.mobi Are Hyphens a No-No?

[audbot]

I was wondering if it was okay or not okay to use a hyphen in a .mobi. All opinions would be appreciated

 

[newdomainer.mobi]

I don't think they're good for branding, promotional work, advertising or anywhere that the domain itself matters as far as type in traffic is concerned (as in people actually typing in your url (incl hyphen)

They are good for seo because the hyphen (at present) is ignored so if you can't reg a decent name in any other extension - but you can with a-hyphen in it, the search engines treat them the same as the premium name without a hyphen..

So if the traffic is sourced via links - use a hyphen because the domain name itself isn't that important.
If the traffic is via google / searches in general (via use of keywords) etc.. use a hyphen because (at present) the hyphen doesn't work against you.

So the answer is yes & no... it depends on a) whether search engine treatment of hyphens will change (personally I can't see why there is any justification for a change)
& b) what the domain is for... direct advertising (off-line) I wouldn't advise it. But links & seo; yes, you can get some good names using a hyphen that you wouldn't get without.

Do I have any hyphenated domain names myself?
A: Less than 1/10th of 1% of my portfolio or in otherwords less than 1 in a 1,000 so you can see I'm not a big fan of them

 

[Red Rock]

I own alot of hyphened domains.
Probably 1/10th of my portfolio.
They work well with Parking.
As I research domain sales, and values,
I have seen many sales reports with some great numbers
on hyphened domains.
So, I like them.
Good Luck,
Red Rock!

 

[newdomainer.mobi]

I own alot of hyphened domains.
Probably 1/10th of my portfolio.
They work well with Parking.
As I research domain sales, and values,
I have seen many sales reports with some great numbers
on hyphened domains.
So, I like them.
Good Luck,
Red Rock!

Nice one RR, I suppose that goes along with my reckoning re; search traffic i.e. Parking etc.. It's an area that I'm not into myself - I'm a pure domain play investor than looking for a good parking portfolio; it's nice to hear from someone who knows his niche as well as you do..

 

[Red Rock]

Nice one RR, I suppose that goes along with my reckoning re; search traffic i.e. Parking etc.. It's an area that I'm not into myself - I'm a pure domain play investor than looking for a good parking portfolio; it's nice to hear from someone who knows his niche as well as you do..

No, I dont really know my niche, yet! lol
It seems to change daily!
But as I reg. and research...I was amazed
at some of the prices I've seen for the sales of hyphened domains.
I really ONLY wanted to resell.
Then thought what the hell, Parking is free.
I see that the visits and clicks, are very gracious,
even for the hyphened domains.
So, I actually look for those sometimes,
in some killer keyword 2-worders...sometimes 3.
Just my 2 cents!

 

[Traveler]

I was wondering if it was okay or not okay to use a hyphen in a .mobi. All opinions would be appreciated

There is no rule that says you can't :hehe:

I would always go for the non hyphen if you have that option, maybe even more so with .mobi because I think it is a pain to type in a hyphen on many cell phones.

 

[MCDomains]

You don't want hyphen's on your mobi unless you've got some serious keywords in your name & development ideas.

 

[NTW WEB]

They work well with Parking. I have seen many sales reports with some great numbers on hyphened domains. So, I like them.

Ha Red Rock,
We like domains with hyphens a lot because all of them we own are generic names that begin with a 1- (like a phone number)
1-pizza.com
1-pizza.mobi
1-74992.com and 1-74992.mobi (74992 spells pizza on a phone keypad)

We're just getting started so check out Numbers That Work and 1-Dash Domains and let us know what you think.