What to Do When Choosing a Domain Name
Domain name registration has become rather difficult these days because most top-level domains like .com, .net, .org etc., are already starting to fill up. Therefore, finding a short name that is easy to remember and relates to your website, product or services can be rather challenging. Something that can help you in choosing a domain name is removing the excess word standard that many have come to rely on lately. Websites that have names a mile long are available and easy to register for very cheap prices. However, what are the chances for someone to remember them or visit them frequently?
There are some things that you should not do when choosing a domain name. You should not use more than three words when naming your domain. The name you want for domain registration should be right for your business, but should also make a catchy statement that most people tend to memorize and popularize. Many registration sites offer alternative suggestions when searching for the name you desire. These scripts use dictionaries for processing synonyms and antonyms of the words you included in your search. If the name you have searched is not available for domain registration, they will suggest other similar names. You can use such tools when you want to find the appropriate name.
You should not hyphenate the name of your domain. People tend to forget names with hyphens, because the brain focuses on letters when associating names and tends to ignore the symbols. If a domain registration name is very appealing, but is already used, there is no recommendation stating that you should use hyphens to keep that name. Nevertheless, if you cannot go around using hyphens, you should try to limit the name you use for domain registration to two words separated by a hyphen.
Another thing you should avoid when searching for a domain name is using numbers. Some people use numbers for the entire name. Numbers are rather difficult to remember for most people. Consequently, using them as a website address is not very efficient. All websites have an IP address consistent of a large string of digits. Memorizing all the IP addresses of the domains you know is not as handy as their names and it would defy the purpose of the DNS. If you would plan to use a number for registering domain names, you would be better off using a static IP address from your web provider.
These are the most important things you should not do. However, some aspects might work in your best interest. You should pick a domain name that is similar to other popular domain names. Contrary to common beliefs, this can be a useful tool for getting free traffic to your website with the help of â??hit and miss browsersâ?. There are people who accidentally or intentionally misspell the name of a popular domain. This happens because they want to see if there is registration for the name or if a similar website exists. Others just omit or add a letter or two when typing. This enables them to visit your site. Obviously, this is beneficial for you. When using the similarities of the names as a tool, you can also register the same name but with another extension like .biz, .name, .info and others like that.
Another way you can increase the effectiveness of your website is by mixing and matching common web words found in thousands of popular domains. These words are â??internetâ??, â??onlineâ??, â??webâ?? and â??eâ??. Given these guidelines, the domain name you choose should be consistent of short, popular words and phrases in order to make it efficient.
What are the points to consider when choosing a domain name?
Here are some points to consider
1. Availability of the name — this is the first consideration as you may think of a nice good name but if it is no longer available, then you have little choice but to select another one
2. Do you want a branding type of domain name? Examples are Amazon.com, eBay.com, Yahoo.com — big successful sites with domain names that are catchy, and easy to remember even if the names have nothing to do with what they do. Yet these domains became the biggest brands on the web.
3. Do you want a keyword based domain? Search engines such as Google are now putting value in the domain names of websites. For example, search for "home business" and look at the top 10 results — most of which have the word "home business" in their domains. If you're going to do keywords and you will be using several keywords, use hypens and not underscore and don't make it look spammy long
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not too long, easy to remember, meaningful/relevant to the products u r offering
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the best thing to is choose a domain name which can be pronounced in maximum 2 syllabus.
popular examples:
1) Orkut
2) youtube
3) google
4) yahoo
etc…
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They are:
1. Make your domain name short but catchy
2. Make sure that yours is original and unique (this means that you don't have anyone's domain name on the web…this will confuse a lot of people and also SEs)
3. I also suggest that you have your (dot) extension name based from your country of origin just to inform people ahead that you are from that country.
Good luck!
Mary
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- Avoid any domain that ends in anything but .com, .net, and .org
– Avoid using abbreviations, numbers, etc. Ex adomain4u.com
– Avoid lawyers – do not use any copyrighted name or product in your domain name
– Do not use more than one hyphens Ex your-domainname.com is better than your-domain-name.com
– Google gives weight to keyword based domains. Ex – affiliatemarketingebooks.net
– Register domain name for more than one year. Search engines view any thing less as a spam or throw away domain.
– Do not pay more than $10
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You should consider if you are branding the name. For example, I have a URL that is my business name: ontheavenues.com That is good for people who want to find my site quickly, they can just search by the name
You should consider if you want to use keywords in the name. For example: freephoenixmls.com, or phoenix-commercial-property.com The hyphen seperates the words so engiines can see the difference. The combined url uses the phrases as one word but engines like google can see each. But, I have many sites that use the hyphen and no more then 3 words.
.com, .biz, .info and so forth will not be an issue. One is not better then the other, it is just that most are use to .com endings. But if you can get a great url with a different extension, go for it
Register the url for more then 2 years as that shows it is not a spam site. Google will judge the site on how long it is secured. Serious users register for more then a few years and this can help.
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http://ontheavenues-diy-seo.blogspot.com/
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