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MattM
01-18-2004, 02:40 PM
Which domain would be better?

keywordkeywordkeyword.com

or

keyword-keyword-keyword.com

chromate
01-18-2004, 02:43 PM
Depends what you're going to do with it.

I'm not keen on domains with more than 1 hyphen. But sometimes it may be worth it.

MattM
01-18-2004, 02:45 PM
Well, both of them are available. The domain is for my AWS site.

Mike
01-18-2004, 03:10 PM
I could have got my mp3 player reviews domain in two hyphens, but like Chromate, I really don't like having more than one.

MattM
01-18-2004, 03:46 PM
Yep, that's what I've been thinking also. Any other comments?

chromate
01-18-2004, 04:32 PM
If you can get the domain: keywordkeywordkeyword.com then I would go for that. Unless the words don't sit together well, in which case use a hyphen.

ozgression
01-18-2004, 06:56 PM
I don't like hyphens at all... I would go with the first option.
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flyingpylon
01-18-2004, 07:52 PM
I would get both. Use the hyphenated version for links or anywhere else a computer could read it. Use the non-hyphenated version for human use.

DaveM
01-18-2004, 08:03 PM
That's exactly what I would do. If your just aiming to get visitors through search engines and not really worried about returning visitors I would get the one with the hyphens. If you want to do both, get both.

chromate
01-19-2004, 03:51 AM
Don't be tempted to market both through the search engines though. Also, even if you aim to market through the search engines having two hyphens can be seen as looking a bit spammy from an editor's point of view, say when submitting to DMOZ etc