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Hyphenated Domains Significantly Worse?

by JakeDaly
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Hey there. If my main target keyword was something like french language programs but frenchlanguageprograms.com was already taken but french-language-programs.com was available, would it still be an added benefit to register and use that domain although technically it has hyphens in it?

Thanks,

Jake
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  • Profile picture of the author LookItsMeTerryG
    SEO wise? Sure. Brand building wise? Probably not.

    I've found that as long as you have the keywords somewhere in your url (can be a page name, etc) you'll get whatever benefits that can be had from this.
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  • Profile picture of the author Writingman1421
    From what I have read & heard.... it's better to use non-Hyphenated Domains if you're going for a "brand" or are expecting a lot of type-in traffic.

    If you're visitors are going to be entirely web-based, meaning they'll be CLICKING to your website or copying and pasting the URL, Hyphenated Domains are probably better. They're easier to read and from what I understand they are better liked by the search engines (this is only what I've heard)
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    • Profile picture of the author LookItsMeTerryG
      Originally Posted by Writingman1421 View Post

      From what I have read & heard.... it's better to use non-Hyphenated Domains if you're going for a "brand" or are expecting a lot of type-in traffic.

      If you're visitors are going to be entirely web-based, meaning they'll be CLICKING to your website or copying and pasting the URL, Hyphenated Domains are probably better. They're easier to read and from what I understand they are better liked by the search engines (this is only what I've heard)
      Ding, ding (though not about the better liked part).
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  • Profile picture of the author stonerpreneur
    Basically ditto. Branding: If you do a good enough job branding anyway, it won't matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author ggoddi
    It is always strongly suggested that use non-Hyphenated Domains
    to put it simply, or form the users' point of view
    they most of the time , people didn't type in Hyphen at all when they search
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    nah - not much of a different in reality.
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    • Profile picture of the author bannor32
      Definitely avoid hyphenated domains if you want your URL to spread by word of mouth. That domain is a mouthful when spoken aloud, and will be difficult for anyone to remember. However, if you just want to show up in the search results, and aren't looking for repeat visits then a hyphenated domain name is just fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author AndyBlackSEO
    You get more weight with the words in the domain rather than 'just' the url.

    Hyphenated is fine. Depending on how well the words gel together I tend to use hyphentated domains anyway as the read better. It really depends how they flow.
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