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4.4.2

Hyphens in Domain Names

This option can be found to the right of the main search in the general search options panel. It

specifies how hyphens will be used in multi word (or multi part) domain names to join the

words/parts. This option is only available for the 

simple words

, 

word terms

, and 

advanced

searches.

Hyphens can be set to always, never, or optional (check with and without hyphens).

When set to optional, a simple search for "direct marketing" with no thesaurus alternatives would

check the domain names:

directmarketing

direct marketing

marketingdirect

marketing direct

Generally it is easier for people to remember and use domain names 

without

 hyphens and easier

for you to verbally communicate the domain name, however using hyphens gives you more

flexibility to find the best available domain names. The default hyphen setting is Never.

4.4.3

Popular Alternative Domain Names

This option can be found to the right of the main search in the general search options panel. The

maximum number of popular alternatives to use can be set for the 

simple words

, 

word terms

, and

advanced

 searches from 0 (none) to 10.

Domain Name Pro includes a search engine search term database containing the top 500,000

search terms from a list of almost 4 million. This allows Domain Name Pro to generate popular

alternative domain names by checking for similar popular searches containing the same words in

the domain name.

For example, when searching for the domain name "puzzle" (popularity 35.522), Domain Name Pro

can generate and check for popular alternative domain names including:

crossword puzzle (40.154)

jigsaw puzzle (23.794)

maker puzzle (9.214)

puzzle maker (8.956)

word search puzzle (4.544)

online jigsaw puzzle (3.791)

word puzzle (3.340)

and more...

TIP!

You can also use wildcards in the 

word terms search

 to find up to 100 popular domain

names for each term.

Note that pluralized words are not contained in the popularity database (the search engine provider

of the data does not include them), therefore popular alternative domain names will only have

singular forms of words. This is important to consider when choosing a popular domain name to

register. For example, is it better to register digitalcamera.com or digitalcameras.com?

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