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Quote: Originally Posted by phoenix65 Your name in the real world is your identity and people recognize you with it,similarly,your domain name is your identity in the electronic world.Therefore,choosing a simple to remember and easy to pronounce domain name which describes your business most appropriately should be chosen.The use of hyphens and other such characters makes it harder to remember.So it is advised to keep the domain name as...

Quote: Originally Posted by webmind Thanks for all the great replies! Great forum! Dan You're welcome

Non hyphenated vs hypenated names Hyphenated version is easier to read, un-hyphenated version is easier to type. In fact, different users will tend to prefer one or the other so you can't afford to miss anyone. Also, if the name is hyphenated, the search engines give brownie points for the individual words in calculating rank. If it is all mashed together in one compound word then it is seen as one long word that appears on your page but...

Well, It was a case that people tend to use the domain name to seperate the keywords in thier domain name but it doesn't pay any benefit in SERP now-a-days, and is considered as spamming. In accure, if a webmaster wish to give a backlink to your site from his/her site they often use the domain name as the anchor text. So it is better to have simple domain name which one can easily remember. As people are less likely to type long confusing...

Quote: Originally Posted by webmind Some people told me, it's unacceptable to have dash in domain name as it looks unprofessional or weird. In my opinion, it's not that bad to separate each word and make it easier to recognise. I would like to know what do you guys think. Hi, webmind and It depends on the purpose of the site in my opinion - if you are going to have to promote the domain name, it is far easier to have it all in one...

Well, as far as I know, hyphens in the domain name won't affect your search engine rankings and hence you can have a hyphen in the domain, however, as mentioned earlier, hyphens in the domain makes it difficult for visitors to remember your domain. Due to this reason, it is better to avoid hyphens in the domain name until it is very necessary i.e. you do not find a suitable domain name without hyphens.

Hi all First post. Actually, this problem is killing me, and after reading a few forums and blogs it looks like .htaccess is the only way. My problem, like for many people, is I have www dot mainsite dot com, www dot consumerinterestsite1 dot com, www dot consumerinterestsite2 dot com, etc. The consumer interest sites are where the content will be, and the main site will be just a simple corporate site. The bottom line is: Google has indexed...

I would prefer non-hyphenated domain names, as it is easy to remember. As you are going to be using your website to do more then just display products. You are using it to brand yourself, so what i think its good to choose a domain without hyphens.

Quote: Originally Posted by jake123 Sadly, it looks like newdomainnamegenerator may be down (server unreachable). One of the most powerful Domain Name Generatoprs I have used is at webmasterbenefits.com (you may have to do a free registration) It combines your base word with words from a Thesaurus or Word Lists you can store, tests the multitude of combinations, showing the available ones for up to 7 extensions (.com, .net, etc) The word list...

I have noticed that some people keep domains the same as the name of the company. I think this is the best strategy as this keeps your brand name with your company. I did not find any company having a name with hyphens and hence I think it is better to keep domains without hyphens to keep the brand name.