Hyphens

[doodlebug]

For example if you take the word motorbike but use motor-bike#co#uk with a hyphen in it, does G see it as 1 word motorbike or 2 words motor and bike ?

Hope you get what I mean.

I've found domain for a product with 70k to 230k UK exacts and sells for a typical price of £350, is it worth me regging ?

Thanks

 

[Jeremy80]

As far as I know, Google considers it as two words.

 

[doodlebug]

As far as I know, Google considers it as two words.

Thanks for answering Jeremy

 

[Jeremy80]

Thanks for answering Jeremy

No prob dude.

 

[Pete99]

The hyphen doesn't make a difference. Google reads and evaluates the words; not the hyphen.

If you are building a brand, I would not use hyphens. Also avoid having 2-3 hyphens as this may seem spammy.

The advantage of hyphens is it can seperate words to increase readability for the user, e.g. experts-exchange.com is likely to have a different meaning to expertsexchange.com (for 'some' readers).