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Hyphenated Domain V Suffix - Latest Situation

by NikNak
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Hi guys,

I was just wondering what the latest situation was with hyphenated EMD’s v suffix’s, i.e. keyword-keyword-keyword.com or keywordkeywordkeywordhq.com

Which is ranking best for you at present? I know this has probably been asked many times before but with things continuously changing I was just wondering what the latest situation is at present, I am mainly asking because I have heard hyphenated exact match domains have lost their ranking power, I was wondering has anybody else experienced this?

Many thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author heasy
    in my experience, hyphenated EMD's are fine and you should be able to rank well with them. I don't know what the situation is with suffixes as I don't use these.
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    • Profile picture of the author busygal21
      I have a hyphenated domain, it's for an offline business, but the competition was still 3.3M competing pages. I rank in 3-4 spots on the first page of google. So I don't see an issue.

      Regards,

      Valerie
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      • Profile picture of the author packerfan
        Domain name is way over rated in my opinion. I easily outrank EMDs pretty easily on a regular basis. I have one pretty tough keyword that I currently rank #4 for. The keyword.net is on page 1, the keyword.com and .org on page 2.

        It really all comes down to links. I wouldn't lose any sleep over the domain name.
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        • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
          Originally Posted by packerfan View Post

          Domain name is way over rated in my opinion. I easily outrank EMDs pretty easily on a regular basis. I have one pretty tough keyword that I currently rank #4 for. The keyword.net is on page 1, the keyword.com and .org on page 2.

          It really all comes down to links. I wouldn't lose any sleep over the domain name.
          You're right. They're a little over rated. But an EMD will definitely give you a boost in the beginning.
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  • Profile picture of the author dadamson
    These days, it is more of a case-by-case situation as Google is measuring their searcher click-through rate a lot more heavily.

    This would mean that a spammier looking domain name may detract people clicking on your site. Whereas a shorter non-keyword packed domain name would look more credible to more people.

    Times are changing when it comes to domain name optimization. What worked last year does not work that well anymore.
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