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Old 14-08-2007, 16:25
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Originally Posted by Peter View Post
The main disadvantage associated with hyphenated domains is it's too easy to forget the hyphen(s) when typing the domain name or to make errors, as a result of which most users will end up on your competitor's website hostings.
That is a very good point. If you see an advert outside for "www.mysite.com" what do you remember in your brain - mysite.com. If you see "www.my-site.com" what do you remember in your brain - mysite.com again. You don't often think "my" "hyphen" "site.com".
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