tahnks guys, now i have a better idea of the issue.
Sambo


"Carol W" <from_you@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>