Help me decide between two domains

Hi there,

I have an idea for a site that offers a resource to a specific audience. (i'm being intentionally vague here, sorry, you know how it is...).

but I'm not sure which approach to take with the domain.

Lets say the audience is tomato-lovers. And the site will be an open forum where people can write about their love for tomatoes.

do I call is tomatoist.com?
or do I call it i-love-tomatoes.com?

considerations:
Lets say "tomato" is searched for 10 times more often than "tomatoes" (nonsensical, but bear with me).

But there's a lot more competition for tomato than for "i love tomatoes."

The first name would be a description of the person writing the blog. The second would be a description of the people visiting. Also the second name has those annoying dashes in it.

Which would you go with? For SERPS, for ease of use etc etc?

 

Tomatoist.com is more brandable IMHO.

 

I agree. I'd go for it as long as 'ist' works with "tomato."

 

Tomatoist.com sounds real good. Btw, not so wise idea to post available name on public forum.

 

Agreed with above poster.

 

I think "-" are not very good for seo

 

Infact hyphens are good for SEO because they help the keywords separated. They are just hard to remember for a real human and there is a chance of typo.

 

I would also recommand you to take the first name!

 

I would have to disagree. They are good for SEO

 

Agreed but for some reason people seem to think the opposite.

 

I understand that....but thats why I went with tomatoes, which I'm not so interested in.

My idea is in a different sector.

but if you like the idea, throw me some rep. points!

so would one or the other be better for SEO?

 

definitely agree on that

 

Go with Tomatoist.com, It is also good for SEO until you use fresh & unique content and follow all the SEO steps.

 

First ..i agree above..Next..tomatoist.com for sure .. as far as the "ist" you have market it anyway so it is all "gravy" lol.

Tk

 

Tomatoist.com
and good Luck !!

 

Tomatoist.com is the better one...

 

Is it only me that thinks "tomatoist" sucks?
I guess it's because that's not the real name and just an example but I wouldn't be using it anytime soon

 

yeah. it sucks. I was more asking about the aproach to naming.

Hey, to the 4 guys who sent me PMs warning me to buy Tomatoist.com ASAP, thanks. but again I MADE THAT ONE UP AT RANDOM.

I guess I should have picked something super lame for my example.

note: I've decided to buy both names and build two separate but inter-related sites on them. Wish me luck!

 

I agree as well. For the reason that it is brandable and it does have a bit of a ring to it.

 

Experiment with those two domains and you'll know what to choose next time.
Good luck.