The Importance of The Domain
Posted by David Wiltshire on June, 25th 2008Choosing a good domain name for your web design is very important. It is the name for your business! I would strongly suggest not rushing into a domain name, and taking your time to brainstorm a few possibilities.
A few things to keep in mind when thinking about domain names include:
Domain Name Tips
- Com is the best extension
- Make it easy to remember
- Make it represent the content of your website
- Short names are best (when possible)
- Stay away from numbers and hyphens
- Keep the potential for branding in mind
A great tool that can help with brainstorming can be found here:
http://nameboy.comJust simply enter a few words that describe your site, and nameboy will generate a list of available domain names. To hear me talk a bit more about choosing a good domain name, please refer to the Video.
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It is important that you have a domain name that is relevant to your niche. I would not recommend using your name as a domain because if you ever decide that you want to sell your site, it will be hard to do so because the site will be branded under your name
Posted by Donny Gamble on 26 Jan 2009Another important thing to remember is to make sure you are not using a name that someone else has a trademark on. Imagine you are 2 or 3 years into building links and the possibility of getting hit with a lawsuit and being possibly forced to sell you domain name. Could be a bad scenario. You can do a trademark search here http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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