Which domain would you choose ?
 

I'm looking at targeting a well known porn persons name, which domain would you consider best from an SEO point of view:

(firstname)-(lastname).NET

(firstname)(lastname)(some random word for example "tube").COM

so basically one is a hyphenated dot net the other the other a 3 word non hyphenated dot com ?

Thanks

1. fisrtnamelastname.com
2. firstname-lastname.com
3. firstname--lastname.com


only .com try for exact match ddomain , or add hyphens.
good luck

dot .COM

Dot com, as many as i could get related to the keyword

.net because of panda.

Dot com.

get both.

And hope her name is not trademarked!

Tons of surfers put "tube" on the end of their searches now even though they really mean "video clip" or "free video".

Not a fun of hyphens. :2 cents:

If the random word has more than one character, "(firstname)-(lastname).NET" is preferred based on higher keyword density.

firstname-lastname.net

Thanks for input, interesting what Jack Sparrow said, I looked back at my analytics, every .com took a hit from Panda but every single .net went up, not massive either way. Also all my .nets are on page 1 of Google for the terms I want including a hyphenated one so in the end I went for (firstname-lastname.net)
Did Panda level things out as regards .net versus .com ?

tld has nothing to do with it....

.com is king in terms of recognizability, type-in-ability etc, but you can make any domain rank... Hell, I've got hundreds of .info's in top 3 positions for their keywords....

Surely Google must factor in somewhere what the tld is, it clearly does with country, .org .info .mobi I'd be amazed if that didn't play a factor but not sure what weight or purpose they'd put on a .net versus a .com which clearly both have been affected.