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It is not easy to create a domain name. Some good domain names are taken and most of domain names with dot com extension is the most favourable. If the domain name is taken, I recommend you to use these pro blogging tips and tricks for choosing domain names:
- Use plural or singular keywords. Please check if your keywords in plural or singular are profitable.
- Use another extension: dot net, dot info, dot biz and so on.
- Use numbers instead of words, two becomes 2, and four becomes 4.
- Use short form instead of full word. Biz instead of business
- Use hyphen but not too many. One hyphen is enough.
- Add prefix before domain name or suffix after the domain name. The examples of popular prefix: the, my, all, best, super, top, e, pro, basic. The examples of popular suffix: central, center, guide, a to z, 101, place, point, hub. The suffix can be a company extension such as Inc.
Ideally, we choose a domain name with dot com, without numbers and without hyphen but we also have to follow the main rules for choosing domain names:
- Shorter domain name is the better. For an example: 7rulesimprovement.com is better than sevenrulesimprovement.com which the latter is too long.
- Easy To Spell: if the domain name has triple letters, the name will confuse people and hyphen may do well. For example:business-strategy.com is better than businessstrategy.com
- Easy To Remember: Use simple and less words, 2 or 3 words are better than 4 to 5 words.
Ask for a second opinion from your mentor or your blogger friends and you may find more pro blogging tips and tricks for choosing your domain names. You can register your domain name at Name Cheap Domain and add Whois Privacy if you want to.
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Best post ever!
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Keep posting stuff like this i really like it
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I am the first time on this site and am really enthusiastic about and so many good articles. I think it’s just very good.
Always yours Mr. Cialis
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If the domain name is taken, you could check if it’s listed on say Sedo.com (largest domain market around). It might be that your dream domain is listed for a low price. Or just shoot an e-mail to the domain owner, the address is listed in the domain whois (whois.sc/domainname.com is a quick whois lookup method).
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Great tips! Simple but really useful. Hyphens are really far more better than underscores.
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vie Reply:
September 22nd, 2010 at 2:14 am
Hi Andrew, thanks for feedback. Yes, sometimes, we need to use hyphen but underscore is certainly no..no
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Hi Andrew, thanks for feedback. Yes, sometimes, we need to use hyphen but underscore is certainly no..no
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using numbers or hyphen are not suggested and it would be better if you choose to register a domain name without www .
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Its better to make post on dofollow forums. help your website to get quality backlinks and good PR
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vie Reply:
September 22nd, 2010 at 2:12 am
thank you for recommendation.
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thank you for recommendation.
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Nice post how to choose a domain name , Finding a great domain is really tough and i prefer to choose a domain that have a keyword in it and have 2 words only.
I prefer godaddy and namecheap if you are looking to buy a new domain because they are the best domain provider and really cheap when you have coupon
is it true that dot com is better in ranking position than dot info?
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I am using namecheap for my custom domain for Blogger and I recommended to others also and thanks for sharing.
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Very good strategy on choosing a good domain name. I use to register longwinded domain name, and ended up confusing myself, let alone my readers who are trying to remember my site URL. Although if your site traffic is almost entirely generated online, use of a few hyphens may be okay as long as it is easier to recognize and available then the non-hypenated version.
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Hi Vie,
I have purchase my domain name from namecheap and by my experience they have good service and easy and friendly interface. Thanks for this info.
Best Regards!
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that was a great post man! enjoyed reading it! I have bookmarked your site nd will keep checking it from time to time. Have a good time mate!
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There has been so much back and forth going on with the topic. The last I heard is that having an exact match keyword for your domain gives you a little boost in the search engines. I heard that you should always pick a Top Level Domain Name. (.com, .org, .net) Has anyone heard of this information or care to give their insight on this.
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