How to Get Perfect Domain name for blogging.
One particular difficulty with choosing a domain name is that sometimes there is a conflict between going with a brand, or generic name, and making your website name Google friendly with regard to search engine optimization (SEO). It can also be true that some of the most suitable website names might have previously been chosen and this can create practical limitations when it comes to picking website names, but I will suggest possible ways to get around these problems.
This makes things difficult for existing businesses who want to move onto the internet and keep their name, if the domain name has already been taken by someone else. However, if your business aims to mainly make its money online, then you should seriously consider changing its name so that it ties in with an available domain name. Basically, if you want an existing business to succeed on the internet, in terms of branding and SEO, then you need to choose the name of your business or brand at the same time that you choose a domain name.
One choice which can be difficult, is whether to choose a generic domain name such as carsandmotorbikes.com, or go for a business name such as michaelsmithcars.com. My simple SEO tip in this regard would be that if it is Google traffic that you are chasing above all else, choose a generic domain name. This is because the generic domain names are more likely to contain words that will crop up in your articles and posts and improve your SEO. The only exceptions to this rule are for big companies that are household names, like Yahoo say, or for certain sorts of business, such as restaurants, where the promotion of a brand name is vital. It also helps if the domain name that you choose is intuitive and makes it fairly obvious what the website does from the name.
You will see plenty of debates online about whether hyphenated domain names have a positive or negative impact on the domain name’s performance with respect to SEO. My opinion, based on experience, is that hyphenated domain names do not perform any better or worse than non-hyphenated ones.
The main advantage of not getting a dot.com is that the domain name is less likely to be taken, plus it might well be cheaper to purchase. Country specific domain names, such as dot.co.uk in the UK, are often the most suitable for certain sorts of businesses too, especially if they are locally based, rather than international.
One particular difficulty with choosing a domain name is that sometimes there is a conflict between going with a brand, or generic name, and making your website name Google friendly with regard to search engine optimization (SEO). It can also be true that some of the most suitable website names might have previously been chosen and this can create practical limitations when it comes to picking website names, but I will suggest possible ways to get around these problems.
Website names and the domain name
First things first, this might sound obvious, but if your website is
going to represent a specific business or brand, then you should always
aim to choose a domain name that is the same as your website name. The
reason that this doesn’t always happen is because sometimes the domain
name that appears to be the most suitable is already taken. The
website name and domain name are your online brand, however, so you
shouldn’t confuse the customer by not having them the same. Imagine if
Microsoft’s website was called “Microsoft”, but their domain name was
computersolutions.com? Or if Google’s website was called “Google” but
their domain name was cleversearch.com? It just doesn’t work having
different website names and domain names.This makes things difficult for existing businesses who want to move onto the internet and keep their name, if the domain name has already been taken by someone else. However, if your business aims to mainly make its money online, then you should seriously consider changing its name so that it ties in with an available domain name. Basically, if you want an existing business to succeed on the internet, in terms of branding and SEO, then you need to choose the name of your business or brand at the same time that you choose a domain name.
Brand name or generic name?
One choice which can be difficult, is whether to choose a generic domain name such as carsandmotorbikes.com, or go for a business name such as michaelsmithcars.com. My simple SEO tip in this regard would be that if it is Google traffic that you are chasing above all else, choose a generic domain name. This is because the generic domain names are more likely to contain words that will crop up in your articles and posts and improve your SEO. The only exceptions to this rule are for big companies that are household names, like Yahoo say, or for certain sorts of business, such as restaurants, where the promotion of a brand name is vital. It also helps if the domain name that you choose is intuitive and makes it fairly obvious what the website does from the name.
Put Keywords and phrases in the Domain Name
From an search engine optimization perspective (SEO) a website will
do best in terms of Google traffic if the domain name contains
effective key words or phrases that you will be using in your website
content. For instance, if your website trades in used motorbikes and
cars, then you might want to include words in your domain name such as
“buy”, “motorbikes”, “cars”, “online”, “used”. A good idea is to pick
several keywords and try them out in different combinations. You can
find the best keywords to include in your domain name by using the
Google Keywords Tool.
Hyphenated domain names
One way around the problem of a domain name not being available is
by putting hyphens in between the words that make up the domain name.
This site, for instance, is called simple-seo-tips.com. The hyphenated
version of a website name is sometimes available to buy as a domain
name when the non-hyphenated form isn’t. The disadvantage of
hyphenated domain names is that people can easily confuse it with the
non-hyphenated version of the domain name, especially when they type
the domain name into the address bar, when it is easy for a customer to
forget to include the hyphens and go to a rival site.You will see plenty of debates online about whether hyphenated domain names have a positive or negative impact on the domain name’s performance with respect to SEO. My opinion, based on experience, is that hyphenated domain names do not perform any better or worse than non-hyphenated ones.
Long or short domain names?
Generally speaking, your domain name should be the shortest that you
can get away with. This makes it easy to remember and also allows more
url characters to be left over for use in your posts. That said, you
do want to get some keywords or keyword phrases into the domain name
for SEO purposes so don’t get too obsessed with shortness. Also, many
of the shorter domain names have already been used up, so your choices
of short domain names to choose may be limited.
Dot.com or not
Another area of discussion with regard to domain names is whether
you should always choose a domain name that ends in dot.com, or not.
The first thing that I would say is that in terms of simple SEO, it
won’t effect your levels of internet traffic whether your domain ends
in dot.com or dot.info or dot.org or anything else. Many members of
the public, however, will automatically assume that a website’s name
ends in dot.com, however, and remember it that way. Plus some people
(wrongly) see a dot.com domain name as having more authority. If you
do buy the dot.com version of the domain name , you may also want to
consider buying up the dot.net and dot.org versions etc. to have
control over the name.The main advantage of not getting a dot.com is that the domain name is less likely to be taken, plus it might well be cheaper to purchase. Country specific domain names, such as dot.co.uk in the UK, are often the most suitable for certain sorts of businesses too, especially if they are locally based, rather than international.
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