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Domain name advice, Should i add a word on the end or a hyphen in the middle

by jimkirk1943
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Hi guys,

just a quick post can i ask what you guys would do..

www.blue-widgets
www.bluewidgetsonline

Thanks guys..

Jim
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  • Profile picture of the author Scootek
    I generally prefer short and simple domains without hyphens, unless it's a phrase or something. Between the choises you gave, I would go with the one with the hyphen, it's a word domain. Easier to remember.

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  • Profile picture of the author TristanPerry
    I'd avoid hyphens wherever possible. (From a user - not SEO - perspective)
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  • Profile picture of the author jimkirk1943
    Ok thanks for the advice could i just ask i`m just going to build a simple wp blog with a amazon plugin for content, I do put love in all my sites i try to create something worth while everytime i build a site i hate junk but on the same note i will not be spending weeks on this site just good original content, amazon links and off to build a new one so for sheer SEO which domian the hyphen or the word on the end ??

    Cheers Jim
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  • Profile picture of the author seoforu
    If you think from seo perspective then blue-widgets is better because Google would consider it as two word "blue" and "widgets".
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    • Profile picture of the author Craig McPherson
      I was brickwalling my sites on the weekend to find out what criteria my most successful sites did and what the under performing sites did not and after 2 hours of anaylising facts and figures it hit me right between the eyes.


      My top 5 sites ($10+ per day) had 1 thing in common.

      They are all exact match domains.

      Of course you can still make great money with any domain name given the right treatment but this fact stood out like dog's #alls.

      I guess the point of the post is the fact that if I find a keyword that has great potential but no exact domain available, I ditch it and move on to the next one. There are more than enough to go around.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alchemium
        Originally Posted by Craig McPherson View Post

        I was brickwalling my sites on the weekend to find out what criteria my most successful sites did and what the under performing sites did not and after 2 hours of anaylising facts and figures it hit me right between the eyes.


        My top 5 sites ($10+ per day) had 1 thing in common.

        They are all exact match domains.

        Of course you can still make great money with any domain name given the right treatment but this fact stood out like dog's #alls.

        I guess the point of the post is the fact that if I find a keyword that has great potential but no exact domain available, I ditch it and move on to the next one. There are more than enough to go around.
        When you say exact match, do you mean hyphen or not?
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  • Profile picture of the author dellingter
    when ever you thinking about to purchase domain..your domain name must be a keyword and try to avoid hyphen
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  • Profile picture of the author bareket57
    Originally Posted by jimkirk1943 View Post

    Hi guys,

    just a quick post can i ask what you guys would do..

    www.blue-widgets
    www.bluewidgetsonline

    Thanks guys..

    Jim
    I definitely prefer www.blue-widgets. www.bluewidgetsonline is far too long and confusing for the eye. I have also chosen hyphened URLs: charly-bird.com and crystal-stars.com and from and SEO perspective it's not been a problem.

    Good Luck
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