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hi Warriors,
I have 2 confusions regarding domain name. Please help!

1) If I have to target US visitor for my new domain then should I buy a domain name with extension (.us).???????
2) If I purchase a domain name on any festival like merry christmas or happy holi(Indian festival) then can I buy that domain name with some special character like happy-holi(dot)com or merry-christmas(dot)com. ????? Does purchasing this type of domain containing (-) will affect any seo??
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  • Profile picture of the author LloydMS
    Don't use a .us domain. Use a .com, .net, .org. Just from a marketing perspective, .us domains just aren't used that much.

    You can put hyphens (-) in a domain name and Google supposedly treats them as spaces. So it wouldn't affect SEO versus a domain that did not have hyphens.
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    • Profile picture of the author ravi2011
      Originally Posted by LloydMS View Post

      Don't use a .us domain. Use a .com, .net, .org. Just from a marketing perspective, .us domains just aren't used that much.

      You can put hyphens (-) in a domain name and Google supposedly treats them as spaces. So it wouldn't affect SEO versus a domain that did not have hyphens.
      thank you so much.
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  • Profile picture of the author Punit12
    Originally Posted by ravi2011 View Post

    hi Warriors,
    I have 2 confusions regarding domain name. Please help!

    1) If I have to target US visitor for my new domain then should I buy a domain name with extension (.us).???????
    2) If I purchase a domain name on any festival like merry christmas or happy holi(Indian festival) then can I buy that domain name with some special character like happy-holi(dot)com or merry-christmas(dot)com. ????? Does purchasing this type of domain containing (-) will affect any seo??
    Dear Ravi,

    Here are answers to your questions:

    1) If I have to target US visitor for my new domain then should I buy a domain name with extension (.us).???????
    -->You can buy .com & through Google webmasters set Geographic target as United states (by default).

    2) If I purchase a domain name on any festival like merry christmas or happy holi(Indian festival) then can I buy that domain name with some special character like happy-holi(dot)com or merry-christmas(dot)com. ????? Does purchasing this type of domain containing (-) will affect any seo??
    --> (-) sign is an space indicator for Google. This wont make much of difference in seo.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joni D
    Remember to choose domains that people are actually searching for. Check the "Google KW tool" to see what holiday phrases are being searched, you don't want a 0 searched phrase for a domain. (there is less emphasis on exact match domains but they still count some)
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