think it contributes to on-site SEO.
 
thank everyone, i want the new domain name is better SEO. just for it.
 
Google supposedly does not see the hyphens, so two or less hyphens in my opinion is no big deal. However, this is only if search ranking is the only source of traffic. If you want users to remember your name, then EMD.net/org is much better. If it were me, I would just go with that, it looks better. Also, some people like the .org domain name, as it is associated with non-profits. So, it depends on your topic and traffic goals.
 
I have had good success with E-M-D.com that is always what i go to when my EMD is not available.
 
It's strange that so many people say EMD.com would be better than E-M-D.com, for example... because that's not my experience at all. Doesn't matter for SEO at all, I think. For branding, sure - if you are actually expected type-ins and all. But for pure SEO like most here do it it does not make a difference for the ranking.

Don't split your keywords, though. if your KW is "combination" don't do "combi-nation.tld"... but if your KW is e.g. "green dogs", you're totally fine with either "greendogs.tld" or "green-dogs.tld". And I think, for multiple word KWs the dashes can bring you more clicks because of a better readability of the domain name. Example: KW is "buygreendogsnow"... for that case I would often prefer "buy-green-dogs-now.tld" rather than "buygreendogsnow.tld" because it's easier for the user to identify the term they were actually looking for in the search results.
 
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