Thread: Are domains with ' - ' ok?

i got offered today for a domain X-N.org

X= ?

N= number Duhh :P
are they worth purchasing?

I think it's worth buying if you think it's catchy and the price is not too high.

DCB

Its a model of a car/bike xD

e.g audi a2

a-2.org

Originally Posted by Jasonp

Its a model of a car/bike xD

e.g audi a2

a-2.org

I see, what you are planning to do with the domain name?

DCB

From what I understand, search engines interpret "-" as they do spaces.

For example:
pet-shop.com would be the same as pet shop.com

Originally Posted by DotComBum

I see, what you are planning to do with the domain name?

DCB

A blog or forum on the car model.

The problem with the dashed name is that a competitor could have the non-dashed.

The site without the dash is offline

Originally Posted by Jasonp

The site without the dash is offline

The domain is fine. But I wouldn't brand a site without only the non-dashed as well.

'http://xyz-nvb.tld' would do better for the keyword 'xyz nvb' than 'http://xyznvb.tld'.
Matt Cutts had mentioned this somewhere i don't actually remember, he had said somewhat like :

'-' are the best space seperators followed by '_'. Having no spaces between two words is the worst.