Comments on: When to use hyphens in domain names http://www.lcn.com/blog/2009/09/when-to-use-hyphens-in-domain-names/ Inside the wonderful world of LCN.COM Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:58:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Suneel http://www.lcn.com/blog/2009/09/when-to-use-hyphens-in-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Suneel Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:21:55 +0000 http://blog.lcn.com/?p=634#comment-1218 Good read. I had always been against using dashes in an URL and never followed that procedure. But, at times, when the clients demand it, I have to do it reluctantly. Sometimes, the clients think they are above Google. Even though the readability increases by using hyphens, I do not like to play with the memory power of the users. Good read. I had always been against using dashes in an URL and never followed that procedure.

But, at times, when the clients demand it, I have to do it reluctantly. Sometimes, the clients think they are above Google. Even though the readability increases by using hyphens, I do not like to play with the memory power of the users.

]]> By: Barry http://www.lcn.com/blog/2009/09/when-to-use-hyphens-in-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Barry Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:31:29 +0000 http://blog.lcn.com/?p=634#comment-41 Thanks for the comment. I'll get working on an "Effective white-hat link building techniques" blog post. Hopefully our blog visitors can share their own tips and tricks. If anyone has particular suggestions for types of blog posts they would like us to write about please let us know in the comments section. Thanks for the comment. I’ll get working on an “Effective white-hat link building techniques” blog post. Hopefully our blog visitors can share their own tips and tricks.

If anyone has particular suggestions for types of blog posts they would like us to write about please let us know in the comments section.

]]> By: Admin - Your Classic Insurance http://www.lcn.com/blog/2009/09/when-to-use-hyphens-in-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Admin - Your Classic Insurance Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:58:48 +0000 http://blog.lcn.com/?p=634#comment-40 When we bought our domain from you, we actually took the conscious decision to use a hyphenated domain name since - as you rightly mention - the keywords we're looking to own are 'classic' and 'insurance' (the latter being very hotly contested in the UK market), and any help we can get in owning these terms is useful. Also, since the site is an online-only concern, the use of hyphens doesn't worry us versus the search benefit of clearly-separated keywords, since we rarely have to pass the URL on by literal (spoken) word of mouth! It's early days though so far: link-building is a slow process and so far we've not seen any Pagerank movement in the site. Perhaps a future blog post could outline the intricacies of effective white-hat link building techniques...? :) When we bought our domain from you, we actually took the conscious decision to use a hyphenated domain name since – as you rightly mention – the keywords we’re looking to own are ‘classic’ and ‘insurance’ (the latter being very hotly contested in the UK market), and any help we can get in owning these terms is useful.

Also, since the site is an online-only concern, the use of hyphens doesn’t worry us versus the search benefit of clearly-separated keywords, since we rarely have to pass the URL on by literal (spoken) word of mouth!

It’s early days though so far: link-building is a slow process and so far we’ve not seen any Pagerank movement in the site.

Perhaps a future blog post could outline the intricacies of effective white-hat link building techniques…? :)

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