29 May 09 How to Find a Domain Name

The Internet is full of websites, blog, forums, social networking sites, social bookmarking sites, video sharing sites, etc. Actually, just the list of categories of websites can go on and on. Does it say anything about the Internet? Yeah, it does. All the good domain names are already taken! You have to be very, very lucky to find the domain name that is simple to spell, simple to remember, workable, comes with .com extension, has no confusing letters, and which will meet your requirement. In short, all the good domain names are gone. How to find one that will work for you? I’ll come to it in a while, but before that let’s discuss how to begin searching for one.

The process of domain name purchasing should begin with keyword research. Choose top 5 keywords from the list and starting forming the domain name that will work for your niche. Start the permutation and combination taking two or more keywords, or by adding suffix or prefix to the keywords. Once, you have a list of tentative names that will work for you, I will suggest verifying the domain names on the following criteria before finalizing one of them.

1. Is it simple to spell?
2. Does is any contain confusing letter:  p, c, z, q, and x?
3. Is it easy to remember?
4. Is it unique?
5. Have you got .com domain? If not make sure, you go for .net or .org domain.
6. Is it short? Keep it as short as you can.
7. Does it contain numbers or special characters: hyphen (-), underscore (_), etc.?
8. Is the domain name infringing anyone’s copyright?

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