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The best url name for SEO....

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by eliasmoosa, Apr 13, 2006.

  1. #1
    Lets say we decided to optimize a site for the phrase
    (baby food online) , now which is better for SEO !? is it

    baby-food-online.com
    or
    babyfoodonline.com

    lets see what everybody say..!
     
    eliasmoosa, Apr 13, 2006 IP
  2. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    Doesn't really matter very much.

    I try to get both. It's easier to use the non-hyphenated one from a user's standpoint

    And I would never use a domain with more than one hyphen
     
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    ahkip Prominent Member

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    i vote for baby-food-online.com, but it is hard to type
     
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  4. eliasmoosa

    eliasmoosa Guest

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    I mean from the SEARCH ENGINE side , user is not the issue her '')
     
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  5. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    Yeah, it doesn't really matter one way or another!

    If you design your site for people and you're designing for SE's.
     
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  6. Sharpseo

    Sharpseo Peon

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    MSN will like baby-food-online better. I don't think it will matter much with Yahoo and Google. It's more about the links, age, on-site-seo, etc with Y and G.
     
    Sharpseo, Apr 13, 2006 IP
  7. Cristian Mezei

    Cristian Mezei Notable Member

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    #7
    ANY search engine will like either version the same.

    They pick up keywords in the domain itself, even if they are tighed together, without a separation hyphen.

    I would usually go for a non-hyphen domain. Better branding, ease in typing, and better remembered.
     
    Cristian Mezei, Apr 13, 2006 IP
  8. Sharpseo

    Sharpseo Peon

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    #8
    If that's the case, why do most SEOs, including you, use hyphens in their sites' URLs for multiple-words? Do you think non-hyphenated extensions work just as well, or is that different somehow?

    Keywords in URLs and Domain extensions both carry some weight in all SEs. It is much easier for most search engines to recognize hyphenated domains and URL extensions.

    As you mentioned, hyphenated domains just aren't user friendly, so you'll get less return traffic. However, the poster was asking strictly in SEO terms.
     
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  9. Cristian Mezei

    Cristian Mezei Notable Member

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    Hyphens are better than underscores.

    If i already had a weighted website, that was built with underscored URLs, i would not go and change those URLs with hyphens.

    I do NOT use hyphened domain names, except if what i want to register, including variations, are absolutely NOT available as one word. :)

    I said before, keyword URL's, as well as hyphened versus underscored URLs are highly overrated.
     
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    poseidon Banned

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    #10
    if u r looking for long term than I think you even don't need a site with such a long name like babyfoodononline.com , instead take any baby name or baby related item or any similar thing. It's will be far easier to remember the name though babyfoodonline is not bad too.
     
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  11. Sharpseo

    Sharpseo Peon

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    #11
    You said that all search engines can:

    So, rather than use hyphens or underscores, why not just use onelongsentence.html?

    Agreed, but that's not what the poster asked.
     
    Sharpseo, Apr 13, 2006 IP
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  12. Cristian Mezei

    Cristian Mezei Notable Member

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    #12
    Dude, you are totally messed up. You twist things in your own way.

    I said : pick up keywords in the domain itself, even if they are tighed together, without a separation hyphen.

    What does DOMAIN tell you ? Let me tell you : the part starting and ending like : http://www.domain.TLD

    See this search. The words are bolded in the domain name, altough it doesn't use hyphens.

    That's ok too. We all preffer the hyphened version, because the user can distinguish better, what the page is about, by the URL itself (words being separated with hyphens, are more distinguishable).

    I responded to the user, earlier. Please stop this non-sense and get on.
     
    Cristian Mezei, Apr 13, 2006 IP
  13. Link.ezer.com

    Link.ezer.com Peon

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    #13
    both of them are good
    babyfoodonline is easy to type
    I think it is also ok if someone use sub domain
    baby.foodonlineshop
    babyfood.onlinenow
     
    Link.ezer.com, Apr 14, 2006 IP
  14. Cristian Mezei

    Cristian Mezei Notable Member

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    Exactly. :)
     
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    Sharpseo Peon

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    No offense intended, really. I respect the fact that you signed your red rep, that's quite uncommon. I do enjoy a good debate from time to time.
     
    Sharpseo, Apr 14, 2006 IP
  16. Mong

    Mong ↓↘→ horsePower

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    #16
    It will make "no" difference. :)
    Even if you don't choose keyword in domain and then optimize well for search enigines you can beat other websites with keyword in domain but less efforts on seo. :)

    ah your question
    domain with dashes is bit good :)
     
    Mong, Apr 14, 2006 IP
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    #17
    from SE point of view it wouldnt make much of a difference as the main thing here would be onsite seo rather then just the name. SEO does not revolve around domain name, domain name revolves around SEO!
     
    admans, Apr 14, 2006 IP
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    maldives Prominent Member

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    I recommend using babyfoodonline.com - For optimization use "baby food online" in your anchor text when submitting to directories and doing link exchanges.

    Selecting a domain is just one thing and there are several other things to keep in mind when optimizing a website for a particular key phrase.
     
    maldives, Apr 14, 2006 IP
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    Do you expect to get any visitors to your site? If so the user is an issue regardless of whether you're trying to do some SEO.
     
    pwaring, Apr 14, 2006 IP
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    I hear a lot of people suggesting that Google can parse keywords in the URL even when they are run together.

    I have never seen any evidence of that, and my own tests indicate that Google cannot (or chooses not to) parse keywords in URL's when they are run together.

    I'd be interested in seeing proof otherwise. :)
     
    JohnScott, Apr 14, 2006 IP
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