domain name

[DCP]

Launching a new car parts site next year.

I'm wondering about dashes and about .co.uk and .com

carlton car parts

carlton-car-parts.com
or
carltoncarparts.com
or
carltoncarparts.co.uk
or
carlton-car-parts.co.uk


I will buy all of them, but which should I register for google?

 

[FunkyBears]

carltoncarparts.co.uk
And a word of advice. Don't post what you are going to register, do it, register them as I've known of occasions where unscruplous individuals will go and register them then hold you to ransom!

 

[harryboon]

FunkyBear offers some good advice here - I agree CarltonCarParts.co.uk I think is better, and yes never post what domains you want to buy as someone will snap them up.

Good luck with the new project

carltoncarparts.co.uk
And a word of advice. Don't post what you are going to register, do it, register them as I've known of occasions where unscruplous individuals will go and register them then hold you to ransom!

 

[RadiusBPO]

Yeah buy it now before someone else buys it and tries to sell it back to you... On 123-reg.co.uk its only £6!

 

[seiretto]

Over the years I have had clients buy every conceivable combination of name for some sites and in the end they never benefited from it.

Save your money and just register those domains without the hyphens.

 

[gotreatme]

Personally I would avoid dashes and go for alloneword and dot com.

 

[zachc]

carltoncarparts.co.uk - This does it for me too.

I always imagine how I would spell a domain name to a person when I choose them. Dashes don't fare well when you try to spell your domain name out. People might get confused, do I type a '-' or do i spell it out 'dash'.

 

[Esk247]

Don't bother registering all the versions of your website under the sun. As above, i've had customers who have bought every single conceivable way of writing their web address..it doesn't do sod all in the grand scheme of things. Just stick with the standard .co.uk and order it QUICK! before someone else does.

 

[LDRocket]

I do believe it was Matt Cutts himself though who suggests domain names with dashes between the words are best for the search engine side of things?

 

[Olliver]

I do believe it was Matt Cutts himself though who suggests domain names with dashes between the words are best for the search engine side of things?

Not quite true as far as I can recall. The arguement was about using dashed or underscores. Not about it in general.

Out of my personal experience allinone domains fare much better than all-in-dashes domains. I also would always go for the .co.uk version of a domain when the targeted audience is in the UK.

 

[TotalWebSolutions]

I would go with .co.uk and .com without the hyphens and do it quick before someone else snaps them up!

 

[Ali-v-8]

.co.uk most importantly .com if you want it.
The hyphens act like spaces but to be honest the important term is car parts rather than carlton.
I think you have the right solution with or with out.

 

[Surbhee]

You should definitely go for without dash .co.uk domain. Country specific domains are better placed on Google Charts (google.co.uk). As your visitors will be from UK, a .co.uk domain will give you quicker and better results on google rankings.

 

[danielmeade]

As mentioned many times before, .co.uk would be your best option. I recently read a report that approx 60% of UK consumers trust a .co.uk domain over a .com