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Old Nov 28th 2007, 3:13 am
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Double Hyphens in Domain Names penalized?
I read somewhere that double hyphens in domain name will get you penalized somehow.

example-domain-name.com

Fact or Fiction?
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Old Nov 28th 2007, 3:14 am
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It is not e.g. Build-Reciprocal-Links.com
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Old Nov 28th 2007, 3:53 am
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This's not could be reason.
you are too sensitive
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Old Nov 28th 2007, 6:11 am
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Absolute fiction.
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Old Nov 28th 2007, 6:38 am
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Not true

I am interested in knowing the source..
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Old Nov 28th 2007, 7:07 am
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Definitely not true!

I would like to know your source too.
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Old Nov 28th 2007, 7:19 am
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I have two double hyphens sites, one is working very nice and other one with few months old even not indexed by google. So, I have both experience.
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Old Nov 28th 2007, 7:21 am
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even google wouldn't be that unfair
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Old Nov 28th 2007, 8:45 am
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Ah, thanks guys. It was just some forum with this guy talking about his double hyphens domains.
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Old Nov 28th 2007, 9:45 am
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i got some double hyphens, and they dont penalize u, (thank God)
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Old Nov 28th 2007, 11:25 am
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No, double hyphens aren't penalized by Google.

I do know of one directory which won't add double-hyphen domain names, (for reasons they don't explain) but that's the only time I've ever come across any bias against it.

The only thing is that domain names with more than 2 hyphens can sometimes seem spammy...but it just depends.

I believe Google (like the other major search engines) places very little importance on the domain name itself. On-page optimization and links are most important.


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Old Dec 2nd 2007, 9:07 am
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I think that it's hit or miss - I was sandboxed with my double hyphen domain name.
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Old Dec 2nd 2007, 10:31 am
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No..... I have tested that.... search for make money online u can see a double dashed domain......
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I think that www. too-many-keywords-separated-by-hyphens-in-a-domain-name-looks-spammy-so-probably-is-spam .com

So I guess the search engines think the same.

Sure, get a keywords domain - but make it easy for your visitor to remember. All the best sites are generally alloneword.com
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Relax yourself... you can have a hundred Hyphens in the domain name. Its not going to be a big thing. For that matter, hyphens are more preferred than underscores for naming domains or file names even by google. so concentrate on something else...
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No way they give penatly for this
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Old Dec 2nd 2007, 8:31 pm
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how about names like www.example--example.com

are those allowed
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