Choosing An Optimal Domain Name For Your New Blog From Six Types Available
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Complete Keyword Based Domain Names - Here the domain name consists of the keywords that your site is targeting. Suppose my site is to download online videos then domain should be download-online-videos.com The “-” between different keywords can join the keywords and would tell search engines that you are a site on those keyword. This helps your site/blog to appear on top of search engines for those words. But the downloadonlinevideos.com would do good as commonly people won’t type - between.
keyword In The Domain Name - Here a part of your site’s targeted search keyword appears inside the domain name. Take for example our own site BloggingTruths.Com where blogging keyword is a part of domain but it does sounds good. No hypens here. Most recommended one. Targeted keywords are the search words in search engines that correspond to your site’s content and purpose.
Dictionary Words - Suppose the word sacrifice is in dictionary then you may have sacrifice.info or sacrifice.com to blog about sacrifice. This is good to have impact on your readers and generally all people who would search for sacrifice would most easily reach your blog. If people want to find regarding sacrifice his first choice is sacrifice.com This is also quite recommended for for words that have some good meaning & value. Or you may make it sacrificeinfo.com sacrifice dictionary word and another action word like info site etc. Also no hyphens recommended as people in general avoid - when they visit websites.
Popular Names - May be celebrity names or other names of brands, companies, sports any thing be made your blog’s domain but you would write about them only. For example for a Johny Depp fan website JohnyDeppBlog.Com or JohnyDepp.Com is good one. In sports category if you want to have a blog on F-1 race then FormulaOne.Com is best but generally great domains are already taken.
Your Name - Quite recommended for your personal blog or general all category blog. Make your blog named as yourname.com
Shortest Possible Domain - You can use random 3 characters or 2 chars with a number and your blog would be easily remembered by others. V7n.Com is a great website and forum. Please do not use all numbers in 3 character domain.TNX.NET is a popular site. Hypen between keywords in domain may not sound good to people and where
According to current trend take a attractive domain that consists a part of your website’s functions/keywords and don’t make it long and your users should be able to remeber the domain name to access by typing it. Also much short domains like V7n.Com are preferred b’coz users remember easily. And .com domains are most preferred and .info at second for blogs.