Online Business Questions Revealed » how to pick a domain name http://askdrsmiley.com Get Answers to Your Questions in Real Time Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:55:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How to Pick a Domain Name http://askdrsmiley.com/how-to-pick-a-domain-name/ http://askdrsmiley.com/how-to-pick-a-domain-name/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:51:20 +0000 Dr Smiley http://askdrsmiley.com/blog/?p=6 Let me start with defining what a domain name actually is.

A domain name is the name of your website. Once upon a time, when the Internet started out, web addresses were actually numbers and not actual names. Since computers talk in hexadecimal coding everything was numbers. So for your website address could be something like 22.333.444.22

Well this was just to hard for the ordinary person to remember or figure out, so it was decided to assign actual names to these numbers. Hence we have Domain Names!

When it comes to picking a domain name for your business, there are a few things you need to keep in mind before you get a domain name.

  1. Keep your domain name down to 3 or 4 words

  2. Use your first and last name if possible

  3. Use your main keywords within your domain name

  4. Try to register your domain name as .com or .net they are most popular

  5. Make it easy to remember

Choosing a good Domain Name can be difficult for some, take your time with this, as this will be your website address for many years to come. If you aren’t sure what your name should be try places like http://www.godaddy.com and http://www.nameboy.com here you will be able to type in different names and see what is available. Both places will give you suggestions as well.

It’s also a good idea to use words such as easy, fast, quick, and so forth in front of your actual domain name, just remember to make it memorable and fun.

Avoid names that can be hard to spell for the average person. Such names as Michael or is it Micheal, you never know for sure. Keep in mind that something that easy for you to spell correctly may not be that easy for someone else. Your audience is a wide variety of people and not everyone speaks or spells things the same.

This should get you off to a good start on picking your Domain Name, keep it short and easy to spell, have your keywords within the name if possible. Make sure it makes sense and relates to what your audience is looking for.

I hope the above has helped you better understand what Domain Names are and how to go about picking the right Domain Name for your business!


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