Domain Names

[StuartDykes]

Going purely on the domain names keywords which of these appelas more to the search engines when someone searches for free stuff-

freestuff.

or

free-stuff.

Basically does the search engine treat domains with dashes in them better or worse than domains without dashes, or does it even make any difference?

[Chris]

The second one.

Search engines cannot parse all runons, and this will mostly show up in your anchor text. People link to you using your domain all the time, and having parsable keywords in there is a big help.

[StuartDykes]

right O.K so its better to have dashes in it. Obv it is not as easy to remember for direct traffic. Im assuming though, it is much much better to rank well in the SE's than have a memorable domain?

[Generalissimo]

Buy both - direct one without to one with.