How to use short and long versions of a domain.

[lolailo]

Hi, I know similar questions have been asked many times before but I can't find exactly what I'm looking for.

I have two domains for a campsite camping-example.com and example.com.

I would like to use the short version for everything(email addresses, business cards, over the phone etc...) but I think it's a good idea to use the long version for search engines because it has the key word and I think most people will use it when they search for us.

How would yo do this? Just set up the site and emails with example.com and when I'm done set up camping-example.com with a 301 redirect and submit this to the search engines?

Then I should not submit the short version to the search engines? Or is it all the same because eventually it will be crawled anyway?

[bill]

Stick with one domain only. 301 Redirect the other(s) to the main site.

Nobody submits domains to search engines any more. They'll find you. Get a link from another indexed site and wait to be crawled.

[HuskyPup]

Nobody submits domains to search engines any more.

Call me old-fashioned however I do and especially so for brand new standalone sites with no backlinks etc.

I also submit new or updated pages even on well-established sites.

[bill]

Would you submit a 301'd domain? What would be the purpose?