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Google Keywords

by whoserman
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Trying to put together my first IM campaign.

Does Google care if you use hyphens in your keywords or not?

Example, is...

"Quick-Start" the same as...
"Quick Start" ?

Would it matter if I submitted either version to an article directory?
#google #keywords
  • Profile picture of the author eric w
    The key is your on page and off page seo. If that's very good then the - in your domain is secondary.

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  • Profile picture of the author KenB
    Are you talking about your domain or keywords in general? Anyways, I don't think it matters. Just have proper 2.5 - 5% keyword density and proper onsite SEO and you'll be fine.

    Make sure your articles are 500 words +, the more the better.

    Good luck
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  • Profile picture of the author DustonMcGroarty
    If it's the keyword you're targeting, I would match it exactly how Google shows it in their keyword tool (how others are searching for it)
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  • Profile picture of the author asankae06
    i dont think so
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Munch
    No it is not very important. It might upset ezinearticles editors if you do it for every word - but for 'Quick-Start...' it does not really matter in terms of EZ editors or Google traffic.
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    • Profile picture of the author juddw
      Re: Google Keywords
      Are you talking about your domain or keywords in general? Anyways, I don't think it matters. Just have proper 2.5 - 5% keyword density and proper onsite SEO and you'll be fine.
      I think Google definitely prioritises domains without hyphens, in my experience... And an important issue is raised here: keyword density... Is 2.5-5 percent really correct? Personally I've had as good results with 1.5-2.5 percent, plus the articles look less spammy to human visitors so they're more likely to act on them. No?
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  • Profile picture of the author Ian Varnava
    Originally Posted by whoserman View Post

    Trying to put together my first IM campaign.

    Does Google care if you use hyphens in your keywords or not?

    Example, is...

    "Quick-Start" the same as...
    "Quick Start" ?

    Would it matter if I submitted either version to an article directory?
    Google reads hyphens as a space, so quick-start is the same as quick start, however not the same as quickstart.

    If you're talking about domain names, I personally stay away from hyphens, just because I think they're ugly. So I would rather have quickstart.com than quick-start.com.

    As far as article directories, I'm not sure what you mean. It depends how the word is supposed to be written? I'm-not-going-to-just-write-like-this when I can write like this?
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  • Profile picture of the author DFM
    Originally Posted by whoserman View Post

    Trying to put together my first IM campaign.

    Does Google care if you use hyphens in your keywords or not?

    Example, is...

    "Quick-Start" the same as...
    "Quick Start" ?

    Would it matter if I submitted either version to an article directory?
    yea hyphen is ignored by google it will see
    "Quick-Start"
    "Quick Start"
    as same ...
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    • Profile picture of the author muchacho
      Ranking 1st for my-keyword-here.ext will be harder, with all other things being equal than mykeywordhere.ext if you're trying to rank for 'my keyword here'

      This is basic knowledge though which I assumed most on here would know.
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