g information so I will give you a distilled view of what is currently believed to be the facts regarding hyphens in domains.
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
t="_new" href="http://www.namesearchdomain.com/">Name Search Domain I had a lot of trouble finding a domain that I could use to reflect the topic
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
of my site. After quite a bit of research I decided on NameSearchDomain.com, without hyphens.
It used to be the case that using a hyphen to separate
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
keywords in your domain name would give you a better ranking in the search engines. For a while this was the case but due to the over zealous use of k
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
ywords in domain names, search engines now consider this as a spamming technique. Using hyphens in your domain name still makes it easier for search e
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
ngines to read but it generally will not benefit your ranking.
If you use an unhyphenated domain name like myself using keywords it is generally beli
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
eved that search engines such as Google can pick out the keywords. If you use hyphens then the keywords are easier to pick out from your domain name.
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
So if there is no search engine benefit to using hyphens and keywords in domain names why do people still use them. The answer is undoubtedly anchor l
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
ink benefits and ease of readability.
If you have hyphens in your domain name it is easier for a human to read and recognise the keywords in a domain
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
Take a look at specialistcheeseemporium.com or visit specialist-cheese-emporium.com. It is quite obvious that the hyphenated version is going to be r
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
ecognised more easily.
Recognising the domain name is one thing but entering a domain name into your browser is another. It is easier for someone to
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
type the unhyphenated domain name and it is easier for someone to give out the domain name to a customer if it doesn't have hyphens in it. Some p
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
eople may not know what a hyphen is.
There is believed to be another benefit of keywords in domain names and that is anchor links, that is keywords i
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
n back links to your site. If a webmaster links back to your site from their site they often use the domain name as the anchor text. This is obviously
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
good for you as it helps in reinforcing those keywords with your site to the search engines. So if your site is specialistcheeseemporium.com they may
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
type this as all one word or possibly as specialist cheese emporium. For the hyphenated version they would probably type specialist-cheese-emporium.co
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
m.
So when choosing your domain name and deciding on whether to use hyphens you need to consider how the domain name is going to be interpreted and u
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
sed by other people, not machines. I chose my domain name without hyphens purely because most people will type domains without the hyphens. I do use h
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
yphens but only in my filenames as this makes it easier for people to read and people are less likely to type in a page name as they are a domain name
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
