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Domain Names and Pascal Casing

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pageoneresults

5:37 pm on Sep 21, 2007 (gmt 0)

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How do you advertise your domain?

www.webmasterworld.com

or...

www.WebmasterWorld.com

I find it much easier to read the words in a domain if Pascal Casing is used, how about you?

Pascal Casing
The first letter in the identifier and the first letter of each subsequent concatenated word are capitalized.

Since domains are case insensitive, the use of case doesn't present any issues. Or does it?

In relation to URI structure, would you use Pascal Casing in file naming conventions? How about from a usability perspective, what are the pros and cons? What challenges are there if you decide to use PascalCasing and/or camelCasing in your file naming conventions?

I would think Pascal Casing would help considerably with domain bloopers. In that scenario, I'd be forcing PascalCasing. :)

RandomDot

6:55 pm on Sep 21, 2007 (gmt 0)

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It would be a matter of a Branding Effect of the website in general in a user perspective... algorithms doesn't take it into weight, there's no upside or downside on it in seo-matters, but for the users there are, a little depending on your demographics.

WebmasterWorld.Com
vs
webmasterworld.com

or

MySpace.Com
vs
mysspace.com

Which ones would you pay just slightly more attention to and feel a little more attached to than the other? - the top ones, of course. I would anyways, and always do...It's not much, but it does have a marginal effect and makes it stand a little out and makes people feel a little bit special. because it looks a little bit different, and seems a little more like two-word coolness, than one website more with whateverkeywordsyoulikehere.com

This can also be used with the headlines of articles.. as long as people can see it and relate to it, it makes people feel a tiny bit more important when reading it - because it's a viewable detail, a fancy detail which stands out from the rest.

That's my two dollars anyways, (inflation in the us)