Hi, I am choosing between 2 domain names. http://www.part-time-job-malaysia.com or http://www.parttimejobmalaysia.com Keyword wish to target is 1) part time job malaysia 2) part time job in malaysia Is there any difference between this 2 domains in SEO or it just serve the same purpose? Thanks in advance.
Try this one its better than both and available - parttimejobsmalaysia.COM - it has a an average of 1600 Google searches a month for the keyphrase, lastmonth the search volume was 1900 - non hyphenated domains look better and rank higher ---jobvacancymalaysia.COM is even better at average 5,400 searches 9100 last month and is available at time of this post
Took your advice. Just grabbed http://www.job-vacancy-malaysia.com 5 mins ago. Hopefully this 2 domains will make me some money in 3 months time
Both are truely, truely horrible. It's internet common law to stay away from four words in your domain name. On top of that, you go and put dashes? Truely, truely horrible.
Yeh webbymommy they are not pretty but if you are using the domain to generate traffic for product or link backs then a 4 word keyphrase that is a high search term makes sense. Long tail keywords usually are exactly what someone is searching for and that usually means theres money to be made by solving that problem.
These are the reasons why you should not choose a hyphenated domain names: 1. It’s easy to forget the hyphens when typing a name. They’ll probably leave out the hyphens and wind up at your competitor’s site. 2. When people recommend your site to their friends verbally, having hyphens in your domain name leads to more potential errors than when the name does not contain hyphens. 3. It’s a pain in the neck to type. Enough said.
I think you made a good choice, I also like job-vacancy-malaysia the best! 2 hyphens are ok with me (but not 3) and it makes it easier to read. Wouldn't hurt to get the non-hyphen version and forward it just to protect your brand in case it goes well. Good luck.
Hyphen version is a pain in the neck to type but if you are relying on SE traffic, it won't matter anyway.
Agree with you, with hyphenated domains, search engines can distinguish the keywords better and thus return your site more prominently in search results for those keywords occurring in your domain name. However, I do prefer non-hyphenated ones for the above mentioned reasons. Good luck!
Are you sure? most of the larger search engine tend to ignore meta data except for spider.txt. The on-page aspects are more important but when it comes to domain names in a competative market then the non hyphenated domain will win hands down. meta tags are fast becomeing a minor aspect of SEO but still important to take care fo for the smaller engines. This is simple to test, go an type in key phrases in competaive markets and see how many hyphenated domains rank ( they will of course in non competative searches)
You can select any of them. If you have 3 rd option, remove malaysia from the domain name, as it would be easier for anyone to type too