What's The Best Way To Phrase This Domain Name...

by Beau
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Hi Warriors...
Just curious how to best phrase a domain name for best SEO...

=> does hyphanating the domain name improve SEO or not?

ie Which is the best way to phrase your domain...

1). www.This-Domain-Name.com

OR

2). PlaceHolder for thisdomainname.com

Any thoughts?

:-) Beaumont
#domain #phrase
  • Profile picture of the author Igor Kheifets
    Hey Beau, Great Question.

    From my experience, when I google information
    every single time, the top ranking websites are
    separating the domain names with the "-" symbol.

    I don't know why, but wordpress does that aswell.
    Therefore a conclusion of my observation would be:
    Separate the domain name words in the title with a "-".

    ~Igor
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    • Profile picture of the author T.I.M.
      Domain name is so very important but it is best to keep only 1 hyphen in name otherwise it looks too spammy for serps.... maybe add another word after domain name?
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      • Profile picture of the author Midas3 Consulting
        Anything more than one hypen looks crappy, whether it effects your ratings with Google is hard to tell. Over the years we have heard from "gurus" who claim to virtually have it first hand that it does hurt to have hypens and others who say it does not.

        What I will say is that if your using adwords, I find a better CTR in the display URL with

        www.french-maids-outfits.com

        than...

        www.frenchmaidsoutfits.com

        The former simply catches the eye better.
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  • Profile picture of the author James Schramko
    You lose type in traffic when you have hyphens.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brawnydt
    How you choose to word it has no effect on your SERPs, it just has an effect on humans who see the link, and who type it in as James said. Whichever looks less spammy to you I would go with. It won't matter to Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Atkins
    @ your example: Having the keyword in the domain name will definitely improve your search engine ranking. I don't think that hyphens will make a difference when it comes to SEO.

    Obviously, the domain name will be much better without hyphens when it comes to type-in traffic.
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