.com domans targeting a 3 word keyword. Which domain is better? Not sure if google minds two dashes in a domain. Anyone have an opinion about it? Example!!! Really-Funny-Jokes.com VS ReallyFunnyJokesSite.com Which is the better domain to use when targeting the keyword "Really Funny Jokes"???
I.H.O it doesn't matter it just depends on how you build your site, content, backlinks, and things like that.
Yeah I Know content and backlinks are most important. A domain with keywords in it does help out a bit. Just wondering about the 2 dashes and what domain is the better choice? And why?
The first one with dashes seems to be the better one. It looks clean and formal. Anyway, dashes serves as spaces in the eyes of search engines. But of course don't just depend your seo campaign on your domain name.
I would suggest go for the one without dashes. They are like any other character for search engine. So reallyxfunnyxjokes.com and really-funny-jokes.com will be the same for search engine. Go for the one without dashes, it will make your job easy for optimization.
Totally agree. From what I understand, put dashes in and you may as well not even have that exact match domain name. Exact match domain names make it a LOT easier to rank for that exact phrase, so it's worth getting it right here if you want to rank for that term.
Domains with dashes are a nightmare for branding purposes because most won't remember to put dashes in when they type the domain in. Some sites have been successful with it though, like i-am-bored.com (just look at their traffic...wow)
If you're trying to build a brand that you want people to remember, avoid hyphens and shorter is better... I recently posted about using hyphens in URLs which touches on considerations when selecting domain names, folder names, and page names. Perhaps it will help.
I suggest going with a domain w/o dashes. Why? Google said they can identify and split the words up. The algorithms have improved so much they can identify things that many standard users can not comprehend. True, branding a name with dashes is not fun. When you deal with sub directories, then yes, use dashes. Plus, if someone visits your site, they're not going to type in a dash or remember to.
Google don't mind dashes. Today you can find available domains with dashes, that are not available without. Since most valuable 2 words domains already taken, you can still find plenty of them separated with dashes. I think to remember it also easier with dashes. It is easier to read 3 separate words, then 1 long combination of 3 words. Not everybody can easily recognize 4 words in your example. In addition if you will advertise your website, lets say creating sticker on your car, it will be easier to read and remember 3 words domain with dashes then reallyfunnyjokessite.com And if your visitors will like your website, they will most likely bookmark it, than remember. I would go with 3 word dashes, than 4 words without.
it doesn't matter all depends on the SEO and backlinks. But it its a three word prefer to use hyphen its make your visitor easy remember your url.
We know Google doesn't "mind" dashes... It's not for Google. This is a usability, branding issues. The most important URL on your site (and most likely) that you want users to remember is that of your home page. To make it easy to remember you want it short, easy to remember, and easy to type. Using hyphens in the URL make it longer, harder to remember, and harder to type. If it's easier for you to remember with hyphens, you are the exception. So hyphens are a bad idea IMO for domain names... and 3,4,and 5 keyword domain names are terrible if you want to brand your site. but I HIGHLY recommend using hyphens as word separators in folder and page names.
I would got with the domain that has the hypens in them rather than getting a domain with other words added into it.
But domains with dashes also are better for SEO because the search engine can pick out keywords easily