Help me choose a domain name

12 years ago

I'd personally go with no dashes, because it makes it easier to tell people your url when talking face-to-face. Plus, it is easier to remember (for me at least!).

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Sparhawke

12 years ago

Nowadays it doesn't really matter whether you have a hyphen in your domain or not so long as they are not in weird places, lets face it, the tired old excuse of face to face communication is bovine scat when you consider that everyone uses links on Google or Facebook to find sites now...

Seriously, how many people are you realistically going to tell face to face?

Keep hyphens to just ONE or maybe TWO at the absolute outside and you should be fine...and if I did like any of those names I would have no problem with registering them myself, you shouldn't shout out to the world what you are planning to do here before you do it.

By the way, I don't like any of them.

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newtoebookswriting

12 years ago

first one..if you think this is a very sought after set of keywords. register them all to eliminate the competition.

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Michael Shook 12 years ago

If they are all available, I would go with the first one. That looks the nicest. I have some of the offset hyphen domains. They rank just fine, and nobody has ever told me they did not go to my site because the hyphens were strange looking.

But the first is nice, especially if you are going to be building a brand.
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Sparhawke

12 years ago

Originally Posted by newtoebookswriting

first one..if you think this is a very sought after set of keywords. register them all to eliminate the competition.

Unless you are a MAJOR brand or starting one with a huge bankroll this is quite possibly the most idiotic advice you could ever give anyone...even Youtube did not get every permutation of every single typo that anyone would ever make or buy any other domains to "strengthen" their position.

Telling people to buy every domain to protect themselves is a cheap trick of domain registrars; it is based on fear of loss and should be banned.

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newtoebookswriting

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Sparhawke

Unless you are a MAJOR brand or starting one with a huge bankroll this is quite possibly the most idiotic advice you could ever give anyone...even Youtube did not get every permutation of every single typo that anyone would ever make or buy any other domains to "strengthen" their position.

Telling people to buy every domain to protect themselves is a cheap trick of domain registrars; it is based on fear of loss and should be banned.

Just an idea...but i now see how stupid my advice sounds. i was thinking in another context.

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stacyk

12 years ago

got with the first one. always avoid the dashes (-) if you can with exact match domains.

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xento

12 years ago

I vote for the first. I feel hyphens is a bit like not being able to grab .com and having to take .net or .org. It makes it look like you didn't have the first choice i.e. the best one.

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TomiPrivately

12 years ago

The first one if it still available or if not then take the last one...

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MaineCoon 12 years ago

First one =)

the less dashes the better.
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emoneynow

12 years ago

I vote healthyturbodiet.com

I just don't like dashes..

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bross 12 years ago

If you come up with any other name, feel free to write it
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RevenueGal

12 years ago

I've had good success with ranking sites with dashes, but if you ever want to sell your site, you probably won't get as much money with dashes in your domain name.

My vote: healthyturbodiet.com

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howinfo

12 years ago

You probably have decided to go for the first one by now and that is what I would have done myself also. But I do have few domains with several dashes as well and these are doing very good as well. As long as it feels right for you that matters.

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celente

12 years ago

the one with teh dashes.

I have found these work well in the end.

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AliceInk

12 years ago

I'd say #1 for sure. Looks like it's available too. Better buy it before someone swoops it up.

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octavyo 12 years ago

Without any doubt go for the first one. It`s very good and easy to remember
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Kieran D

12 years ago

Originally Posted by bross

I am just making a choice, which domain name to take for my weight loss product..

Which one do you suggest or it doesn`t really matter? I have this options.

healthyturbodiet.com
healthy-turbodiet.com
healthyturbo-diet.com
healthy-turbo-diet.com

I prefer the first or last one. You?

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Hi bross,

Definitely the first one as others have mentioned here.

The dashes are a "no no" in my opinion.

Of course we are not about talking about SEO but rather the long term value of the website. You can never really underestimate what is going to happen down the track with your website.

So on that note, I definitely agree with RevenueGal in regards to selling your website.

So my Vote: healthyturbodiet.com

I wish you Turbo Style Luck with the website.

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RogerAderholdt

12 years ago

First one is my first choice.

Last one second choice.

Don't care much for 2nd and 3rd.

Good luck...

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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by RogerAderholdt

First one is my first choice.

Last one second choice.

Don't care much for 2nd and 3rd.

Good luck...

All of that goes for me, too. I'd take the first one (or the last one).

For SEO purposes, they're all exactly the same. And Google's Matt Cutts says that, too - not just moi.

Is it really going to irritate a lot of people if I mention that these are not "dashes" but "hyphens", and that the two are entirely different punctuation-marks?

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Bradley J Anderson

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Is it really going to irritate a lot of people if I mention that these are not "dashes" but "hyphens", and that the two are entirely different punctuation-marks?

It will definitely irritate me, yes.

This is a domain name, not creative writing, so the common term is 'dash' because it is used as a separator, not a punctuation mark. If the rules of proper writing do apply to domain names for some reason, then it's not a DOT com, it's a PERIOD com. :rolleyes:

Seriously, though, as Alexa pointed out there is no SEO difference with any of them.

I would choose the first one just because it's easier for potential visitors to remember.

If it wasn't available, then I would choose the last one because it is the next easiest to remember.

The two in the middle would be very hard for someone to remember later on if it wasn't written down. Either use the dashes, er... hyphens, throughout, or don't use them at all.

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Cyberkntsean

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Is it really going to irritate a lot of people if I mention that these are not "dashes" but "hyphens", and that the two are entirely different punctuation-marks?

You just had to go and do it huh...

Ok.. I didn't know that fact.. Thanks!

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neojr

12 years ago

I suggest you use the first one.

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Steven Dybka

12 years ago

Originally Posted by bross

I am just making a choice, which domain name to take for my weight loss product..

Which one do you suggest or it doesn`t really matter? I have this options.

healthyturbodiet.com
healthy-turbodiet.com
healthyturbo-diet.com
healthy-turbo-diet.com

I prefer the first or last one. You?

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If the first one is available then take it otherwise go with the last one.

Steve

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GoogleWarrior

12 years ago

Why not use them all??????????

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colll999

12 years ago

Originally Posted by bross

I am just making a choice, which domain name to take for my weight loss product..

Which one do you suggest or it doesn`t really matter? I have this options.

healthyturbodiet.com
healthy-turbodiet.com
healthyturbo-diet.com
healthy-turbo-diet.com

I prefer the first or last one. You?

Many thanks

I'd go with the first 1 if you still can.

As for other domain ideas check out Domain Search
You can enter key words and it comes up with domain name ideas.

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