Some tips for choosing a domain name: Choosing a domain name is the first step towards starting your online business. Don’t be fooled into thinking that it’s a simple case of registering your company name with “.au” attached to the end. Choosing a domain name may be complex, because there are several important factors that should be considered when purchasing and registering a domain name, some which you may be aware of and others that don’t present themselves as obviously. Keep it short Keep your domain name short and sticky. Be Specific Don´t use obscure names and references that may confuse and disorientate users when trying to recall your domain name. Don’t use difficult words Don’t use difficult words to remember or write. The simplicity is best online . Plain English Try to avoid the number 0, because this can often be mistaken for the letter o. The generic equivalent of your product or service A great idea is to see if the generic equivalent of your product or service is available to purchase. You can also use address when asking people to link to your website, this will give search engines a better idea that your website is about the product or service within the domain name. Look at old domains Looking in old and expired domains can help you get your site ranked better in search engines. An old domain may have several hundred links to it. Pointing this old domain to your website may increase the speed of your website getting crawled and indexed and may help in search engine rankings Make it memorable Use sayings or combinations of words that infuse themselves into our language and become colloquial are part of our everyday life therefore, these types of addresses can usually be recalled without having to think. We hope these little tips can help you in a great way.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:52:11 +0000
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