user business Choosing Your Domain Name

1. Stick with

The .com TLD (top-level domain) is by far the most widely
accepted extension for a domain name. For obvious reasons it
is also the easiest to remember. When you tell someone to go
to your site in most cases they are going to think
"name/busines

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2. One Possible Spelling
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2. One Possible Spelling

Try to find a domain name that only has one possible
spelling. Most people cannot spell so make it easy for your
website visitors to remember by choosing a domain name
without a confusing spelling.

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3. Shorter is Better
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3. Shorter is Better

The shorter your domain name is then the easier it is for
your visitors to remember, the easier it is for your
visitors to type, and the easier it is for your visitors to
tell others about your domain name. All of these are good
things. 6 to 10 conse

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4. No Hyphens
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4. No Hyphens

In short, hyphens can really get someone lost. Not to
mention, it is more of a task to embed the hyphen into
someones memory. If mydomain.com is taken and you decide to
just order my-domain.com because it is available, there is a
great chance you wil

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5. Other Extensions
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5. Other Extensions

If you find the perfect domain name ending in .com then it
usually is a great idea to pick up other extensions like
.net, .org, .info, .us, etc. as you can park these domains
to point to your actual account to pickup any visitors that
just may happen

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6. Keep it Singular
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6. Keep it Singular

This rides on the same concept as avoiding hyphens. If
mydomain.com is taken and you pick mydomains.com there is
another great chance you will be sending your traffic to
mydomain.com as most domains today are cingular, not plural.
This is not so much

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7. Price
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7. Price

Price is not much of a factor, because if you need it you
need it. If someone owns a domain you want but you clearly
see it is not in use and there are no other options in terms
of choosing a domain, go ahead and run a WHOIS to find the
owner and com

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8. Keyword Rich
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8. Keyword Rich

This does not make a huge impact on SEO, but it can help.
For instance, if people are searching for Texas motor
events, then there is a great chance that
texasmotorevents.com would be a great domain to buy for the
mere fact that it is exactly what pe

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9. Type-In-Traffic
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9. Type-In-Traffic

This is when someone navigates directly to a website by
simply typing in what they are looking for and then
“.com” on the end into their URL bar in their browser.
This goes hand-in-hand with the previous tip of keyword rich
domains.

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