On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 12:22:14 +0100, "Sambo" <goldrake80@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>if you guys need to choose a new domain:
>would ypu chosse a domain with
>1- no keywords in it but short
>2- keywords in it but very long
>3- keywords divide by hyphens
>
>i have to say that i will choose the first: www.domain.com
>and then used the keywords for the appropriate pages:
>www.domain.com/keyword.html
>
>any suggestion?

I did ok using the oneword domain name - but most folks, sharing links
my way and using the domain name as anchor text, would divide the
domain name into separate words. Such as oneword.com would be shared
as [link]one word[/link]. I didn't consider that, in terms of IBLs,
when picking the names but the domain names have at least one keyword
for my site ... so it worked out ok in the end for me.

Some people register the hyphenated version along with the oneword
version - then point them both to the same site space; this way they
can use both domain names - as the oneword one is sometimes better for
offline promotion [oral sharing] and the hyphentated one 'appeals to
search engines' while not worrying about duplicate content thoughts.
Cat did a humorous 'example skit' in one of her posts, in the past, of
a hypothetical setting of sharing a hyphenated domain name over the
phone to another person.

Carol