{"id":322,"date":"2013-01-07T07:56:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T12:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2013-04-29T23:00:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T03:00:10","slug":"picking-the-right-domain-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/picking-the-right-domain-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Key Points for Picking the Perfect Domain Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\">\n<div style=\"width: 186px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:World_wide_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"www,domain,internet,web,net\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2e\/World_wide_web.jpg\/300px-World_wide_web.jpg\" alt=\"www,domain,internet,web,net\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Do you know the <strong>difference between a great domain name and a <\/strong><strong>mediocre one?<\/strong> What do you do if your company name is taken? How about if you want to have a more general appeal than just your <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Brand\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brand\">brand<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Website Magazine published an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.websitemagazine.com\/content\/blogs\/posts\/archive\/2009\/10\/27\/domain-name-appraisal.aspx\">intriguing article for domainers<\/a> &#8212; people who buy and sell <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Domain name\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domain_name\">domain names<\/a> for profit. Their advice is still applicable if you&#8217;re only looking for that <strong>one perfect domain<\/strong>. Here are a few tips, excerpted from the article, for choosing a quality website address:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Is it short, simple, memorable and be spelled easily? It is crucial that you create or buy domain names that are easy to remember.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How many words does the domain consist of? The more words or abbreviations the less value it carries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Determine the clarity of the domain name. Does it describe its content appropriately?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Finally, the domain\u2019s attributes (link popularity, extension, length, presence of hyphens or numerals) all play a role in its value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\">\n<div style=\"width: 156px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/company\/knowem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Image representing KnowEm as depicted in Crunc...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/assets\/images\/resized\/0006\/3230\/63230v2-max-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"Image representing KnowEm as depicted in Crunc...\" width=\"150\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via CrunchBase<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Your website address should be <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/blog\/5\/whats-in-a-name-username-and-website-address-consistency\">the same as your username<\/a><\/strong> and personal addresses everywhere on the Web, so choose carefully. Use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bustaname.com\">BustAName<\/a> to find domain suggestions based on combinations of the keywords you provide. Then check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowem.com\">KnowEm<\/a> to see what usernames are available across bunches of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Social media\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_media\">social media<\/a> sites (<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\">Facebook<\/a>, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\">Twitter<\/a>, etc).<\/p>\n<p>Happy domain-hunting!<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles by Zemanta<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronmedlin.com\/traffic-generation\/seo-google-marketing\/an-introduction-to-identify-with-your-domain-name\/\">An Introduction To Identify With Your Domain Name<\/a> (ronmedlin.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webmasterresources.suite101.com\/article.cfm\/choosing-a-good-and-unique-domain-name\">Choosing a Good and Unique Domain Name<\/a> (webmasterresources.suite101.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mwd.com\/2010\/07\/dot-co-domains-are-hot\/\">Dot .CO Domains Are Hot<\/a> (mwd.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allarticles.gurucrusher.com\/a-guide-to-choosing-a-unique-domain-name\/\">A Guide To Choosing A Unique Domain Name | All Articles from Guru &#8230;<\/a> (allarticles.gurucrusher.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=fb7e2740-6f7a-4d8e-a018-178dab265888\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know the difference between a great domain name and a mediocre one? 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