Two dashes in domain is bad from SE perspective?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by mrkool, Oct 7, 2010.

  1. #1
    Very soon, I will change one of website's domain. but the problem is domain is not available for my selective keywords. I am compelled to use dashes in my keyword.

    Just like to ask two questions.
    1) Is two dashes bad for SE specially Google and Bing?

    2) If I unable to find .com domain with my keywords in url, my second choice would be go for .info or .net. Should i go for .info?
    please remember, almost all my traffic will be come from Search Engines.
     
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  2. RightMan

    RightMan Notable Member

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    Dashes poses inconvenience to people while remembering/entering the site url otherwise there is no significant disadvantage of using it from SE perspective.

    Regards,

    RightMan
     
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  3. mrkool

    mrkool Active Member

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    and what about .info domain. should i go for keyword1-keyword2-keyword3.info or keyword1keyword2keyword3.net
     
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  4. nich0las

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    I see far fewer dashes-domains in the serps these days, although there are some exceptions. I usually find my nondashed domains do better in serps than ones with-dashes
     
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  5. mrkool

    mrkool Active Member

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    I want to go for non dashes domain but they are not available, tried shuffling many related keywords but...

    Please correct me, If my understanding is wrong:

    1) Non Dashes domain works well in SE (Off-course, you need to have unique contents).
    2) SE may considered your abc-def-eft.com domain spammy site
    3) Too many keywords in your domain is bad and may hurt your SERP (like keyword1keyword2keyword3.com)
    4) .info, .com, .net and whatever are all same in they eyes of Google/Bing/Yahoo.


     
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  6. Cheat

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    Why don't you get a single word with another extension and forget all the keyword-keyword-keyword and keywordkeywordkeyword mess ?
     
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    someting overall descriptive in the domain name I find is better long term than keywords, but I prefer large amounts of content. Something short and descriptive wil see more direct traffic, especially if its easy to remember.
     
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  8. mrkool

    mrkool Active Member

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    @cheat - I believe if your domain has related keywords, it will help your SERP.
    Please correct me If I am wrong
     
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  9. Cheat

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    What's the point of buying ugly domain names with keywords stick together when you can get a single word and create infinite amount of subdomains with it for the sake of SERP ?

    Exemple:

    keyword.keyword.info > keywordkeyword.com
     
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  10. mrkool

    mrkool Active Member

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    i have never seen any .info site ranking better than .com.


     
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  11. Cheat

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    You said .info, .com, .net and whatever are all same in they eyes of Google/Bing/Yahoo.
     
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  12. mrkool

    mrkool Active Member

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    Yes I said and that was I have read on many websites, but I am not 100% sure about that statement.

     
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  13. Cheat

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    Here is the list of extensions that Google/Bing/Yahoo see them as generics:

    gTLDs = .com/.net/.org/.biz/.edu/.pro/.info/
    ccTLDs = .tv/.co/.me/.cc

    Here is the list of extensions that Google/Bing/Yahoo see them as countries:

    gTLDs = .asia
    ccTLDs = .eu/.us/.jp/.de/.uk/.fr/.in/.ru/.br/.ca/.it/.es/.mx/ ...ect

    Here is the list of extensions that Google/Bing/Yahoo see them as specials:

    sTLDs = .tel/.mobi
     
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  14. mrkool

    mrkool Active Member

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    Thank you.

     
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  15. sivaganesh

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    - (dash) are treated as space . via GoogleWebMasterHelp @ YouTube
     
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