Hyphen in domain names

[john_karr]

Hello when is it OK to use a hyphen in a domain names? I think its ok to use them as long as its always a dot com. Only if its a long domain name and the name have to make sense straight to the point, and depend on what the name is. Oh ONLY ONE OR TWO HYPHEN. What you guys think?

 

[onewordonly]

A hyphen can be used when a website is created where branding is not so important but more emphasis is on keywords and seo traffic. When you have a name with a hyphen in then it's not very easy to give your web address to someone you are talking to off line so keep that in mind.

 

[buckshotdots]

I believe a hyphen can be very brandable and marketable. Very easy to remember when someone "reads" it. eg- 1-2-3.com p-a-y.com. Stick with .com's for the most part and you can't go wrong.

good lkuck, Gary.

 

[john_karr]

A hyphen can be used when a website is created where branding is not so important but more emphasis is on keywords and seo traffic. When you have a name with a hyphen in then it's not very easy to give your web address to someone you are talking to off line so keep that in mind.

In other words you will have a higher ranking in a seach engine like google or yahoo with a hyphen domain name?

 

[xman]

I actually don't like hyphenated domain but having a few good ones won't hurt as long as it made sense or natural. For instance New-York, Stock-Market, Tax-Cut

 

[domainer50]

If that is all you can get your hands on then buy it. However I would much rather use the real word.com

 

[john_karr]

I believe a hyphen can be very brandable and marketable. Very easy to remember when someone "reads" it. eg- 1-2-3.com p-a-y.com. Stick with .com's for the most part and you can't go wrong.

good lkuck, Gary.

Yes I think a hyphen domain name can be a brandable name too as long as the word get straight to the point example California-real-estate.com and you reg dot com's.

If that is all you can get your hands on then buy it. However I would much rather use the real word.com

hey with so many good domain name gone why not buy a good hyphen domain name. That the way I see it.

 

[domainer50]

John-I understand totally what you are saying. However people are skeptical when you try and sell a n-a-m-e.com to them. However for develop its fine. But still if you can get the name you want in the regular .com format, I would go for that.

 

[buckshotdots]

I forgot to mention its a good option if money is a concern when purchasing a domain. A brandable hyphen can be a pretty good "bang for your buck" if your funds are limited. But in the end word.com is way better then w-o-r-d.com.

g-

 

[domainer50]

I forgot to mention its a good option if money is a concern when purchasing a domain. A brandable hyphen can be a pretty good "bang for your buck" if your funds are limited. But in the end word.com is way better then w-o-r-d.com.

g-

Absolutely. However word.com is far more of a bang for the buck than w-o-r-d.com is.

 

[john_karr]

John-I understand totally what you are saying. However people are skeptical when you try and sell a n-a-m-e.com to them. However for develop its fine. But still if you can get the name you want in the regular .com format, I would go for that.

Like I said depend on what the name is, dont give up a hyphen domain name as long as its a dot com. You will be surprise to see some big time company with a hyphen domain name I saw a few of them, but again the domain name was straight to the point plus the regular domainname.com was gone so why not register domain-name.com.

 

[buckshotdots]

Absolutely. However word.com is far more of a bang for the buck than w-o-r-d.com is.

exactly

g-

 

[xman]

Have you already regged the name? If so why don't you show us.

 

[DnEbook]

i think some room for a hyphen ,

i have
3d-tv.tv
3d-tvs.tv
p-e-t.info
j-o-b.info
r-o-b-o.com

just a few ......... you never know ?

one day the .coms will be unreachable for most

 

[wot]

http://www.namepros.com/domain-name...rted-hyphen-domain-sale.html?highlight=hyphen

 

[Kate]

If you look at reported sales few names have hyphens or those that get sold are under $2K (threhold for reporting). So I think hyphens hurt sales... not to mention possible traffic leak to non-hyphened site (radio test).
Maybe hyphens are good when you have a SEO-only strategy in mind.

 

[john_karr]

If you look at reported sales few names have hyphens or those that get sold are under $2K (threhold for reporting). So I think hyphens hurt sales... not to mention possible traffic leak to non-hyphened site (radio test).
Maybe hyphens are good when you have a SEO-only strategy in mind.

What is SEO?

 

[domainer50]

What is SEO?

Search Engine Optimization

 

[john_karr]

Search Engine Optimization

OK thanks

 

[domainer50]

OK thanks

Thats what im here for :hi: