Use of hyphens in EMD's

Instantfruit · 07-27-2011, 04:37 AM

Does anybody do this?

Is it a good thing? Bad thing?

Any advice would be cool

seabro · 07-27-2011, 04:54 AM

I would prefer without hyphens but I understand using hyphens to be next best thing. This is not necessarily fact, just the situation as I have read.

bloggingdojo · 07-27-2011, 04:57 AM

I've managed to get sites ranking for the exact match with hyphens (even for double hyphens).

Of course, if it's a hugely competitive industry, then you're going to struggle, but for some phrases it does work.

coolspot · 07-27-2011, 05:02 AM

most of mine have hyphens. i would prefer without the dash, but good emd's are like golddust now.

Arturo Kaber · 07-27-2011, 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolspot

good emd's are like golddust now.

This is ture. Rather you can get a good name using hyphen which may not have any negative impact as you are thinking.

MikeFriedman · 07-27-2011, 06:59 AM

I've used hyphens in the past.

SEOmoz puts out a big report every two years in regards to data they collect on their own. They found a slight correlation with hyphens and worse rankings. It was only slight. It was not drastic. And it was only a correlation, which doesn't mean it is absolute proof.

Just something to consider.

SimpleSEOTips · 07-27-2011, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

I've used hyphens in the past.

SEOmoz puts out a big report every two years in regards to data they collect on their own. They found a slight correlation with hyphens and worse rankings. It was only slight. It was not drastic. And it was only a correlation, which doesn't mean it is absolute proof.

Just something to consider.

Very good point about this not being absolute proof as SEOmoz do stress that "Correlation does not imply causation"
My personal experiences with EMD have been positive due to the fact that it is very easy to source anchor text links which contain the keywords you are targetting within them. Other benefits such as targetted keywords in your url being boldedwithin the search results when it is ranked highly the respective phrases it contains helps with CTR.

I really struggle to believe that Google penalise the domain name you chose... more so what you choose to do when optimising it.

07-27-2011, 04:37 AM	#1
Instantfruit Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 71 Thanks: 17 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Use of hyphens in EMD's Does anybody do this? Is it a good thing? Bad thing? Any advice would be cool

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seabro Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK Posts: 73 Thanks: 14 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts Contact Info	Re: Use of hyphens in EMD's I would prefer without hyphens but I understand using hyphens to be next best thing. This is not necessarily fact, just the situation as I have read.

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bloggingdojo Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Use of hyphens in EMD's I've managed to get sites ranking for the exact match with hyphens (even for double hyphens). Of course, if it's a hugely competitive industry, then you're going to struggle, but for some phrases it does work.
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MikeFriedman Don't Drink and SEO War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: York, PA Posts: 2,009 Thanks: 207 Thanked 551 Times in 393 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Use of hyphens in EMD's I've used hyphens in the past. SEOmoz puts out a big report every two years in regards to data they collect on their own. They found a slight correlation with hyphens and worse rankings. It was only slight. It was not drastic. And it was only a correlation, which doesn't mean it is absolute proof. Just something to consider.
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