casino in domain better for seo ?

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I wanted to have a online casino themed domain name and bought this one online casino (not online yet) for $9, do you think the hyphens are bad for SEO? IMO it is worth the gamble to invest some time in this one. Please correct me if I am wrong.

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It's absolutely horrible for SEO! Please sell it to me for $9 :) hehe

I would love to have that domain, to be honest. The only difficulty in names like these is repeat visitors, IMO. You pretty much have to rely on SE traffic and/or bookmarks.

For keywords, it is fabulous, though, an hyphens do not degrade from that in my experience.
 

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I probably wouldn't buy a domain with more than two hyphens -- any more than that seems spammy (to me, anyway). One or two hyphens is fine, though.

Nice domain you found, by the way! ;D
 

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I stay away from hyphens, too. I might make an exception with a two word domain... for instance "online-casinos.com"

But I have heard the hyphens are quite popular in other parts of the world (outside the U.S. I mean) ..... in some places more popular than no spaces.
 

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Congrats on that $9 domain name!
If you don't mind me asking; Were you using a domain name service or did you just get lucky?

I been using hyphens in domain names for years.
I got a lot of really good domain names, for cheap, back a few years ago when a lot of folks said hyphens were Bad for SEO... :p

The major SE's are smart about hyphens, underlines or "spaces" in domain names.

There is an argument to be made that hyphens in domain names, improve user experience.

For example:
onlinecasinoreviews.com
or
online-casino-reviews.com

Which one is easier for the average user to read?
(added: I just picked these domain names off the top of my head, no offense meant to anyone. :) )
 
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Just found it somewhere was not searching for it, but I did a check if the domain was not registered and it was not, I thought maybe a good investment...........;D

Then I thought why not register the .net too

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There is a lot of debate over this topic. Personally I think that the Google algorythm is advanced enough to extract keywords out of any domain;

onlinecasino.x and realised online casino.

Using dashes is good in terms of user experience.
 
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