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Old 07-09-2009, 12:24 PM THREAD STARTER               #1 (permalink)
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Can domain names end in or begin with a hyphen?


I figure tehre is no way dsldkasdasdkqwqiewdqokwok-.com and -dsaodaqkowqkodkowkqooqwl.com are taken, but I just want to make sure.

Can domain names end in or begin with a hyphen?
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Use only letters (a-z), numbers(0-9), or hyphen (-); Cannot begin or end with a hyphen
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No a domain name can not start or end with a hyphen.

The trickiest ones I have seen are

www-domainname.com
www-domainname-com.com
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No a domain name can not start or end with a hyphen.

The trickiest ones I have seen are

www-domainname.com
www-domainname-com.com
Depends what your definition of "trickiest", I would say the trickiest one to remember would be: http://www.thelongestlistofthelonges...atlonglast.com
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Tricky ='s Search Engine rankings using www-domainname.com for the domain. I have seen a couple used in Google ads as well to better match the keywords for the ad.
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Originally Posted by nudu View Post
I figure tehre is no way dsldkasdasdkqwqiewdqokwok-.com and -dsaodaqkowqkodkowkqooqwl.com are taken, but I just want to make sure.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/595415-can-domain-names-end-begin-hyphen.html

Can domain names end in or begin with a hyphen?
I'm not sure if you really want such a long and convoluted domain name, hyphen considerations aside. Google prefers concise and to the point domain names, as far as I know.
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