Domains with hyphens?

[hjordis]

Recently I picked up a (.com) domain name with few hyphens, it's not a good keyword, but the .info, .net, .org, .de, .eu are all taken. I was surprised to see that .info was taken by a big company, I mean, big famous company!!

Do domains with hyphens become popular now? The company can buy whatever domains they want, as they can surely afford it, but why would they take a .info with hyphens? :?

 

[owntype]

yes, at leaste domain with hyphens still work for SEO.

 

[domainer50]

I think that slowly but surely hyphens are becoming a more accepted domain feature. If all else faisl reg it, but if you cant do it without them.

 

[Ronald Regging]

alot of big companies register throw away domains. I dont know the exact instance, because you didn't list it. But they'll register a domain, develop it for a specific ad campaign, and then once its done, either let it drop or just redirect it to their main site.

 

[domainer50]

I was watching TV today, and saw an advertisemtn for something like Hairy-Back.com it was being used as a truth ad. Just a prime example of how companies are warming up to the hyphens.

 

[drinklord]

Good for SEO, etc.

Hyphens are good for SEO because search engines use the hyphen as a word delimiter. They know that hairy-back has two words, whereas they don't always understand that hairyback contains two words.

 

[domainer50]

Hyphens are good for SEO because search engines use the hyphen as a word delimiter. They know that hairy-back has two words, whereas they don't always understand that hairyback contains two words.

Right. And i think now a days as well, the general society is becoming more adapt to using them. I defintely think that the prices of these names will grow in good time.

 

[drinklord]

Right. And i think now a days as well, the general society is becoming more adapt to using them. I defintely think that the prices of these names will grow in good time.

True. They're memorable, too. In many cases as an end-user, I find that "two-words" makes more sense and is more memorable than "twowords" in domain name.

 

[domainer50]

True. They're memorable, too. In many cases as an end-user, I find that "two-words" makes more sense and is more memorable than "twowords" in domain name.

Most defintley. The only thing i am worried about is if i tell a person my site is xyz. But the url is x-yz even if i saw that it is a hyphen. They are bound to forget. Therefore the names are great in search engines, but not so much for word of mouth.

 

[drinklord]

I agree that L-LL is confusing, but word-word makes sense, as does L-L.