Domain Names

justbondage · 2008-07-25, 10:42 AM

Length does matter (har har har) thisismypornsite.com will not be looked on as favourably as pornsite.com.

Also from a word of mouth point of view, the shorter the better.

I am not sure about hyphens with regards to search engines, but I know that most users will type in a site without them faster than they would with. So if someone said to someone in conversation - go to sex-blog.com they would probably go to sexblog.

Tekster · 2008-07-25, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by justbondage

Length does matter (har har har) thisismypornsite.com will not be looked on as favourably as pornsite.com.

Also from a word of mouth point of view, the shorter the better.

I am not sure about hyphens with regards to search engines, but I know that most users will type in a site without them faster than they would with. So if someone said to someone in conversation - go to sex-blog.com they would probably go to sexblog.

Thanks, all valid points, but I was looking for something more specific I guess. More from the SE point of view.

Bill · 2008-07-25, 04:30 PM

A keyworded domain name is a lot less important than it used to be.

The hyphens craze reflected an important pattern in se results a few years back - but that pattern is much reduced, so, all things considered, the value of a hyphened name is reduced as well.

Does the length matter? Not necessarily for se results so much, but for overall branding and linking and the like, I'd say shorter is better.

A shorter, non-hyphenated name is more valuable as an owned property, I'd say.

2008-07-25, 10:42 AM	#1
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2008-07-25, 04:30 PM	#3
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	A keyworded domain name is a lot less important than it used to be. The hyphens craze reflected an important pattern in se results a few years back - but that pattern is much reduced, so, all things considered, the value of a hyphened name is reduced as well. Does the length matter? Not necessarily for se results so much, but for overall branding and linking and the like, I'd say shorter is better. A shorter, non-hyphenated name is more valuable as an owned property, I'd say.