Which URL is better?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by pictureboarduk, Jul 28, 2007.

  1. mdonders

    mdonders Peon

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    #21
    I like the top one. I don't like having to look down to type the dash in order to type in a domain.

    I think you will get more traffic from the one without the dashes.
     
    mdonders, Jul 29, 2007 IP
  2. SEOguy101

    SEOguy101 Active Member

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    #22
    Shulz is correct, Google will soon be accepting the underscore (_) character as a keyword delimiter. However, i think this is for underscores only, and not for dashes so this would not help you in the case of your domain.

    Furthermore, I think you will lose a lot of type-in traffic because people will forget about the '-'s

    In short, go with the first domain.
     
    SEOguy101, Jul 29, 2007 IP
  3. Dan Schulz

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    #23
    Google has accepted the dash as a keyword delimiter for a long time now (as far as I can recall). I know the other major search engines do, as well as accepting the underscore character as well.

    For once Google's just playing "catch up". :D

    (Oh, and about losing traffic for not typing in the dashes, that's what registering both domains and 301ing one to the other is for.)
     
    Dan Schulz, Jul 29, 2007 IP
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    #24
    Use the one with the dashes and have the one without redirect.
     
    mafrussian, Jul 29, 2007 IP
  5. catanich

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    #25
    Number 2

    martial-arts-fighter.com would be better because the hyphen (-) is interpeted as a space by Google.

    But don't use 3 or more hyphens, Google doesn't like it.
     
    catanich, Jul 30, 2007 IP