Help to choose domain

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oknetwork

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So I want to get 2-word domain.

Similar to GrassSeeds.com>
first word ends with "ss" and second word begins with "s"

Lets assume GrassSeeds.com is taken and another tlds as well.

Availble are: Grasseeds.net and grasseeds.org (note: missing one s)

and grass-seeds.us

So will i get exact match bonus for Grasseeds.net and Grasseeds.org if someone is searching for grass seeds or is itbetter to go with Grass-seeds.us ?
 


Are you even serious about grass-seeds.us?

First it has a hyphen in it which is usually never a good idea, and second (yes, this is debatable) the .us extension doesn't rank as well as a .org or even .net.

I definitely recommend a .org since it usually works as well for me as a .com and the .org subtly implies that you're a trusted organization.
 
ChrisS said:
Are you even serious about grass-seeds.us?

First it has a hyphen in it which is usually never a good idea, and second (yes, this is debatable) the .us extension doesn't rank as well as a .org or even .net.

I definitely recommend a .org since it usually works as well for me as a .com and the .org subtly implies that you're a trusted organization.
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Thanks Chris,
I was thinking towards the .org, just needed a piece of mind how dropping one of the "s" will affect it ranking for the phrase. I could not find any info and quick browse/ search of google did not bring any results.
 
Ahhh ok crap man I didn't see that you were combining words. I'm not sure if I'd recommend it.

1. People are going to read it as two words. So if they type it in later for some reason they won't go to your site.

2. Google is smart enough to see what's going on there. I doubt you'll get any exact match benefit.

IMO you are better off adding a word before or after and finding a different domain. Like BestGrassSeeds.com for instance.
 
ChrisS said:
Ahhh ok crap man I didn't see that you were combining words. I'm not sure if I'd recommend it.

1. People are going to read it as two words. So if they type it in later for some reason they won't go to your site.

2. Google is smart enough to see what's going on there. I doubt you'll get any exact match benefit.

IMO you are better off adding a word before or after and finding a different domain. Like BestGrassSeeds.com for instance.
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This. I wouldn't recommend losing a letter, and I wouldn't choose to have a hyphen in the domain (to keep it more memorable, not due to hyphens having any affect that I know about on SEO). Just add a word before or after.
 
I usually don't like hyphens,
however because of those 3 "s" in the row hyphen looks almost natural...
grassseeds.com or grass-seeds.com
 
Losing a letter is definitely not an option.

What about grass-seeds.com/net/org? Are they taken? If not, I would seriously consider the hyphenated version as you've got three letters in a row, not a bad idea to separate them.
 
I would avoid the hyphen .us domain and go for the .net

.org is for an organization, are you an organization? Do you plan on selling anything on there? If you do, then go with the .net and get the hypened .com
 
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