hyphenated co.uk or org.uk

[NAMECATCHER]

I personally would go for the co.uk but what do you guys prefer?

hyphenated co.uk or org.uk without the hyphen

 

[doodlebug]

.org.uk without, I never had much success with hyphenated .co.uks

 

[stellar73]

Org.uk without, hyphens make me cringe!

 

[markb]

What about a double hyphenated .biz ?

 

[NAMECATCHER]

Thanks for you replies guys, decided to go for the org.uk rather than the hyphen...

 

[Locably]

Agreed, I picked a few hyphen .co.uk domains and they just never really worked, I've learnt my lesson and avoid them now.

Cheers - Andy

 

[Aegean]

It depends what you're trying to do. I have no trouble getting them to the top of Google, but its a pain using a hyphen if you need customers to remember it.

 

[Banana]

but its a pain using a hyphen if you need customers to remember it.

Being a complete lazy fatty, I have no trouble remembering just-eat.co.uk

I would probably starve if it wasn't for that website and pot noodles

 

[DomainManagement]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...............

This is always i good one,because in Germany they prefer hyphens

and also at the start, if i remember correctly hyphens in the uk were actually

preferred too , i dont think it matters if its a .co.uk .org.uk hyphenated a .co
.com .net or a .org

its its on page 1 of Google , or if it makes money , to a business owner

what do you think he will buy , a hyphenated .org that is page 1 position 2 in Google and making money , or the sweet virgin domain that's not indexed
and will have to go through the development cycle , and the owner thinks it worth a mint , been there lol

 

[newguy]

There are a few successful hyphenated sites so I few it all depends. If you get it ranked it probably becomes a secondary consideration. It's clearly not a first choice solution, but I guess there are certain cases where a hyphen wouldn't put me off.

 

[Aiden Roberts]

I have looked at names with hyphens, I will buy one in a tight niche were I know I can rank but would be weary if competition is fierce as I think the hyphen is a disadvantage. If you plan on development and have the skills then I would not be against either domain.

On a recent foray into names I came across:

swimming-costumes.com 12,000 globals 9900 exacts cpc 0.93

At the time of writing it's still free to reg, if it goes anytime soon then we know people are not against hyphens. If you do take it make a donation to admin!

Regards

Aiden

 

[Jamie101]

I have looked at names with hyphens, I will buy one in a tight niche were I know I can rank but would be weary if competition is fierce as I think the hyphen is a disadvantage. If you plan on development and have the skills then I would not be against either domain.

On a recent foray into names I came across:

swimming-costumes.com 12,000 globals 9900 exacts cpc 0.93

At the time of writing it's still free to reg, if it goes anytime soon then we know people are not against hyphens. If you do take it make a donation to admin!

Regards

Aiden

Think I'm going to have to take a break from this forum, it's just too tempting to buy some of these domains, haha!

 

[Aiden Roberts]

Think I'm going to have to take a break from this forum, it's just too tempting to buy some of these domains, haha!

Yes it is tempting isn't it!

If you research a bit further you find out that:

Not everyone calls them swimming costumes in fact it seems to be a British term so the value of the .com diminishes as the .uk will rank better. When I think of .com I think of America and only 91 people search for swimming costumes in America apparently?

I think the point I am making is the hyphen is irrelevant to G but there are other considerations when buying a name; or at least that is my logic.

Aiden

 

[Jamie101]

That's weird that only 91 people search it in the US.

I haven't dealt with too many sites that are focused on the UK to be honest (most of mine are more towards the US) but I've seen plenty of domains with hyphens (including more than 1!) ranking just under some of my sites that are on page one. And that's not because they've got loads of backlinks either.

 

[Aiden Roberts]

That's weird that only 91 people search it in the US.

I haven't dealt with too many sites that are focused on the UK to be honest (most of mine are more towards the US) but I've seen plenty of domains with hyphens (including more than 1!) ranking just under some of my sites that are on page one. And that's not because they've got loads of backlinks either.

Yes I think hyphens for online business are not an issue, granted some domainers simply don't like them, probably not invest-able but for a decent developer they are usually not an issue especially when so many non hyphenated are parked or on a holding page.

It really depends what you want to do with it.

Aiden