Domain name Question

Ive been thinking about making a website for 2 years now. Thought it would be a good project, good for a resume or something too. And it will help me know more about the subject as well.

The question is:


Is it bad to have a domain name with hyphens?

Im not going to put the name out there as I haven't bought it yet, but it has 3 words, which is 6 letters total, and 2 hyphens, one between each word. The words refer to the website and the topic. It is also a .com

My friends are just telling me that you don't really want to use hyphens in domain names. Is it really a bad thing? As the name seems to fit everything right on.

Thanks for the help in advance!

I don't see why you can't use them... it might be a pain for some people to type but they can get over it. I certainly wouldn't mind typing in a hyphen to go to a website, especially one I like. Penny Arcade's site name has a hyphen (www.penny-arcade.com) and so do a couple others I go to. I say go for it man but wait for some other members to give their advice too just in case, lol.

Thanks. Im still not sure if I am going to go for it yet. Its not alot of money to get it up and started, its just whether or not I will actually stick to it. My modding projects have taught me to stick to things more, but I'm not sure if I am ready to stick to a commitment like that and have money go down the drain. Trying to decide if I am ready.

I started a blog last week. So maybe I should stick to that for a while. I put a link up on it for the best site that I actually come back to. thebestcasescenario.com . I was going to put up a few other sites, but no other site keeps bringing me back to it like this one. I also have been clicking on the ads here as well, as I am starting to understand what they are there for and how they benefit this site.


If hyphens are ok I think i will buy the domain and just set it up when I am ready. Its not expensive for a year. How much do places charge you when you want to renew? They don't really say. Sure its 13$ the first year or somehting but are they going to charge you 100$ the next year to renew it? These are things I have to look into. But if hyphens are ok, I might purchase the domain soon.

Domains are generally the same year to year unlesss of course you do get ripped off.
Remember that at the end of the day all you're paying for is DNS server rental.
If youre looking for hosting as well you'll find that many places will do a domain very cheaply if you buy a bundle.

Ya ive found a pretty decent place to get hosting and a domain name, just debating on taking the jump. If i get the domain name I can make the site when I choose so I might just grab the name.

Just didn't know if having hyphens was a bad thing, as none of the main sites i visit ever have them and a few people said they just weren't good to have as people tend to not like them.

I'll add onto what I said before... don't worry about the hyphens. People are just lazy as hell and most don't know how to type so they do the ol' hunt and peck crap.

Good luck with building the site. What're you gonna have it dedicated to? Video game clan, personal site, or what? lol

Was thinking about a site about fixing pc's. Have tutorials for everything. Information about all parts and such. Operating system information and history and such.

Because they say to make a website about what you are good at or what interests you. And this stuff is what does. I figured as I do research on things for articles and tutorials it will help me improve my knowledge and such.

Really it was just an idea that ive had brewing in the back of my head. My issue is that I don't retain information if I don't constantly think about it or write it down so I figured it would help me with that as well.

No one here is going to buy out the domain on me (least i think), either way there are plenty out there to choose from so here was the domain in question.

Fix-a-pc.com



I have started a blog resently so I might grab the domain and hold onto it, and just continue with the blog. I still have a lot to learn about such as getting traffic and such. I just realized how advertisements work and how they are actually really useful and can generate quite a lot of money if you just have the traffic. Thats not what the goal is for but it helps nonetheless.

I am still trying to find myself in the blog so not exactly sure what it will turn to be, or I might make a different one with a different name for pc stuff. I was thinking it would just be my random thoughts, but it could be more than that ive seen.

Here's my blog if you want to check it out and tell me what I should focus on and what to improve. I am going to change the colors and layout as I find although it looks cool, it doesn't feel professional. Either way its just my personal blog. My thoughts and such for now.

how-to-fix-a-pc.com ?

Rules are for fools. There are no rules about what goes for a domain name. If it does what it says on the can people will be finding it thru google and not typing it.

If you had either domain name, the right meta tags, a well designed and implemented site, hot content and some well-seeded links you'd be top ranking (i.e 1st 3 pages) at google quite soon (like in two weeks).

Go with your gut feeling on it.

:)

Thanks CrazyB. Come winter break I will have a ton of time on my hands so maybe that will be the time to launch if I go for this. If I do it I want it to launch with quite a few pages, not just a blank site. Im going to start building a few pages and see if I like what im doing and if it goes well I think I am really going to go for this. Thanks for the support guys.



Edit: Can anyone point me to a good web hosting service? Fast, reliable, affordable, with good customer service? I forgot the one my bud told me about. From the looks at a lot of them, it seems I can get hosting and the domain for a year for around 100$. The basic ones have like 5gb of disk space, and the next step on a lot of them is much higher. Not really sure what I should go for. I guess I have alot more research to do.

Cheap+reliabe http://www.mint-space.com/
Its run by the people behind linuxmint and you can get the 1gb package for $30 if you buy it through the linuxmint site