SEO Tycoon

**ltn1dr** · 08-08-2006, 10:25 PM

Which is better for SE's.

NicheKeyword.com

OR

Niche-Keyword.com

Or are they both equal?

I'm still not ranking number one for my "Cool Niche Keyword" although I own CoolNicheKeyword.com

I'm thinking about registering Cool-Niche-Keyword.com and seeing if that'll help any.

**unionisnotdead** · 08-08-2006, 10:30 PM

Dont use dashes

**grandcartel** · 08-08-2006, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by unionisnotdead

Dont use dashes

Why not? I use 'em and they do pretty good for me.

-spenda

**unionisnotdead** · 08-08-2006, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bigspender

Why not? I use 'em and they do pretty good for me.

-spenda

Not good for branding purposes. How is anyone gomna remmebr the dashes?

**grandcartel** · 08-08-2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by unionisnotdead

Not good for branding purposes. How is anyone gomna remmebr the dashes?

Well, the OP was looking to increase SERPs, so it may be benificial.

-spnda

**MK3Design** · 08-08-2006, 11:15 PM

what about for like somthing like this..

yourdomain.com/keywords-placed-here.php

or

yourdomain.com/keywordsplacedhere.php

**imported_Max** · 08-08-2006, 11:19 PM

Is your site for search engines or for people? If you're going to be aiming for SE traffic, using dashes isn't a horrible idea.

**Dactyl** · 08-09-2006, 02:25 PM

I've actually read that dashes are better in term of SEO, but it wont make a HUGE difference, a dashed domain wont do much if you have poor optimization. I also have to agree with unionisnotdead thats its not that good for branding.

**Pearse** · 08-09-2006, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SohaibT

I've actually read that dashes are better in term of SEO, but it wont make a HUGE difference, a dashed domain wont do much if you have poor optimization. I also have to agree with unionisnotdead thats its not that good for branding.

I've read that. Have also read that excessive dashes "may" set off over optimization/spam filters.... I use them on toss away domains. I would never use them for a business I wanted to brand. As was said above multiple times... it is not a great idea when branding.