Multiple dashes in domain name

[pow-wow]

Some webmasters said it's looks spammy having dashes in domain, then it is good for SEO purpose because it helps search engines accurately discern the keywords from the domain name.
Is it okay to register a domain with multiple dashes?

[OldWelshGuy]

It depends. The domain name does not have benefit, it is the links pointing to it that gets the benefit.

Although this is eabted time after time.

There are considerations other than SEo however.

[livetech]

There are considerations other than SEo however.

I couldn't agree more. One such consideration is if you're buying a domain name which is two words where the last letter of the first word is the same as the first letter of the last word. Then I'd try and use the hyphenated version, as it would read better. But - if it's a sizable venture - I'd also buy the unhyphenated version as well.

[OldWelshGuy]

yep, try and own the 'simple' versions to prevent loss of traffic and worse, passing off by bandwagoners.

[smeagain]

I always think one of the most important things about a domain name is that it should be "Memorable" or easy to remember. This in my opinion is more important (by far) than stuffing a domain name full of keywords.

Think of Amazon, they have a briliant name. Every schoolchild throughout the World learns about the Amazon River in geography. The most succesful selling site inthe world started life as an online bookshop yet amazon.com is nothing whatever to do with books.

[Andyrose]

Google also seems to largely ignore dashes. I was searching for some spyware recently where every other character in the domain was a dash. I couldn't find what I wanted because it kept finding versions of the name with less dashes.

[arora]

I am all for it for example - see Delhiinn dot com and see Delhi-Inn dot com

See the difference! here the hyphen makes sense! Invariably the url without hyphen will always be mis-spelt the first time around!

Don't always think about the SE's bots - you have to make the url "user freindly" - so keep in mind the user! It is the user who is giving you business - not the SE bot or webmasters!

My 2c.

Some webmasters said it's looks spammy having dashes in domain, then it is good for SEO purpose because it helps search engines accurately discern the keywords from the domain name.
Is it okay to register a domain with multiple dashes?

[bjdea1]

I wouldn't because in my opinion it does look spammy and will lose you some trust.

[eronkid]

creating those domain names makes it difficult to remember

[bochgoch]

I wouldn't because in my opinion it does look spammy and will lose you some trust.

I agree with that, personally hyphenated domains seem trashy and are best avoided to my way of thinking.