Domain name with separated/non-separated keywords
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I start a new webshop within a month about spices and coffee. I'm thinking about the domain name to take. I would like to get visitors from coffee and spice keyword searches.
How much does it matter (in terms of SEO) if I use spiceandcoffee instead of spice-and-coffee? (The site will be hungarian and it sounds easy to remember without the hypen: fuszer-es-kave or fuszereskave.)
Does Google weighing more separated keywords in domain, instead of non-separated?
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Thank You for the comments, I was about to go with the non-separated and now I'm sure about it
Thanks once more
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Thank you Alan, glad you agree
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simon has said it all, hyphes are hard to comunicate and look spammy.
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Hi Zoltan
A good question.
It's the general consensus that Google does not place much weight on keyworded domains anymore, some sure, though not much. So bearing that in mind, I'd suggest going for a domain that is user-friendly and describes your business.
'spiceandcoffee' sounds ideal, it does what it says on the tin!
Domains without hyphens are better in my opinion, they are easier to communicate, remember (as you said) and to type, so avoid hyhpens if you can and stick with e.g. 'spiceandcoffee'.
(hyphens are considered the same as spaces by search engines, though they can easily distinguish between and identify words that are all together such as in your suggestion of 'spiceandcoffee', no need for hyphens).
So no difference for Search, just better for usability without hyphens.
Hope that helps,
Regards
Simon
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