Subdomains v Hyphens

[peaches017]

What is the best for SEO, not what is the best domain

HorseRacing.com
Horse-Racing.com
Horse--Racing.com
Horse.Racing.com

Peter

 

[DropLister]

I think all will be seen as equal in the SEs eye in that case. All contain the same keywords. It comes more to content in this case i would think/links. I dont know how -- is seen though, Id put that last on the list.

 

[WhiteWebServices]

Keywords in domain name isn't such a big deal. What really matters is keywords in inbound anchor text. The only one of the above that might lose out there is the subdomain, as you might end up with links with the anchor text "Racing" rather than "Horse Racing".

 

[DropLister]

Im gonna disagree with that, msn puts alot of weight on domain name. and google is looking less and less at anchor text and more at the quality of link.

 

[WhiteWebServices]

What's the evidence for keywords in domain name being so important?

 

[DropLister]

search any keyword in msn and see how many domains have bold keywords in em.

 

[WhiteWebServices]

Domains with keywords in them are more likely to have those keywords in inbound anchor text; wouldn't that also explain what you're seeing?

 

[Keral_Patel]

Here is one thing that I would like to add.

Product_info = "Productinfo"
Product-info = "Product Info"

Maybe you can get an idea how to make your URL's according to the example shown above.

Based on this I think Horseracing.com and Horse-Racing.com is the best domain name according to SEO.

If you would like Search engines to treat Horse and Racing as two different words then Horse-racing.com is the best choice.

Thanks.

 

[john's TLD Domain]

I would choose the first one. HorseRacing.com Because you have to tell every one about the - between the horse and racing.this is more confusing to the visitor. Hard to tell people, easy to forget. The only reason to choose a domain name like Horse-Racing.com is because all other names were taken. Horse.Racing.com is a subdomain and is very bad for SEO. I might say will take much more effort than any other domain name. The 3rd one is just strait confusing and will only confuse people trying to get to your website.

 

[Keral_Patel]

Hello John yes peaches was just waiting for your opinion. This thread was started in Old 11-25-2006 and you are bumping it right now. Do you think he is still holding on that money and waiting out there thinking which domain name to go with?

Nice idea to get some High PR backlinks for your own domaining site with keywords stuffed up in your signature.

You have been reported and maybe this wouldn't last much longer.

Thanks.