Awesome, thanks for the share Ryan :))

Yes I agree and I have had success with hyphens in the past, but I firmly believe  they are less likely to be successful than unhypenated websites (but that's in hindsight). As to whether the hyphen played a part in the success is another question entirely, it may have been for a multitude of other factors which I never tested at the time.

Have you conducted any research on this, might be worth doing and then publishing the results on your site, would be of great value.

Think the only way to test this would be to launch two sites, optimised and written as identical as possible (but not the same content for obvious reasons), also best to use different server hosts and see which one ranks best, would be pretty conclusive.

Is cool Michael, the info comes from a reputable source with facts behind it, but if you have your own proof that hyphenated urls work that's good. :))

Not sure if this is of any help Michael

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-domain-name

Is cool Michael, the info comes from a reputable source with facts behind it, but if you have your own proof that hyphenated urls work that's good. :))