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help with domain name choice

by nicolas simpson
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i want to know what difference a dash(-) makes in a domain name.

for e.g.
my site domain name is,,,,online-career.com, onlinecareer.com was already taken.
i just got a negative comment about the dash(-) in my domain name
which got me thinking a lot

would myonlinecareer.com rank better than online-career.com
#choice #differnce #domain #domain name #good
  • Profile picture of the author dadamson
    Originally Posted by nicolas simpson View Post

    i want to know what difference a dash(-) makes in a domain name.

    for e.g.
    my site domain name is,,,,online-career.com, onlinecareer.com was already taken.
    i just got a negative comment about the dash(-) in my domain name
    which got me thinking a lot

    would myonlinecareer.com rank better than online-career.com
    It depends on your backlinks, there is no 'rule' about which domain will definitely rank better. - A couple of good backlinks on either domain will sway the rankings a lot more than a little dash

    Cheers,
    Dave
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  • Profile picture of the author Bradley J Anderson
    It doesn't make any difference as far as SEO, but most people would argue that potential customers frequently forget to include dashes when typing the url in their browser. Of course, there is no way to actually test whether this is true or not. I mean, how am I supposed to know how many customers I 'missed' because they didn't include the dash, if any?
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    • Profile picture of the author hashif16
      I think it will only be matter if your keyword is searched in full , for example:myonlinecareer.com , your traffic will be less if people search this entire domain in adress bar..unless i think no problems ..it will depend upon your sites onpage seo..
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  • Profile picture of the author Always-A-Warrior
    Don't worry about the dash its all good. Just worry about the template and content. Ranking has nothing to do with the domain name according to Google's expert, Matt Cutts. It all has to do with content, content, content.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnsander1
    Every body likes simple and state forward things so this domain is myonlinecareer.com simple and state and easy to remember
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  • Profile picture of the author EconomicalDomains
    I think that having a dash makes it harder to get the type in traffic, but I do not think it will have much affect on your search engine rankings.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulie888
      Originally Posted by EconomicalDomains View Post

      I think that having a dash makes it harder to get the type in traffic, but I do not think it will have much affect on your search engine rankings.
      It's not really going to make a difference in terms of ranking your site, and there wouldn't really be a huge difference in type-in traffic (if at all), given that people seldom do this anymore, choosing to just do a search in Google instead.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulie888
      Originally Posted by EconomicalDomains View Post

      I think that having a dash makes it harder to get the type in traffic, but I do not think it will have much affect on your search engine rankings.
      It's not really going to make a difference in terms of ranking your site, and there also wouldn't really be a huge variance in type-in traffic (if at all), given that people rarely do this anymore, choosing to just do a search in Google instead.
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