Domain name match and SEO

[Catalyste]

I was asked a question today and would like a second opinion on it :

Knowing that Alex wants to rank for personnal training the question is, from a SEO standpoint, which domain name would you recommend me using and why :

personnaltraining.com ( IS not available)

Personnaltrainingalex.com

alexpersonnaltraining.com

alextraining.com

trainingalex.com

I have my idea on this, but I'd like to have your so we can share and discuss on that.

Thanks !

[StreamlineMetrics]

Just curious, are you purposely intending to target "personnal" rather than "personal" which is the correct spelling of the word? Either way, I am assuming your target market is likely confined to a specific geographical area, so I would suggest using a city name in the URL such as -

personaltrainingdallas.com

personaltrainersnyc.com

miamipersonaltrainer.com

[First]

I agree with Streamline 100%. I would just add that if the URL you want is not available don't rule out the .net option. Sometimes URLs are taken but not being used. Being the first with an exact keyword match URL could bring big benefits. For now at least

[Zoolander]

I read somewhere (on here I think) that hyphens in domains are OK so long as not too many.  It appears the hyphenated variants of your first not available domain are taken for the good tdl's but you might have some more scope with hyphens otherwise.

Also shouldn't "Personal" have only 1 letter "n"?