HI..
Does my-domain.com have any advantage over mydomain.com in a search engine. My guess is no but my question is because my competitor has a hyphen and mine wouldn't. Also I am stuck with .net but you can't win them all huh.

So, i can give the best solution for that... Just get the best hosting services for that process is good to lead that problem... About the domain name and hosting services.. Then i got my domain name as an international one with free hosting services from this site.

The only time the hyphen has value is if you can't get the domain name that you are chasing. In your example

mydomain.com is a little better SE wise, but if you can't get that then
my-domain.com is the 2nd best option.

Overall the difference is miniscule

I think mydomain.com is better then my-domain Becouse this dash which (-) makes problem for the user to enter so I hope you will understand.

I've used hyphens, and have never had any problems with them.

I guess that it depends on what you want to do with them.

I registered freelance-articles.com in 2007, and within three weeks it was on the front page of google for those key words, and has been there since... even though it is badly in need of a rebuild.

If you're aiming to flip the domain of course, the value of the domain is determined by the market.

I guess the question you'd have to ask your self in that case is, would you buy it to use yourself?

If you use a hyphen you will be disadvantaged. Never use it as surfers are likely to forget it. It has no any effect on the search engine. A hyphen is one characteristic of a poor quality domain name…:grin:

Yes I know all that, but my hyphenated domains are still rating on the front page of google... (one at #3 - above the unhyphenated version) funny that! :grin: ;)

That is why i told you that it has no any effect to the search engine..any way I have never heard of that.... Experience teaches one a lot.:smile:

I don't think its really a matter at all. it doesn't effect your domain name

I don't think its a matter . but on advice , avoid that hyphen