Web Name

[steve1]

Can you tell me if the name that I have chosen for me web site, with "-" between the names has any detrimental efect on my sites rating

http://www.reiki-seichim-masters-australia.com/

Thanks

Steve

[TCH-Sales]

I am not sure if I understand what you mean by rating. If you mean Google's Page Rank, then our SEO has written some nice articles about that and other search engine optimization tips here.

[surefire]

From what I've read, having a url like the one you have purchased, can only help, not hurt.

 

It's probably not a huge factor... but it appears that Google will see each of those pieces as a separate word.

 

To give you an example, if you sell pet supplies then www.petsupplies.com will probably only give you credit for "pet" and not supplies. Whereas www.pet-supplies.com will probably give you credit for both "pet" and "supplies".

 

If your category is competitive, then having your keywords in your url definitely helps, but isn't the magic bullet that will automatically get you the coveted number one spot.