Are hyphenated domains that bad?

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  • barcodes
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2011
    • 2040
    #1

    Are hyphenated domains that bad?

    Just bought my first domain with a hyphen in it last night and was just curious what everyone else thinks about em. My mindset in general has always been to stay away from anything other than a non hyphenated .com.

    Thanks
    Last edited by barcodes; 12-01-2011, 02:43 PM.
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    • DudeRick
      Confirmed User
      • Feb 2004
      • 1568
      #2
      I just bought one, but that because the name of the product is hyphenated...

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        • barcodes
          Confirmed User
          • Mar 2011
          • 2040
          #3
          Originally posted by DudeRick
          I just bought one, but that because the name of the product is hyphenated...

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            • L-Pink
              working on my tan
              • Mar 2005
              • 39151
              #4
              y-e-s

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                • CyberHustler
                  Masterbaiter
                  • Feb 2006
                  • 28742
                  #5
                  They ain't bad... ain't nothing wrong with hyphenated domains, unless the unhyphenated one is available.
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                    • barcodes
                      Confirmed User
                      • Mar 2011
                      • 2040
                      #6
                      I paid 1.18 via that godaddy deal that was posted earlier so it isn't a big deal. Was just curious. The domain is a 2 word domain 12 letters including the one hyphen. I try to stay under 10 chars usually but the godaddy special got me all nutty lmao.

                      I checked Google's keyword tool and the hyphenated and non hyphenated on exact both had 2400/month.
                      Maybe i'm doing it wrong.
                      Last edited by barcodes; 12-01-2011, 03:09 PM.

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                        • wehateporn
                          Promoting Debate on GFY
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 27176
                          #7
                          This is not an exact science by any means, but the idea is to make it as easy for those with smaller intelligence to find your site, as these people are less likely to know how to find free stuff, they also have less control over their urges. Like I say, it's not an exact science, but you certainly don't want to be making it more tricky for these less intelligent individuals to reach your site by placing hyphens in the domain name

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                            • blackmonsters
                              Making PHP work
                              • Nov 2002
                              • 20976
                              #8
                              It only matters to the 15-20 surfers alive who still type in.

                              After hitting the site once they just type in half the domain before the browser
                              history comes up with it.

                              On a different computer/browser they search on google for your domain and then click
                              thru. Seriously!
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                                • wehateporn
                                  Promoting Debate on GFY
                                  • Apr 2007
                                  • 27176
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by blackmonsters
                                  It only matters to the 15-20 surfers alive who still type in.

                                  After hitting the site once they just type in half the domain before the browser
                                  history comes up with it.

                                  On a different computer/browser they search on google for your domain and then click
                                  thru. Seriously!
                                  Some people have to delete their browser history

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                                    • DudeRick
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Feb 2004
                                      • 1568
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by barcodes

                                      Sorry...
                                      It's like the others have said, the hyphen doesn't matter as much as the search engine ranking. People just click on the link...

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                                        • chaze
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Aug 2002
                                          • 9774
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by barcodes
                                          Just bought my first domain with a hyphen in it last night and was just curious what everyone else thinks about em. My mindset in general has always been to stay away from anything other than a non hyphenated .com.

                                          Thanks
                                          They work great for marketing tools and in some cases can be a main domain. I prefer to stay away for branding though.
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                                            • Dubya
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Feb 2008
                                              • 1152
                                              #12
                                              In my ranking tests a non-hyphenated .net or .org ranks better than a hyphenated .com for the exact same keywords with nearly identical marketing, just saying.

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