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How To Choose The Right Domain Name For Your Website

By Joshua Elliot On May 9, 2009 Under Website Domain Name

Choosing a domain name for your website is like choosing a name for your child, it is that important. It tells the whole world what your website is all about. Here are some of the characteristics of a good domain name:

Great domain names are easy to remember

Names like Google.com, Amazon.com, Napster.com, Skype.com, etc… has name that are easy to remember. These names typically sound nice, easy to spell and sounds like a new word. If you are able to create a new lingo word from something that has the above three characteristics, it will let the world remember you for a very long long time

Great domain names are usually short

This is one of the keys in selecting a great domain name, short. There are several reasons for having it short. Logos can be easily fitted with the domain name as it requires lesser space, gets your website branding up, harder to misspell, and it can be very recognizable. Short domain names also help in placing ads in PPC, where there are only 35 characters inclusive of the dot com or dot net of the domain. I would recommend have two to three words the most in the domain name, as this will be easier to remember.

Great domain names relates to your business

This will tell your targeted audience what your core business is all about. Like Amazon.com, it tells you that the things they are selling are like the Amazon River, that has thousand and thousand of stuff in their store. Also it is good to make the domain name unique that is different, yet still tells the world the two are from the same core business.

There are three types of domain names that are usually used:

Catchy domain name:  This is one of the best ways to get people to remember your website domain name. Domain names like Amazon.com, Skype.com, Sony.com, etc…

Trade Mark domain name: Names like Sony.com, Coke.com, are trademarked. Be sure to check out the trademark database for your country or go to the US Patent and Trademark database to check with them. You will get into trouble with their company name in your domain name.

SEO domain name: This is the keywords that usually searchers type when looking for your product or services. This will help in giving good ranking to the search result in your website. The domain names will look something like this: DivingResorts.com, BestHolidayTrips.com, etc… You will have to do some keyword research to find out what are the keywords searchers are typing in the search result.

There are some sites that can help you in choosing a great domain name, here are the sites:

1)      www.MakeWords.com

2)      www.NameBoy.com

3)      www.DomainFellow.com

4)      www.DomainNameSoup.com

In summary, choosing a great domain name will determine the future of your website, be sure to choose the correct one. Decide what type of domain suits your business best, sometimes you can find that your domain name can be a combination of both types of choosing domain name. Try the above 4 sites to explore the most suitable name for your website.

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