Re: hyphens in domain names?

by Collette McNeill <collette(at)mlwebworks.com>

Date:	Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:48:49 -0700
To:	<amcbainezzell(at)alum.mit.edu>, hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
In-Reply-To:	mit
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Six of one is a half-dozen of the other. Or was that HalfDozen?

If you reserve both names, as well as "finemeralds.com" to catch 
misspellings, you cover your bases and only need to decide which name to 
advertise.  It's cheap enough nowadays ($9/yr/name on godaddy.com) and your 
friend can change her mind later after receiving real feedback from real 
visitors.

If I were you I'd pick the hyphenated domain name to advertise. It'd be 
more understandable in teeny tiny type. Studies show that more complicated 
domain names don't impact site traffic the way they did in the 20th century.
:)
Collette
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McNeill/Lynner WebWorks
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At 11:25 AM 4/15/02 -0700, you wrote:

>What are your opinions regarding hyphens in domain names? I have a friend
>who was about to launch her business site, and her business name when
>concatenated would put two e's back-to-back
>
>Example: www.fineemeralds.com
>
>Would she be better off with www.fine-emeralds.com?

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