Stay Away From Hyphenated Domains!

[silverfreak]

There is a reason why you don’t see many hyphenated domain names out there today. Why? There is a whole plethora of reasons why they are just a bad idea. From being hard to remember to just being ugly, you could pick and choose why they are a bad idea. The key thing to remember though is to stay away from them at all costs.

Think of ten of your favorite Web sites. Do any of them have hyphenated domain names? No. The first reason is, is that hyphenated domain names are really hard for folks to remember. When picking a good domain name, you want to find something short, relevant, and with a few keywords. Sure, there are a few companies that break that rule, take Amazon.com for an example.

For the rest of us out there though, the previously mentioned rules are good ones to follow. You want people to be able to associate your domain name with your Web site quickly. hyphenated domain names just make things too difficult. Where does the hyphen go? Did it have one, or were you just thinking that it did? If they the visitor types in the domain name without the hyphen, will they be taken to a competitor's Web site? These are all things you should keep in mind.

So next time you are out domain name hunting, do yourself a favor and stay away from getting a hyphenated domain name. They are bad news!

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[kooshin.com]

Well I never liked such domains. Some people use them a lot of and they are very long even though I don't mind using them like this domain-name.com etc.

Hyphens in domain names are fine depending on what you are going to use it for so I would avoid making blanket statements like 'never use them'. I had a domain which had 2 hyphens in it actually, I was making $500+ a month from the traffic, was ranked #1 in google for all my keywords and then sold the site for a bucket full of cash. If I had followed the 'no hyphens' rule none of that would have happened.

[kooshin.com]

Well there is this idea which seo firms will tell you that is using a domain name full of keywords . I would say it works in a way and it doesn't work in anthor way