Split decission

[papagmp]

My fav is #2 - I had never heard the more than one hyphen hurts but I'm not surprised. I do have an exception in mind but it uses uncommon spellings of a word, that if combined with the adjoining word(s) becomes a totally new word. Search engines consistently see the wrong combination of words if hyphens are not used.

I've always agreed on the plural - but I never leave a singular out there to haunt me later - ask the founder of redwagons.com about his battled with the copycat that snatched up redwagon.com - took him years to get everything settled in court. I typically avoid purchasing domains unless I can get at least the singular and plural.

I've considered 301 redirects but am leaning towards a content-rich text page with a manual link to the main site.