What's your opinion on dashes? -

ponyman · 2005-08-10, 12:54 AM

What's the difference in naming this way:

http://www.sexporn.com/matureporn.html

as opposed to:

http://www.sex-porn.com/mature-porn.html

or:

http://www.sex_porn.com/mature_porn.html

ynuahayt · 2005-08-10, 04:56 AM

Underscores don't count as a space so SE's will read these in the same way:

http://www.sexporn.com/matureporn.html & http://www.sex_porn.com/mature_porn.html

The - between words counts as a space for the SE's and thus it will look at each keyword and phrase. And that's what you want it to so go with -

ponyman · 2005-08-10, 04:45 PM

Yo Ynuahayt! That's good to know that SE don't see the underscore _ as a space!

So is a dash better than no space between two keywords or what?

Halfdeck · 2005-08-10, 08:45 PM

From what I heard, G will see some _ as a space if the words separated by it are common, easily recognizable words (e.g. bacon_and_eggs). Yahoo seems to have less of a problem with underscores -- just something I noticed.

There was a longish thread about this a few weeks ago. |cool|

Doug E · 2005-08-11, 12:15 AM

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Jim · 2005-08-11, 06:55 AM

I think I only have one domain with a dash, christmas-vacation.com
Tons of traffic

twthumb · 2005-08-11, 08:33 AM

I personally don't like dashes, they seem a bit like second handed domains, you should always try to get the domain without dashes. Google is for example smart enough to know what words is in domain: "mysuperdomainname".

ponyman · 2005-08-11, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim

I think I only have one domain with a dash, christmas-vacation.com
Tons of traffic

WOW, jim! Thanks for that NUGGET of really useful info

Stever · 2005-08-22, 04:47 PM

Personaly, I like the dashes. Helps to get domains that may already be taken without those spaces. Google may be smart enough to seperate many "all one word" domain names, but other engines may not do so well. Using dashes is a great way to target specific key phrases. MSN search loves em.

People dont realy care about a domain name, they are clicking links and rarely making direct requests. If they like the site enough to come back they will bookmark it, so again they just click to it.

Hey |Jim how does that domain get tons of traffic with no content on it? Just a large font title. Not even in H1 tags.

ArtWilliams · 2005-08-22, 05:51 PM

Make sure you own both the non-dash and dash name. Forward one to the other. If you don't you'll lose traffic.

---art

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2005-08-10, 04:45 PM	#3
ponyman Nobody gets into heaven without a glowstick Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Great Northwest Posts: 422	Yo Ynuahayt! That's good to know that SE don't see the underscore _ as a space! So is a dash better than no space between two keywords or what? __________________ Dirty Old Men Sponsors - gay & straight

2005-08-10, 08:45 PM	#4
Halfdeck You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 985	From what I heard, G will see some _ as a space if the words separated by it are common, easily recognizable words (e.g. bacon_and_eggs). Yahoo seems to have less of a problem with underscores -- just something I noticed. There was a longish thread about this a few weeks ago. \|cool\| __________________ Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

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2005-08-11, 06:55 AM	#6
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	I think I only have one domain with a dash, christmas-vacation.com Tons of traffic

2005-08-11, 08:33 AM	#7
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2005-08-22, 04:47 PM	#9
Stever Ahhh ... sweet pity. Where would my love life be without it? Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 208	Personaly, I like the dashes. Helps to get domains that may already be taken without those spaces. Google may be smart enough to seperate many "all one word" domain names, but other engines may not do so well. Using dashes is a great way to target specific key phrases. MSN search loves em. People dont realy care about a domain name, they are clicking links and rarely making direct requests. If they like the site enough to come back they will bookmark it, so again they just click to it. Hey \|Jim how does that domain get tons of traffic with no content on it? Just a large font title. Not even in H1 tags. __________________ <a href="http://www.fioramall.com/click/sponsor.php?kw_userid=Stever"><img src="http://www.steverslinks.com/images/fiora.gif"</a>

2005-08-22, 05:51 PM	#10
ArtWilliams You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 6,244	Make sure you own both the non-dash and dash name. Forward one to the other. If you don't you'll lose traffic. ---art