Originally Posted by jet1337

i disagree that keywords in domain names do not affect ranking

And your reasons for that are??

If you have dashes in the domain then it is more difficult to remember the name.

Of course.
The domain name webmaster-talk.com contain dash...
Don't you like it, do you?

...lol i'd agree but the only way i found this was because of its pg R

It is better not to use dashes in your domain name.

This may mislead people to the site with the same address as yours but no dash.

I doubt that dashes have a significant effect on ranking.
I wouldn't get a dashed name when non-dashed is taken because you may end up losing customers to the other website as they type the wrong URL. I'd find a name that's free with and without dashes and get both if you are serious about your business.

Sometimes dashes can be good because they prevent reading the URL in the wrong way. Example:
psychotherapist.com can be read like "psycho the rapist . com" (I'm not affiliated with this website in any way)

I do not think that in general dases in domain name will make it worse or better. I think that it sepends on each particular domain name.

Generally avoid using hyphens or dashes except where you can't get the one without it. Or if you just want so many domains to all point to your website.

Domains do aid search engine ranking.

Hope that helps.

I have noticed keywords in your domain name helps your SERP with Yahoo and sometimes Bing, but definitely not Google.

Some people say having dashes is good for building keywords but according to me they are just useless and similar to a normal domain.

I don't think dashes really affect your rankings. I've seen many times where someone with the main keywords in the domain separated with hyphens have actually beat out the site with the main keywords in it with a .com. The thing people were arguing about above where keywords in domains affect rankings, that's a though one. I've seen people with not a single keyword in their domain rank as well as someone with the exact keyword in their domain. Personally, when I don't have keywords in my domain, I don't rank as well.

Originally Posted by coolkid

I don't think dashes really affect your rankings. I've seen many times where someone with the main keywords in the domain separated with hyphens have actually beat out the site with the main keywords in it with a .com. The thing people were arguing about above where keywords in domains affect rankings, that's a though one. I've seen people with not a single keyword in their domain rank as well as someone with the exact keyword in their domain. Personally, when I don't have keywords in my domain, I don't rank as well.

I haven't seen any SEO expert yet which states that having keyword in the domain name can improve ranking.
This is empty thread guys.