1 word type-ins vs 2 word type-ins

[olderguy]

I have a 3 word .com which is the most searched for, highest cpc bid term in a certain kind of insurance and it's a double adjective followed by the noun insurance. It gets very very few type ins.

Generally i shy away from 3 word names.

For this discussion I'm asking how does your 1 word names compare with your 2 word names.

I know the standard answer is "it depends" and that results will vary ... depending.

But even so, i may be able to glean some knowledge from replies. Please share

 

[Name Trader]

It depends on the domains and their backlinks. There, did that help any?

 

[rngrdanny22]

This probably won't help, but my most traffic'd domain is actually a two-word, hyphenated domain.


So, I hate to say it, but it really depends on the name.

 

[olderguy]

Both good contributions - thanks alot for these and thanks in advance for the others. I hadn't thought about hyphenated names. I'm guessing that's activity from bookmarks, but it's all good

 

[momentum]

I believe you are asking only about type-in traffic, then I would say that 1 word dotcom domains get much more traffic than 2-words. Just human nature to type-in the shorter term. But of course 2-word domains can do quite well also depending on the popularity of the phrase.

As far as SEO factor, it depends on your keyword phrase you are trying to rank for. Although some will debate this, exact match domains are definitely given a boost in rankings for the particular keyword phrase. I have seen many exact match domains with very few links beat out high PR domains for the particular search phrase. Even after all of the latest google updates.