I need to launch a website and the domain i was looking to register is already acquired. But the domain with a dash (-) between those two words is available. Will it affect my seo campaign? If yes, then to what extent? Say i m looking to optimize my website for the term "web developer" and www[dot]webdeveloper[dot]com is taken. Should i go for www[dot]web-developer[dot]com or www[dot]webdeveloper[dot]com.pk (.in, .uk, .ca)
True, but i m confused between 1)Choosing a brand name and then working on it 2)Going for the highly searched key phrases (as my domain) and trying to get the maximum traffic from search engines What would you suggest?
Keywords in domain name has a minuscule effect on search engine ranking, if any. So when looking for domain name you should try and get one that can be easily remember, conveys something about your brand or product/service and the TLD is relevant to the area you wish to target. That should be it then.
How can you say that? If you are optimizing for the phrases like "web designing services" ... Don't you think a domain like www[dot]webdesigningservice[dot]com gets an immediate advantage over others?
It does not matter what your domain name is as long as it does not look rubbish. Any domain name is treated by the search engines the same ways as the others. But it is good to have your main keywords on it. That can give the users an idea of what your site is all about.
Hyphens act as word separators, so good for SEO. Although google also favors exact match domains. If you had a choose, go with exact match domain because it could get type in traffic, but often it's already taken.
yah i believe so ... cause i have a keyword domain + extension (bitching dot asia), i started to pose photo gallery for a week and start rank top 10 in google serp n after a month rank 13 google , rank 3 yahoo n rank 1 in msn, the best is all related name (asian bitch, bitch in asia, asian bitching) all rank well ...... I done the serp with out any promotion or back link build So i believe in domain keyword ...
It does not have any effect with SERP but it depends upon your mind that do u want to separate your domain keyword if yes, then domain with "-" will be good otherwise without "-" is also fine.
In my opinion, hypens in domain doesn't affect ranking at all. I have managed a site with hypens, it ranks in first SERP pages .
Hyphens in your domain name is ok but keep it to one if possible and no more than two. Note: In a tie where everything else is equal, the no-hyphen will be better but links will overcome this quickly.
It certainly wouldn't affect the rankings. I believe it will base on how well you work hard in optimizing your site. Doing well in on-page optimization could certainly get a better results during off-page optimization. Also, even if a domain name has wrong spelling of the keyword, i can still rank well. Just my
no effect on SEO, same as domain without dashes, like said above avoid more than one dash for the domain name.
What about using hyphen to target two phrases Say i have to target the following key phrases 1) buy clothes 2) sell clothes What about www[dot]buy-sellclothes[dot]com