Would you ever own a domain with a dash (-) in it? What do you believe the pros and cons are of such domains? Do you think a dash affects the overall well being of a website? Why/why not?
Dashes in Domains
- Thread starter Ollivander
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The only time I recommend using a dash is when it is to distinguish between two words that may not be obvious in the version without a hyphen.
For example:
penisland vs pen-island
expertsexchange vs experts-exchange
therapistfinder vs therapist-finder
You get the idea.
Otherwise, though, it is much preferred to avoid having a hyphenated domain.
For example:
penisland vs pen-island
expertsexchange vs experts-exchange
therapistfinder vs therapist-finder
You get the idea.
Otherwise, though, it is much preferred to avoid having a hyphenated domain.
No pros and no cons.
From Google Support Site:
Consider using punctuation in your URLs. The URL http://www.example.com/green-dress.html is much more useful to us than http://www.example.com/greendress.html. We recommend that you use hyphens (-) instead of underscores (_) in your URLs.
From Google Support Site:
Consider using punctuation in your URLs. The URL http://www.example.com/green-dress.html is much more useful to us than http://www.example.com/greendress.html. We recommend that you use hyphens (-) instead of underscores (_) in your URLs.
Vinaya.Ghimire
Active Member
The only problem in using special characters and punctuation is you cannot pronounce it and it is hard to remember. For example, I have wellbeingezine.com domain, I could have used wellbeing-ezine, however,it could be difficult to make people remember that there is a hyphen.
Its just hard to pronounce, rather than that there is no problem at all.
I know many popular brand use dashes in their domain. There is no problem.
G
gferica
Guest
the dash don't mean anything in a domain name. with the proper seo building , you actually don't notice that your domain is having a dash.
There are no effect on SEO but branding.
nice. fee l free to vish
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