discuss Why Merriam-Webster.com insist to use hyphen ?

[MustaAras]

Hi community,

I was randomly jumping on some websites and realize that Merriam-Webster.com still use hyphens. It seems they acquired MerriamWebster.com yet they prefer to stay on Merriam-Webster.com

What is your conclusion for this ? If you start your business with a domain name with hyphen, are you going to upgrade it with no hyphen when it become very popular, or live it as it is ?

Look forward for your comments.

Best,
Olcayto

 

[Samer]

I dont know;

But they do explain when to use Hyphens;

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/hyphen-rules-open-closed-compound-words

 

[xcloud123]

maybe the ceo like it
i have my only one Hyphen domain: Downing-street.com,
if i can buy white-house.com or wall-street.com in cheap price ,i will do

 

[CraigD]

Because that is the company name: Merriam-Webster, Inc

Same reason Coca-Cola still use the hyphenated domain name.

 

[MustaAras]

Because that is the company name: Merriam-Webster, Inc

Same reason Coca-Cola still use the hyphenated domain name.

That's a good example, thank you for sharing !

I dont know;

But they do explain when to use Hyphens;

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/hyphen-rules-open-closed-compound-words

Thank you for sharing !

 

[Josytal]

I never noticed. Thanks for your observations.

 

[Jeffrey]

For brand reasons. If they use MerriamWebster, it would probably confuse some people and it's also unbecoming for a education-related website if they don't follow language or grammar rules.

 

[Future Sensors]

For brand reasons. If they use MerriamWebster, it would probably confuse some people and it's also unbecoming for a education-related website if they don't follow language or grammar rules.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

 

[Bravo Mod Team]

The hyphen is part of their company name: Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Merriam-Webster.com is therefore their exact-match domain name (EMD).

They also forward MerriamWebster.com to it.

 

[Stankodomains]

Easier to signify two people ( last names ). No dash could mean one person ( first+last name )