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You can skip this session if you know what domain name that you want (Go to Step 1 : Search a domain), else stay here and read this very helpful guide on how to choose your domain names! A good domain name is critical to your site! It is one of the important keys to your site's success. But how to choose a good domain name? Here are some tips for you! Some of the guidelines here are coming from professional SE (Search Engines) specialists. Spend few minutes and read through these 8 points will definitely help you to find a domain name that is the best to you. 1. Register all the .com, .net and .org versions If you have yahoo.com, you don't want other people to own yahoo.net and yahoo.org, right? So register them early! If you plan to register for example acjo.com today, register acjo.net and acjo.org too! After you have built up your brand acjo, it may be too late to register the .net and .org at that time. 2. try putting hyphens "-" into your domain name if it's already taken Don't worry if the domain that you want to register is taken already, try putting hyphens "-" between your keywords in the domain. For example I want to register freecomputerprogram.com but it's registered by someone already, try free-computer-program.com! 4. Register a domain which contains popular keywords Try to register a domain which contains a popular keyword applicable for your industry. This will help your customers remember your domain name better. Most search engines will also search your domain name for keywords! 5. Register a domain name starting with the digit "1", "exclamination" or "number" This is a secret SE (Search Engine) trick! This is one of the tricks that SE specialists providing after you pay thousand dollars to them! Domain names with "1", "exclamination" ("!"), "number" ("#"), you can have better position in most of the search engines (one good example is yahoo.com)! The reason is that many SE, they list sites in alphabetical order, with "1", "!", "#" as your site name, your site will always be able to stay at the top of the site list! 6. Register both 0 and o versions to avoid traffic leak People often confused with 0 and o, If your domain name contains any of them, register both version will be a great way to keep all the people to your site. 7. Make good use of the maximum of 67 characters in a domain Shorter domain name is better? It depends. What many sites doing is register some long domain names and include as many related keywords as possible in the domain name, and then link up the domain to the main site. This way their sites get higher rank and better position in the Search engines, which means more traffic! 8. Conduct a trademark search before you register a domain Fair enough! Avoid registering a trademark. SEARCH FOR A DOMAIN NOW! |