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truckin wrote:whats better example: coolguycasino.com v.s cool-guy-casino.com
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Depends on what you are trying to do. Either way, I think you want both.
Oneguy2nv wrote:Depends on what you are trying to do. Either way, I think you want both.some ppl say that with the – its harder to remember just wanted some input on what you guys think…
truckin wrote:some ppl say that with the – its harder to remember just wanted some input on what you guys think…You can use the dashes for SEO. You want the non-dashed so you don’t leak traffic to someone else after you have a successful site.
Don’t run them at the same time. Permanently redirect one to the other.
Depends on if you’re a branding or search engine guy, as well.
coolguycasino.com
definitely
coolguycasino.com ……….dashes might give you advantage in terms of SEO but dashes confuse people
there’s no advantage with dashes regarding seo as far as I know
Search Engine bots reads a dash in the domain name as a space. Therefore, if your primary keyword is more than one word, you will probably get better rankings if you use the dash to seperate your keywords in your domain name.
I have tried both methods and there is definitely an improvement in rankings using dashes.
I agree to get both domain names and set up a permanent redirect. Set up your site on the domain name with dashes, but market the other one.
Just my 2c worth…
From what I’ve read on SEO forums, the dash makes no difference as far as how the search engine reads the words within your domain. There is some talk that too many dashes in a domain name might be a future penalty by Google since it looks so much like spam. If you read Matt Cutt’s blog, he slams those dashed domains all the time. But currently there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with using them, and 2 dashes might be fine forever anyway.
With a domain like coolguycasino.com, you wouldn’t optimize for the keyword “cool guy casino” or “cool casino” anyway, so the purpose of your domain should be memorability, and people aren’t as familiar with domains that have dashes in them, most people are conditioned to enter the full name with no spaces, then a .com.
