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How to choose a successful domain name for your website?
One of the first steps you should take in oder to create your online appearance is to choose a domain name for your website. The domain name will represent you, your hobby or business and will give your website a memorable name.
Definition: The domain name itself is an alphanumeric unique name that identifies individual web sites on the Internet. The domain can be of any length up to 67 characters, which includes the 26 letters of the English alphabet, numbers 0-9, and hyphens (-).The domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen but, can contain one or more hyphens. The domain names have a suffix or extention, called also TLD (Top Level Domain), which is based on the type of organization it is associated with. Common suffixes include: .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, .us etc.
Here are some tips how to choose a successful domain name for your website:
| 1. | Start brainstorming for relevant to your domain words. |
- List as many words as you can think of related to your preferred domain name.
- List as many words as you can think of that are related to the content of your website.
| 2. | Make different combinations with the listed words that are: |
- short,
- memorable,
- not easily confused,
- hard to misspell,
- related to the core of the business,
- with appropriate sounding to the core of your business.
Shorter domain names are easier to remember and far less susceptible to mistakes: for example lottary.com is easier to remember than playthenationallottaryonline.com. But there are also exceptions to this rule. A longer domain can be easier to remember by human memory than the shorter one - for example tbrea.com is a sequence of unrelated letters that is difficult to remember and type correctly, whereas, if we expand it to its long form 'TheBestRealEstateAgency.com' we are more likely to remember the domain name.
| 3. | Pick a few of these combinations that you like the most for the name of your domain. |
- If you like a specific word to be included in the domain name, think of all its forms: noun, verb, adverb, adjective.
- Consider also hyphens and numbers: sometimes you are a hyphen away from the dreamed domain name.
| 4. | Start searching for the availability of these domains. |
| 5. | If you do business online, register your domain with as many of the extensions as available! |
- Point them all to your site
- Let your name drive more traffic to your site.
| 6. | If your preferred choice is not available, do not discourage and try the next combination! |
More than 128 million domain names have been registered worldwide and thousands of new ones are added every day. Be creative and get the best domain name for your website!
Note: You get a FREE domain name registration with your SiteGround hosting account.