What do you think about this type of URL?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by aleale, Jan 9, 2010.

  1. #1
    I want to know what you prefer about URL?

    1). www.seoexamples.com

    or

    2). www.seo-examples.com

    i want to know is it good to use hyphen (-) in b/w two words, because most of users search it by seo examples with compare to seoexamples. what URL do you think good according to SEs?
     
    aleale, Jan 9, 2010 IP
  2. sally gomes

    sally gomes Member

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  3. aleale

    aleale Well-Known Member

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  4. skoopo

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    I think both are equal ..

    Depend on the SEO how both are going to be seo for ranking ..
     
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  5. diamondzul002

    diamondzul002 Guest

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    i think second one is the best its seo friendly URL
     
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  6. hogar

    hogar Greenhorn

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    Regarding SEs there is no much difference.
    But domains without hyphens look more professional. And when people entering domain in browser, they will probably do it without hyphen.
    Hyphen is good when you have domain name with three or more words. Then is better to separate them with hyphen, so the name doesn't look like a sausage.
     
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  7. rustyroof

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    In my opinion I think the search engines would view them as equal. But search engines only bring you the traffic. Once the traffic is at your site and they see you have a hyphen, then they might think you're a second-rate site. I personally haven't bought anything from a site with a hyphen in it in the last 15 years online, and don't plan to. They just look scammy.
     
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  8. stephen082

    stephen082 Active Member

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    There is no difference in the two versions, but for a better user experience using first one is good.
     
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  9. dynashox

    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    Domain name without hyphen is always my choice. It is good for branding. Most people will forgot about the hyphen so avoid using it if possible.

    From my own experience, it doesn't make much difference in the domain name itself for the SEO, but they do have more value as sub-pages, like seoexamples.com/your-keyword-rich-page.html is ranked better than seoexamples.com/yourkeywordrichpage.html

    - Dynashox -
     
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  10. Mariela

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    They are both good; could you afford to have both and direct them to the same site?
     
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  11. Nconn

    Nconn Active Member

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    I find domains without a hyphen to be more effective, also they are more easily remembered :)

    Pat
     
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  12. sydzapp

    sydzapp Well-Known Member

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    Because, for domain names no special character to seperate two words is the best but for folders or inner links, the hyphen(-) is the best space separator.
    According to me, seo-examples.com is as good as seoxexamples.com. You could rather use seoexamples.com in place of seo-example.com if seoexample.com was unavalable.
     
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  13. Mr. M

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    According to what i read most... Using domain w/out - is the perfect choice
     
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  14. GekiDan

    GekiDan Active Member

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    I'll choose the first one.
    A URL without the hyphen looks more professional than the 2nd one.
     
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  15. Website_Development_NJ

    Website_Development_NJ Guest

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    As per my knowledge that i think that first one URL is Good and perfect, because as you know that user try to search in search engines without any kind of symbols, So first one is proper for domain name of your website.

    & About second one URL, look that domain name is also proper for your website name, but As per me that search engines will prefer first one domain name in his result.

    So As mentor that Go with first domain name if it's available, but it's not available then Go with second one.
     
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  16. abhijit

    abhijit Notable Member

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    if you have the domain name with the short name it will hep you to remember.............and easier to remember for your costumer ................is seoexamples.com is available then it is best...............you don't need to try for the hyphenated domain................
     
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  17. dushhhhhh

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    A url without a hyphen is better. If that is not available, then a hypen is the next best thing
     
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  18. neo.phyte

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    #18
    1st one is better...
     
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