Dashes In Web Domains

[somarco]

Dan.com

 

[Title Insurance Tampa]

Keyword is most important part of seo, so first try domain name without dash if not avail than no problem to go with Dash. it will make lot effect.

 

[SoundsGood]

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Tough debate.

Which is better, an 800 number or an 866 number?

800 number.

Which is better, a domain with hyphens or a domain that is misspelled?

Depends.

 

[Mark]

Which is better, an 800 number or an 866 number?

1-800 is better

 

[briko3]

hypens are better than misspellings in my opinion. If I noticed the misspelling, I would think that the person was trying to mislead me in to thinking they were something they weren't and I would lose trust in them and find the original intended website.

 

[CHUMPS FROM OXFORD]

The odd thing is...when I started this thread, I really wanted a domain, but someone else purchased it last year. So I was going to use a dash with the same key words.

Oddly, I just found out that I own the domain! I guess I forgot that I had purchased it, so I won't be using dashes after all. Or is that after-all?

 

[briko3]

Haha...that's the funniest thing I've heard. Good luck developing your webpage

 

[Newby]

I hear that www.ObamaHealthPlan.com is available pretty cheap.

 

[somarco]

OpenDNS

is available as well . . .

Better grab it now. Sometimes things increase in price after they are dead.

 

[Charpress]

The contrary argument to hyphened domain names is that a SEO can parse the name in the right circumstances. I have domains that are hyphened and not and have tracked how each do. Here is the point:

If you had both ohioinsurance.com and ohio-insurance.com as domanin names, which do you suppose most SEOs would be able to spot as two relevant terms --Ohio and Insurance?

Ideally, if you owned both domains, you might want the hyphenated name as your main domain and the other redirected to the main domain for those folks who forget to type in the hyphen.

Anyway, the key words and placement within your site are much more important than whether your domain name is searchable.