Comments on: Hyphen Domains – You better believe http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/ Popular articles on domaining, website development, seo techniques and domain name investment Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ben - BankAim http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-13826 Ben - BankAim Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:34:10 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/?p=490#comment-13826 One of the issues we have seen with hyphenated domains is its harder to brand. When you tell people your website or what you do and you have to tell them your domain name, plus the hyphens, most people will either forget or got to one of your competitors' websites. One of the issues we have seen with hyphenated domains is its harder to brand. When you tell people your website or what you do and you have to tell them your domain name, plus the hyphens, most people will either forget or got to one of your competitors’ websites.

]]> By: John http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-13816 John Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:24:31 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/?p=490#comment-13816 My experience is the same. Hyphens are at least a close second best to non-hyphenated domains. Better to have your keyword in a hyphenated domain than not have it in a non-hyphenated domain. Just like .net and .org are very close seconds to .com. ------------- http://helpfordui.org My experience is the same. Hyphens are at least a close second best to non-hyphenated domains. Better to have your keyword in a hyphenated domain than not have it in a non-hyphenated domain. Just like .net and .org are very close seconds to .com.
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]]> By: Domaineering Work At Home http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-13633 Domaineering Work At Home Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:19:28 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/?p=490#comment-13633 According to Prof. William Lorenz, "domaineering" is defined as the acquistion of generic domain names with the specific intent to monetize them through their use as an advertising medium. According to Prof. William Lorenz, “domaineering” is defined as the acquistion of generic domain names with the specific intent to monetize them through their use as an advertising medium.

]]> By: Double Hyphens Domaineering http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-8954 Double Hyphens Domaineering Sat, 02 May 2009 18:16:54 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/?p=490#comment-8954 Double hyphen domains can work fine for domaineering if a .com, although generally not as well as without the hyphens. Depends on how heavily searched is the keywords / keyterm making up the domain. Double hyphen domains can work fine for domaineering if a .com, although generally not as well as without the hyphens. Depends on how heavily searched is the keywords / keyterm making up the domain.

]]> By: wannadevelop.com http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-8302 wannadevelop.com Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:06:56 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/?p=490#comment-8302 ^---- You believe it should be built out on WhyPark to make the most of it but it's with Parked.com --- very interesting. LOL :) ^—- You believe it should be built out on WhyPark to make the most of it but it’s with Parked.com — very interesting. LOL :)

]]> By: Stephen Douglas http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-8286 Stephen Douglas Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:42:02 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/?p=490#comment-8286 Hi Alan, I visited compete.com, and i found it interested by bloated and confusing in trying to establish a simple search on a domain's stats. I guess you have to buy at least one of their services, which seem fairly high without actually proving the accuracy of their stats. I guess if I was someone who cared about stats on a domain before I bought it, I would be doubting my own ability to understand future potential consumer trends based on science and technology. With my ow research, I like to buy OOTB domains, less gamble, better results when the gamble pays off. it's interesting though. I tested one of my most powerful domains, educationlottery.com, and I got a close proximity of visitors, not entirely accurate, but hitting the highpoints well. The lowpoints are off, because this domains gets constant visitors daily. It is the exact term for the southeast lottery term "educationlottery.com". It gets about 2000 visitors or more monthly, and generates about $50 a month on an unoptimized site. I believe this site should be built out on Whypark.com... Hi Alan,

I visited compete.com, and i found it interested by bloated and confusing in trying to establish a simple search on a domain’s stats. I guess you have to buy at least one of their services, which seem fairly high without actually proving the accuracy of their stats.

I guess if I was someone who cared about stats on a domain before I bought it, I would be doubting my own ability to understand future potential consumer trends based on science and technology. With my ow research, I like to buy OOTB domains, less gamble, better results when the gamble pays off.

it’s interesting though. I tested one of my most powerful domains, educationlottery.com, and I got a close proximity of visitors, not entirely accurate, but hitting the highpoints well. The lowpoints are off, because this domains gets constant visitors daily. It is the exact term for the southeast lottery term “educationlottery.com”. It gets about 2000 visitors or more monthly, and generates about $50 a month on an unoptimized site. I believe this site should be built out on Whypark.com…

]]> By: wannadevelop.com http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-8231 wannadevelop.com Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:35:00 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/?p=490#comment-8231 Compete.com and Quantcast.com are both way off, the best thing that comes close to telling you accurate stuff at about 50 - 150% +/- off the actual numbers is Google. http://trends.google.com/websites?q=dnjournal.com&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 Compete.com and Quantcast.com are both way off, the best thing that comes close to telling you accurate stuff at about 50 – 150% +/- off the actual numbers is Google.

http://trends.google.com/websites?q=dnjournal.com&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

]]> By: Alan http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-8203 Alan Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:03:41 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/?p=490#comment-8203 Stephen Yo! Visit <a href="http://www.compete.com" rel="nofollow">compete.com</a> You can type in any web address to view a one year traffic chart for ANY domain. If you're using firefox then download the <a href="http://tools.compete.com/" rel="nofollow">compete toolbar</a> and every time you visit a site look at the bottom of your browser for People Count. In my experience compete is usually lower than actual traffic so its a great measure of traffic. Newbies love this tool - I was an addict for about a week. Be prepared not to work for a while - enjoy! And yes .. Hotel-Rates.com has 175,000 people a month ... hotels-and-discounts.com, 600,000 Stephen

Yo! Visit compete.com

You can type in any web address to view a one year traffic chart for ANY domain. If you’re using firefox then download the compete toolbar and every time you visit a site look at the bottom of your browser for People Count.

In my experience compete is usually lower than actual traffic so its a great measure of traffic.

Newbies love this tool – I was an addict for about a week. Be prepared not to work for a while – enjoy!

And yes .. Hotel-Rates.com has 175,000 people a month … hotels-and-discounts.com, 600,000

]]> By: Stephen Douglas http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-8199 Stephen Douglas Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:26:05 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/?p=490#comment-8199 Yo! You say "Type in hotel rates in Google and # 1 search result is hotel-rates.com (175,000 visitors a month)" Are you on some sort of web page that tells you how many VISITORS a domain gets a month, and if so, what is that site? I think a lot of domainers would love to know how many "visitors" are appearing a particular site each month. Or are you really saying that the domain "hotel-rates.com" gets 175k "results" on google? If it's the former, I'm really really interested in where you went to find out the number of visitors to this website, or any website, for that matter. If you can know the number of visitors at this website, I'm sure you can know the monthly visitors to ANY website/domain. That's something I could use. I'm just a noobie here... amaze me! thx Yo! You say “Type in hotel rates in Google and # 1 search result is hotel-rates.com (175,000 visitors a month)”

Are you on some sort of web page that tells you how many VISITORS a domain gets a month, and if so, what is that site? I think a lot of domainers would love to know how many “visitors” are appearing a particular site each month.

Or are you really saying that the domain “hotel-rates.com” gets 175k “results” on google?

If it’s the former, I’m really really interested in where you went to find out the number of visitors to this website, or any website, for that matter. If you can know the number of visitors at this website, I’m sure you can know the monthly visitors to ANY website/domain. That’s something I could use. I’m just a noobie here… amaze me!

thx

]]> By: wannadevelop.com http://www.newfoundnames.com/hyphen-domains/you-better-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-8166 wannadevelop.com Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:15:01 +0000 http://www.newfoundnames.com/?p=490#comment-8166 Hyphenated domains will rank just fine if you got tons of content and links pointing to them. The exact match domain factor helps, but there are many other variable that come into play of course. Top selection of domains in order for webmasters: keywordkeyword.com keywordkeyword.net keywordkeyword.org keyword-keyword.com keyword-keyword.net keyword-keyword.org Yahoo indeed ranks domains with hyphens better than Google... But Google doesn't discriminate obviously. If the domain has been around for many years and has all the right stuff --- it's just as good :) Hyphenated domains will rank just fine if you got tons of content and links pointing to them.

The exact match domain factor helps, but there are many other variable that come into play of course.

Top selection of domains in order for webmasters:

keywordkeyword.com
keywordkeyword.net
keywordkeyword.org

keyword-keyword.com
keyword-keyword.net
keyword-keyword.org

Yahoo indeed ranks domains with hyphens better than Google… But Google doesn’t discriminate obviously.

If the domain has been around for many years and has all the right stuff — it’s just as good :)

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