4 Tips for Choosing The Right Domain

Tip ONE
Stay with the dot com extension as opposed to .biz .net .us or any others. Most people are familiar with .com and if per chance they are trying to recall it, they are 10 times more likely to type in .com than any other extention....and if someone else already got the .com extension compared to your .net , .biz or whatever extension you chose, you may potential lose customers. Now granted, dot com domain names are getting more difficult to get, but with some creativity and some of the additional hints below, you should be on your way to choosing a successful domain name.

Tip TWO
Think about the keywords of the site you are creating. What is the most prominent words of your product or site and focus on developing a name around those keywords. Case in point - this site. Notice the keywords that I utilized in the domain name: 'work from home', 'business' and 'report'. Keyword rich domain name. Notice the keywords that I used in the name. These are keywords that people would use when typing in a search in Google or Yahoo or any other search engine of choice. So, the end result is that by having those keywords in my domain name will help in search engine rankings as those keywords will rank high in the search since it is in the domain name (important note: this will only help if your content is relevant to the keywords being used as the search engine algorithms will look at the relevancy and weight of keywords to the search term). Great news is that most of your domain name registration web sites offer some type of domain name suggestion tool if the one you typed in is already taken.

Tip THREE
Reserve the domain name for longer than one year. Why? Once again Google and the other search engine look favorably upon a registration that is more than just the standard 1 year. What that says to them, is that you are not just a 'here today, gone tomorrow' website, so by reserving a name for 2 or more years, it says that you may potentially be around for a while. This once again this ultimately helps in your search engine rankings. Also, with the price of reserving a domain name today, this won't break the bank.

Tip FOUR
DON'T pay more than $15.00 for a domain name. Yes, believe it or not there are still registration sites that still charge as much as $35.00 for a domain name for a 1 year registration! Don't be fooled into paying more than $15.00....and in some cases you can even get a domain name for FREE when you sign up for hosting and such. Also look for well established registration services

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About the Author

Bryan Farrar is the owner/operator of Positive Media Group LLC - a full service computer and web consulting company. He has over 15 years of computer related experience and training and he desires to bring that knowledge to the public to help those who have a desire to succeed at owning their own business. He most recent website is www.WorkFromHomeBusinessReport.com - awebsite dedicated to bring ratings, reviews and reports about various opportunities available to those who wish to start their own home based business.