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Old 12-03-2006, 10:42 PM hyphens and search engines
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question ;-)

someone told me- don't know if this is right, that a search engine does not see hyphens- and that a name with hyphens might be bad as far as promoting it, but could be good for search engine placement.
now- what about hypens between letters? like:

for example: l-o-v-e.com

is that just a bad thing that can not be used for anything at all? or is there some good to that somewhere depending on what you use the site for?
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Old 12-04-2006, 12:21 AM Re: hyphens and search engines
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It basically means next to nothing these days.

You're better off with a domain name sans hyphens. They're easier for users to remember, bookmark, and link to.

You can put hyphens in your page names if you like.

e.g. www.domainwithmultiplewordsinit.com/random-words-describing-the-page.html .
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Old 12-04-2006, 12:29 AM Re: hyphens and search engines
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i know for users- but... i guess what i am asking is-
example- love.com is taken- all the other variations are taken- but, there is l-o-v-e-.com
(this is an example)
does that name, if bought, have any use to anyone- if say "love" pulled ginormous numbers in google and overture-
does having the hyphen version do anything for them in any way, whether it be used for users or seo?


would or would not someone jump on s-e-x.com- or say nah, its total junk?

Last edited by smashfactory : 12-04-2006 at 12:31 AM. Reason: added info
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