whats yours?

[RAI]

Hey guys
I am starting this thread because I want to know your views on whether the url of your website will affect your search engine ranking
well, my view is that url DOES affect your rankings.

whats yours?
please tell me
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[yardy]

If URL contains the necessary keyword, then YES it will affect SERPs, just because keyword in a URL is the best place to have a keyword -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[oddison]

Yes, they do, and if you can't get a domain name with your chosen keyword, you always have the option to include it as a subdomain or directory name: -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[pablo]

How do search engines feel about hyphens in the URL? is my-own-website.com better or worse than myownwebsite.com in terms of SEO?
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[dale]

Originally Posted by pablo

How do search engines feel about hyphens in the URL? is my-own-website.com better or worse than myownwebsite.com in terms of SEO? what are peoples thoughts?

Hyphens will work well if you cant get the un-hypenated domain. Not sure if they are better or not. Hypens are better for file names but i dont know if they make a difference in the url. Site users will of course prefer un-hyphenated domain names. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[harris]

domains with Hyphens are not recc because people will forget to type them or it doest not look proff, but for search engine keywords seperated with Hyphens are good, then your domain with be 100% revelant to search word if u have 2 or 3 words as keyword. finally keywords in domain name is very important that is basic point in seo called organic or physical seo. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[kaneo]

Keyword in a domain does help the site's rankings but i am not too sure about the SEO advantage of the hyphenated domains over the non hyphenated ones -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[zainab]

Yes absolutely. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[victor]

I beg to differ, if you search for "Celebrity Gossip" on google, the first website doesn't have any keywords in the url, but the second one does. The reason may have to dowith the size of the first website in comparison to the second, but is there any other reason why that may have happened? -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[banker]

keywords are just a small part of seo...
on a fast aproximation i would say the keyword in domain name weights about 10/1000
also note that if your domain name is something like my-site-about-keyword1-and-keyword2-keyword3.com you might be filtered by some spam filters -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --