Effect on SEO of hyphenated domain names : Positive or Otherwise?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by bongski, Mar 25, 2008.

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    I read that hyphenated domain names are great for SEO, so few of my blogger.com blogs, I used hyphens on the sub-domains. But when my friend found out about it, he said "what was I thinking"? He said hyphens make my blogger.com domain names looking cheap and amateurish and does not have any good effect at all on SEO. Is this true?
     
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    If you can't get the exact match domain, then get the hyphenated version.
     
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    I have been wondering about this myself but till now the answers I get varies, some are even contradicting. I would say that hyphenated domain names is easier for the eye, but for SEO it is still a good question mark.

     
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    It's good for SEO because the hyphen acts as a separator.
     
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    Yes, that's what I read. Hyphens act as separators, and so the words are more distinguishable and therefore better for SEO.
     
    bongski, Mar 26, 2008 IP