Putting a dash in a domain name

Discussion in 'Google' started by shawrie, Feb 1, 2010.

  1. #1
    Hello

    Can anyone tell me if google treats keyword1-keyword2.com any different to keyword1keyword2.com?

    Will google ignore the -?
     
    shawrie, Feb 1, 2010 IP
  2. brother_of_devil

    brother_of_devil Peon

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    Google ingores special symbols, including dashes, commas, semicolons etc.
    I guess your real questions is - will Google rank the non-dash domain higher than the dashed one? The answer is - no, it won't. It all depends on the content and links of these both websites.

    Though, from the non-Google point of view, dashed domain name looks a bit non-professional some times. Well, for me. But the difference is not drastic and this is me. May be someone else doesn't bother for that at all :)
     
    brother_of_devil, Feb 1, 2010 IP
  3. lindamood1

    lindamood1 Active Member

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    it will seperate the keywords so google will identify
     
    lindamood1, Feb 1, 2010 IP