Comments on: Hyphens in Domain Names – The Right Way to Use Them http://www.thorschrock.com/2009/01/05/hyphens-in-domain-names-the-right-way-to-use-them/ Peanuts to Profits With Thor Schrock Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:10:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Britt http://www.thorschrock.com/2009/01/05/hyphens-in-domain-names-the-right-way-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-46753 Britt Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:36:04 +0000 http://www.thorschrock.com/?p=1211#comment-46753 We own several sites. Half of our business is our DJ Company. We own our brand name, JamrockEntertainment.com but then we also own (because that aspect of our business is regional) domain names like south-florida-wedding-dj.com and south-florida-wedding-directory.com. We have a very attention getting logo (giant lizards) - and it's on the top left of every site. Clients find us through the hyphens but remember our company name and type that into Google to find us again where they are directed to our main site. Hyphens work great as landing web page sites. From my limited experience though, I don't think they'd be good for your main website as the average visitor doesn't expect hyphens in domain names. Funniest post I've seen about this- someone bought h-y-p-h-e-n.com Can you imagine telling someone verbally how to get to that? Trendy though and is working for them somewhat. Britt We own several sites. Half of our business is our DJ Company. We own our brand name, JamrockEntertainment.com but then we also own (because that aspect of our business is regional) domain names like south-florida-wedding-dj.com and south-florida-wedding-directory.com.

We have a very attention getting logo (giant lizards) – and it’s on the top left of every site. Clients find us through the hyphens but remember our company name and type that into Google to find us again where they are directed to our main site.

Hyphens work great as landing web page sites. From my limited experience though, I don’t think they’d be good for your main website as the average visitor doesn’t expect hyphens in domain names.

Funniest post I’ve seen about this- someone bought h-y-p-h-e-n.com Can you imagine telling someone verbally how to get to that? Trendy though and is working for them somewhat.

Britt

]]> By: UPVC http://www.thorschrock.com/2009/01/05/hyphens-in-domain-names-the-right-way-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-33897 UPVC Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:21:58 +0000 http://www.thorschrock.com/?p=1211#comment-33897 I agree with Thor, keep away from hyphens - they aren't good! I agree with Thor, keep away from hyphens – they aren’t good!

]]> By: Pay Per Click - Paul http://www.thorschrock.com/2009/01/05/hyphens-in-domain-names-the-right-way-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17431 Pay Per Click - Paul Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:11:46 +0000 http://www.thorschrock.com/?p=1211#comment-17431 Thor, That's a good illustration. Do you know what the situation is with other search engines like Yahoo and MSN? They are still a source of good traffic. Paul Thor,
That’s a good illustration. Do you know what the situation is with other search engines like Yahoo and MSN? They are still a source of good traffic.
Paul

]]> By: Thor Schrock http://www.thorschrock.com/2009/01/05/hyphens-in-domain-names-the-right-way-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 Thor Schrock Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:00:43 +0000 http://www.thorschrock.com/?p=1211#comment-2148 I suppose you could, but Google does not ignore hyphens. It treats them as spaces, so to Google your URL would look like t h e n e w com. In other words, your domain name looks like jibberish. I suppose you could, but Google does not ignore hyphens. It treats them as spaces, so to Google your URL would look like t h e n e w com. In other words, your domain name looks like jibberish.

]]> By: John http://www.thorschrock.com/2009/01/05/hyphens-in-domain-names-the-right-way-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2149 John Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:59:43 +0000 http://www.thorschrock.com/?p=1211#comment-2149 Have you considered putting hyphens in between each letter of a given word. The search engines read them as if the hyphens do not exist. Have a look a the About Us page on our website for more details. Thanks! Have you considered putting hyphens in between each letter of a given word. The search engines read them as if the hyphens do not exist. Have a look a the About Us page on our website for more details.

Thanks!

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