Double hyphen on .org.uk?

[Alien]

Got my eye on a double hyphen .org.uk made up of a phrase that has over 30,000 exact local monthly searches.

Worth the effort or shouldn't bother?!

Thanks for the insights.

 

[cc976a]

What's the competition like on the phrase?

Not seen many double hyphens ranking for a popular term - but maybe because no-one's trying!

 

[websaway]

Got my eye on a double hyphen .org.uk made up of a phrase that has over 30,000 exact local monthly searches.

Worth the effort or shouldn't bother?!

Thanks for the insights.

What have you got to lose ?
What have you got to gain ?

Sorry to be so simplistic.

 

[Alien]

Cheers guys.

What's the competition like on the phrase?

Not seen many double hyphens ranking for a popular term - but maybe because no-one's trying!

Low by the looks of it, according to the Google 'green bar' anyway.

What have you got to lose ?
What have you got to gain ?

Sorry to be so simplistic.

Simple is good! Few quid to lose on reg fee, sky's the limit to gain? LOL.

 

[wb]

Forget the green bar, search Google for the phrase and see how competitive the results are directly.

Look at how many websites are targetting the term organically and how much effort they are putting in to it. For example, is the first page of results full of websites with the term in their title? Do the websites have strong link profiles all using the phrase as anchor text?

Open Site Explorer may be useful for you to find this out if you haven't used it before.

If competition looks low (so you can rank with minimal effort) and you think you can make more back from the niche than the time/money you spend on it, then go for it.

 

[expertc]

I do have a - - org.uk It's already paid double it's reg fee in aff commissions.

 

[Alien]

Forget the green bar, search Google for the phrase and see how competitive the results are directly.

Look at how many websites are targetting the term organically and how much effort they are putting in to it. For example, is the first page of results full of websites with the term in their title? Do the websites have strong link profiles all using the phrase as anchor text?

Open Site Explorer may be useful for you to find this out if you haven't used it before.

If competition looks low (so you can rank with minimal effort) and you think you can make more back from the niche than the time/money you spend on it, then go for it.

Thanks wb, very useful insight & info indeed, I'll use OE too in future.

I do have a - - org.uk It's already paid double it's reg fee in aff commissions.

Great! Cheers for that expertc.

Well, the domain name was: i-love-you.org.uk and I've had a little gamble with it, lol - obviously an extremely common phrase, with some various ways to monetise really.

I intend to attempt to rank it as a Valentines Day site in time for next year, we'll see!

 

[newguy]

In terms of ranking, whether it's .org. or .co.uk isn't really a factor, so let's forget about that. online-betting-guide.co.uk ranks well for 'horse racing tips' which is quite a competative term. I seem to remember that there is a keyword1--keyword2.com site that ranks really well too, though I forget the name.

Some say that hyphenated domains offer so exact match bonus, but I would say that there is certainly some bonus. Differnet people hold different views of course.