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How To Pick A Good Domain Name by tunnypop(m): 6:47am On Feb 19, 2010
Have you ever wanted to go to a site that you were visiting the other day, but for the life of you, you can't now remember? No, it's not time to pack it in and start taking more fish oil for forgetfulness - the truth is that the domain name that you were thinking about just wasn't that memorable!

When you are starting an online business or putting an existing business online, you will find that there are plenty of reasons for you to be concerned about the domain name that you are going to be choosing. Your domain name can make the difference between mediocre sales and spectacular one, and once you have picked it, you will, for the most part, be stuck with it. I've found that your domain name is part of your brand strategy as well as part of the way that people identify you, and if you want everyone to keep you in mind, no matter what their memory is, you'll find that you need to keep a few things in mind.

Should I Use Dashes?

You'll find that one way to break up the URL and to get a more commonly worded domain name is to break up the domain name with dashes. While there are some successful websites that do this, you'll find that there are reasons to avoid it. It is generally understood that websites with dashes look less professional than ones without, and you will also find that for the most part, typing in the dash will be a bit more difficult for your customers. While this isn't a huge thing, you'll find that this small bit of difficulty can make a difference. Unless your business actually has a dash in the name, avoid this convention.

Choosing the Extension

When you go to choose your domain name, you'll find that you have a choice between addresses and their extensions. If at all possible, you'll find that choosing the.com extension is going to work the best for you. While choosing the.net or.org option could also work, you'll find that generally.net is best for Internet or tech related business and.org usually refers to a non-profit organization of some kind. You'll also find that if you are looking to market only to a particular country that you can pick a country specific extension, like.ca for Canada and.fr for France.

Subject of the Domain Name

Your domain name should reflect directly on your business. For instance, your company's name can be made into your domain name, unless it has already been taken. You'll find that this will cut down on confusion. If you cannot get your company's name, you may want to take a look at what your company does. When someone looks at your URL, they should have a rough idea of what you do, whether it's computer repair, clothing alterations or cheese sale!

Things to Stay Away From

The more variables that happen to be in your domain name, the more difficult people are going to find it. In my experience, you should never use abbreviations unless they are extremely obvious and you should stay away from numbers as well. This makes it easy for your customers and for the search engines to find you and this can go a long way towards getting your traffic where you want it.

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Re: How To Pick A Good Domain Name by hammythomas: 8:29am On Mar 08, 2010
Here are some effective tips to choose good domain name:
1. Your Domain Name Should Be Your Website Name.
2. Use a Short Domain Name.
3. Choose the Domain name that serves as a strong trademark so competitors won't be able to use a business name or domain name similar to it.
4. Add some special character in your domain name.There aren't a lot of special characters allowed in domain names. For the most part you can use alphabetic and numeral characters as well as hyphen (-). Some domain registrars may allow other characters, but those are the most common ones allowed.
5. Pick a domain name that suggests the nature of your product or service.
Re: How To Pick A Good Domain Name by salviya: 2:24pm On Jan 16, 2011
thanks for information, I got the domain name here http://www.thewebpole.com/ and also i got the hosting,domain name register, domain appraisal, online file folder, ssl certificate etc,

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