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which domain is much search engine friendly ?

by donkey007
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which domain from both is much search engine friendly ?

mykeyword.com or my-keyword.com ?

thanks in advance
#domain #engine #friendly #search
  • Profile picture of the author rammonster
    both...doesn't really matter .... google wont read the symbol in between...so you're good seo-wise!
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    • Profile picture of the author AndyMorley
      Originally Posted by rammonster View Post

      both...doesn't really matter .... google wont read the symbol in between...so you're good seo-wise!
      I have found evidence to say that the "Hyphen" does make a difference.. I did an experiment with Hyphenated Domains in 2010, I registered a huge number of domains for the Garage Doors sector, and found that the domains with the Hyphen in them don't drop into the SERP's as highly as those without.

      As soon as i replace the domain for an un-hyphanated domain they jump up the SERP's.

      The experiment was simply to determine the effects of a Hyphen. And where the domains would appear in the SERP's without OFF SITE SEO being performed.

      These domains were exact matched domains, "Garage Doors Location" was the keyword. As soon as i switched the domains they maintained rankings.

      Its very odd but true.

      Has anybody else noticed this?
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      • Profile picture of the author rammonster
        Originally Posted by AndyMorley View Post

        I have found evidence to say that the "Hyphen" does make a difference.. I did an experiment with Hyphenated Domains in 2010, I registered a huge number of domains for the Garage Doors sector, and found that the domains with the Hyphen in them don't drop into the SERP's as highly as those without.

        As soon as i replace the domain for an un-hyphanated domain they jump up the SERP's.

        The experiment was simply to determine the effects of a Hyphen. And where the domains would appear in the SERP's without OFF SITE SEO being performed.

        These domains were exact matched domains, "Garage Doors Location" was the keyword. As soon as i switched the domains they maintained rankings.

        Its very odd but true.

        Has anybody else noticed this?
        i have 2 hyphanated domains and they're doing wayy better than the other sites on google in my niche..... This is weird!
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      • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
        Originally Posted by AndyMorley View Post

        I have found evidence to say that the "Hyphen" does make a difference.. I did an experiment with Hyphenated Domains in 2010, I registered a huge number of domains for the Garage Doors sector, and found that the domains with the Hyphen in them don't drop into the SERP's as highly as those without.

        As soon as i replace the domain for an un-hyphanated domain they jump up the SERP's.

        The experiment was simply to determine the effects of a Hyphen. And where the domains would appear in the SERP's without OFF SITE SEO being performed.

        These domains were exact matched domains, "Garage Doors Location" was the keyword. As soon as i switched the domains they maintained rankings.

        Its very odd but true.

        Has anybody else noticed this?
        I have a hyphenated domain that has held the number 1 spot in all 3 major search engines for a year without me adding anymore content or building any more backlinks to it. It's not a massively competitive keyword, but it's by no means a soft touch either. I also have a new one that I registered a few weeks ago and have only been adding content to it and building backlinks for a couple of weeks and it is sitting at number 16 in Google. Maybe initially the search engines give a non hyphenated domain more 'respect' but I haven't really noticed it myself.
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    • Profile picture of the author sam770
      Originally Posted by rammonster View Post

      both...doesn't really matter .... google wont read the symbol in between...so you're good seo-wise!
      We own seo-writer dot info and also web-writer dot info, I did not know that SEO wise they are equal to seowriter.info and webwriter.info

      THANKS A LOT
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  • Profile picture of the author Przemek Bloniarz
    Originally Posted by donkey007 View Post

    which domain from both is much search engine friendly ?

    mykeyword.com or my-keyword.com ?

    thanks in advance
    mykeyword.com is better, I never use dashes. If you can find a domain without dash, than it is better for sure.
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    • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
      Originally Posted by rammonster View Post

      both...doesn't really matter .... google wont read the symbol in between...so you're good seo-wise!
      What he said

      Originally Posted by Przemek Bloniarz View Post

      mykeyword.com is better, I never use dashes. If you can find a domain without dash, than it is better for sure.
      What I usually do, is try and get the .com without hyphens and if that isn't available I'll see if .net or .org is available. If not, then I'll try the .com again with a hyphen and so on. There are times when I think a hyphenated domain looks better though, like when 2 of the same letters are together - for example something like freeeclectricityquote.com would look better being free-electricity-quote.com in my opinion. In terms of SEO, I don't believe any of this makes a difference - it's all about a quality site with quality content and quality on and off page SEO
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  • Profile picture of the author rammonster
    I have also heard that the spiders can see how many years the domain is registered for and it kinda helps the SE figure out if the site is going to be around or not and that if your domain is registered for a long time the SE kinda shows it more love. Its just a theory though.
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