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Richard Dudley -> RE: domain name with hypens (11/21/2002 17:21:30)
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Mixed feelings. Oe of our domain names is hyphenated, and it messes people up, but only once, and usually only over the phone. It' s not keyword packed or a version of someone else' s URL, it' s an old company abbreviation.
We promote the hell out of the domain name, so most visitors have seen it in print, and a lot come to us via the search engines. Once a visitor is at your site, they' l usually bookmark it if it' s worth it.
My concern would be the confusion with a competitor. If I sell web widgets, and my domain name is webwidgets.com, and you sell web widgets, and your domain name is web-widgets.com, I think a lot of your promotional effort will bring confused visitors to my site. Sometimes, though, I guess you just have to do your best and make sure your customer promotes their URL well.
As for SEs, I honestly don' t think they care one way or the other.
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