domain names including "-"

which is best www.widgetcompany.com or www.widget-company.com

[keentolearn]

hi all

which is best www.widgetcompany.com or www.widget-company.com?

obviously the 2nd will be easier to visually promote, but harder to get accross verbally - but which is best for google?

many thanks for any info on this.
as ever
keen to learn..

[hercules]

doesn't mind which one for google. if there both free i would register both

[keentolearn]

hi

thanks, i didnt know if google would make better sense if my url had 3 keywords seperated by '-''s

ie www.the-cheapest-widgets-online.com

would google then consider page names cheapest-widgets.hmtl, and widget-online.html better than if the url was www.cheapestwidgetsonline.com?

thanks
keen to learn..

[thecityofgold2005]

I wouldn't use 'cheapest' in a URL. It looks spammy.

[mal4mac]

Why not go for a really memorable name rather than tying it to your keywords? Google and Amazon took that appraoch. Overture even moved to that approach (from GoTo).

[keentolearn]

hi all

thanks - the 'cheapest' was just for reference.

the url will be a mixture of keywords and memorable words, i just wanted to be sure about the use of the '-'

thanks

keen..

[colin_h]

I started using a "-" about 2 years ago. I'm sure that I remember reading there were penalties before then, but since I have had no issues. I think that it doesn't matter. If you check out google highlighting it highlights single words with a string nowadays.