How to choose a domain name?

[konetkar500]

Here are some tips to choose a right domain name for your business:

1. Stick with “.com” – The .com TLD (top-level domain) is by far the most widely accepted extension for a domain name.

2 Shorter is Better

3. Company names and brand names — Whenever possible, register your company name as your main URL.

4. No Hyphens – Avoid using a hyphenated domain name.

5 Make it Easy to Remember

6 Avoid Trademarked Names

[Michaelbevan321]

Godaddy.com is an excellent site for a choice of options when it comes to choose the domain name you want. In this process, set your desired keyword is very relevant. In case the domain name you want to have the domain name you want, you can add affixes.

[sabrinasai]

Some of the rules while choosing domain names are:
1. Stick with “.com” – The .com TLD (top-level domain) is by far the most widely accepted extension for a domain name. If you are looking for a domain name for a business then it is even more important to choose a .com for your domain name because of the credibility boost that a .com domain name brings. Yes, there are still some very successful businesses that have domain names ending in .net or .org but just think, as a new business do you really want to chance having a lot of your customers forget that your domain name ends in .net and instead type in your domain name + .com when they go to find your website? There are some exceptions to this rule of course. If you run a business that is based in a country outside of the United States then it can be smart to use a local TLD (.uk for the United Kingdom, .au for Australia, .ca for Canada, .de for Germany, .cn for China, etc.).

2. One Possible Spelling – Try to find a domain name that only has one possible spelling. Most people cannot spell so make it easy for your website visitors to remember by choosing a domain name without a confusing spelling.

3. Shorter is Better – The shorter your domain name is then the easier it is for your visitors to remember, the easier it is for your visitors to type, and the easier it is for your visitors to tell others about your domain name. All of these are good things.

4. Commercial Appeal – A quick way to test if your domain has commercial appeal or marketability is if you think that the domain name will look good up on a billboard or in a commercial. This is especially important if you are looking for a business domain name but it is of course important for personal domain names as well.

5. No Hyphens – If at all possible then avoid using a hyphenated domain name. Sure, many businesses will use a domain name with a hyphen or even two or three but the two main problems with hyphenated domain names is that people forget where the hyphens go (or forget them altogether) and hyphenated domain names can lose traffic to similar domain names that do not have hyphens . A hyphenated domain name can often seem like a cheap substitute for the same domain name without the hyphen in the eyes of many visitors.

6. Other Extensions – If you find the perfect domain name ending in .com then it usually makes sense to try and grab as many of the other common extensions that are available as well and then redirect those other extensions to your domain name that ends in .com. For example, if you are able to purchase the domain name sallysmusicblog.com and you definitely have long term plans for the website then it is probably a smart thing to go ahead and register sallysmusicblog.net, sallysmusicblog.biz, sallysmusicblog.info, etc. as well and then just redirect all of the non .com domains to your .com domain name. This has two benefits: when people type in sallysmusicblog.net then they will automatically be redirect to sallysmusicblog.com and also it will prevent other people from purchasing a domain name that is the same as yours but just with a different extension and potentially stealing traffic away from your website.

7. Singular vs. Plural – Make sure that you set up a website on the domain name that makes the most sense when choosing between the singular and plural of the words in your domain name. One thing that you definitely should do is purchase both the singular and plural variation of your domain name if applicable and then redirect the not as good sounding domain to the best sounding domain. Keep in mind that for some domain names the singular will sound better than the plural while with others the plural will sound better than the singular. For example, if you have a site that is devoted to health insurance plans then healthinsuranceplans.com sounds better than healthinsuranceplan.com but to avoid confusion and keep the singular domain away from your competitors then it would be best to buy both of the domain names and then redirect healthinsuranceplan.com to healthinsuranceplans.com.

8. Price – To register a brand new domain name you will pay approximately $10 a year. To purchase domain name at an auction from someone looking to sell one of their existing domain names then you could pay anywhere from $5 to hundreds of thousands of dollars or even more plus the annual registration fees. While it is always awesome to be able to find a great domain name by hand registering the domain name (our domain finder tools can help you with that) it is often more likely that you can find a top notch domain name at a domain name auction (our domain name auction tools can help you with the search). Whichever route you choose be sure and do your homework. You may also want to read our guide on how to choose a domain name registrar so you can get a good deal on your domain name while still choosing a reputable registrar.

9. Keyword Rich – Choose a domain name that is full of keywords that are related to your website. If your site sells vitamins then try and choose a domain name that contains the word “vitamins” in the domain name. Use our advanced search option for any of our domain tools and also use our domain alerts to receive personalized alerts when domains containing certain keywords you specify become available to register or buy at auction. You also may find it helpful to take a look in our fully searchable keyword domain repository to view exact match keyword only domain names that are available to register.

10. Type-In Traffic – Type-In traffic is when someone navigates directly to a website by simply typing in what they are looking for and then “.com” on the end into their URL bar in their browser. If you can find an exact match keyword only domain name then you have a good chance of receiving some type in traffic to the domain and also receiving some Search Engine Optimization (SEO) benefit to using the domain name as well. Use our tool that helps find domains with type-in traffic and also learn more by visiting our type-in traffic page.

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[mizxaquizi]

When choosing a domain name for SEO purposes, there are three main factors to consider: Brand, rankability, linkability!

[ksla]

Hi,
Welcome. I am new at this forum. I call hello every body at first.
Selecting domain name good keyword is an important thing to make popular your site.
Thank you.

[ismail11]

The more unique a domain name is then the easier it is to remember to everyone. Stay within the constraints of the other rules when searching for a unique website domain name but if you can be clever and pull it off then finding a unique domain name is the best way to your successful business.

[ankita123]

there are many way for it such as jaxxy.com

[hostsea]

Keywords in domain name can help in SEo, but Avoid keywords with ambiguous or double/multiple meanings
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[friv4mini]

thanks for share good idea . I am agree about " First decide your keyword and then search on Godaddy.com, if this domain name is already booked then add some prefix or suffix of your selected domain name. ".

[ankita123]

One Possible Spelling – Try to find a domain name that only has one possible spelling. Most people cannot spell so make it easy for your website visitors to remember by choosing a domain name without a confusing spelling.

[!!a]

I think that the domain name should be connected with the brand name, then you can better seo position your site.

[calvinstone479]

Domain name should be perfect and useful SEO friendly. It will definitely give you valuable purpose. Take the advantage of domain name and get best use.

[aidenmatthew251]

If you choose a domain name search engine optimization purposes, then to ensure that the primary key should be in the domain name, if the domain name is not available, then you can use the space of the hyphen in place, it is the value of SEO.

[adrielalfredo34]

Godaddy.com is an excellent site for a choice of options when it comes to choose the domain name you want. In this process, set your desired keyword is very relevant. In case the domain name you want to have the domain name you want, you can add affixes.

[jamsen]

There are two basic approaches to picking a name for your site. You can either focus on branding, or focus on keywords. If you take the branding route, know the product or subject you’re trying to promote. On the other hand, if you want to go for a keyword optimized domain name, there’s a more deterministic way to pick the best one available.
1. Exact match domain names
2. Find the most valuable keywords for EMD
3. Paste the keyword list into a bulk domain search tool