How to Choose a Good Domain Name

Some people tell me that all the good domain names are taken, but that is not true. Follow these tips for when you search for a domain name and hopefully this will help you grab a good one.

Remember domain names are a couple of cheeseburgers and a coke a year to own, and you can really never own enough of them.

Tips for Avoiding Poor Domain Names

*Avoid using domains that are deliberately misspelled.

Ex: SellURHome2Us vs. SellYourHomeToUs

* Avoid using domains with hyphens.

Ex: WeBuyPrettyHouses vs. We-Buy-Pretty-Houses

*Avoid using domains that are way too long.

Ex: WeSaveHomesFromForeclosure.com

*Avoid using domains that are meaningful only to you.

Ex: ABCFinancialGroup.com (investor or bank?)

*Avoid using .org unless you want people to think you’re a non-profit organization.

Ex: HomeSolutions.org (non-profit?)

*Avoid using unpopular domain extensions such as

.info, .tv, .cc, .ws, .name, etc. for your Primary Domain.

Tips for Choosing Good Domain Names

*Choose a domain that is short as possible.

*Choose a domain that is easy to spell and remember.

*Choose a value laden domain that says what you do.

*Try to purchase a .com or a .net if possible. If you are really set on a certain domain name, settle for a .biz or .us if necessary.

*Purchase YourCompanyName.com so that no one else will.

*Purchase the .net, .biz, .us and all others too if you can.

*If your company name is taken, try adding an “Inc” or “LLC” to the end of the name and see if that is available.

*Anytime you get a good .com domain, tie up the .net, .biz, .us and any other variations of the name so others can’t.

*If you find a really good domain name, purchase it for more than one year. Tie it up for as long as you can.

*When purchasing domain names, be sure to set them to automatically renew so you don’t forget to renew.

*Don’t use YourCompanyName.com on your marketing material if your company name is vague or ambiguous.

*Make your domains private or unlisted for anonymity.

*Private domains also keep your email and fax off the public WHOIS database and help prevent SPAM and junk faxes.

*Make a list of all the words you would like to use in your domain name.

Ex: We + Buy + Houses + Fast

*If your name is taken, rearrange the words or insert new words in between them.

Ex: We + Buy + Atlanta + Houses or Homes

*Make a complete list of all the domains you want to purchase.

 Tips and Tricks

*Domains that are mapped to your websites are “attached” to your sites.

*Domains that are forwarded, are not attached to your site, but are simply redirected to your site.

*Mapped domains get picked up by the search engines. Forwarded domains don’t.

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I hope this helps and happy domain hunting! 

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In case the user is the owner of several websites, then multiple domain hosting is surely going to benefit him/her in reducing hosting costs. The benefit of multiple hosting is that it allows user to host more than one website on a single hosting account. Thus one can have several website at a cost of one.

In general users instead of purchasing a website purchases a hosting account. There are cases where hosting account can only be used to host a single domain and hence a single website while in other cases the account can be used to host multiple domains and hence multiple websites.

As with everything there are pros and cons in case of hosting several domains on a single hosting account.

Pros:

Talking about advantages the first and fore most advantage is surely cost. It is really cost effective to select an account offering multiple domain hosting as here in this case user gets benefits of many websites at cost of just one. It is quite cheaper way of hosting multiple websites instead of purchasing a hosting account for individual website. Example just consider a hosting provider offering a simple hosting package for mere cost of £70 per annum and U.K. domains for just £2.00 per annum. Thus now for hosting four websites using separate accounts the cost will be £70 *4 + 4*2 i.e. £288 per annum. And now with a single account and multiple domains the cost would be £70 + £2.0 *4 which comes to around £78 per annum. Thus the saving is clearly of £210 per annum.

Cons:

After advantages we are coming on the bad side. The biggest drawback is that traffic for each site is usually counted together against the single hosting account and if one’s websites are getting popular then one has to expand bandwidth as well as disk space limits. Not only that the user will find that the log files that are provided to him/her, now allow him/her to distinguish between the domains as all the traffic is counted against a single domain only.

If we talk about the hosting account it has a single password and hence the user can after logging once can administer each domain personally. Thus each and every domain should belong to the user.

Now a very important question arises that who needs multiple domain hosting? The answer is quite simple, anyone who is in need of multiple websites with their own individual domain name different from others will consider this type of hosting account.

If one is just intending to host a single domain or website then he/she should not discard the idea rather there are cases where it costs usually less in comparison to single domain hosting solutions. As non-a-days reselling of mini websites and website is getting popular day by day, there are several hosting companies specializing solely in providing multiple domain hosting and in addition offering good amount of discount depending up on the number of domains one is intending to host.

There are several multiple domain hosting providers having the caliber to significantly lower down one’s hosting costs, however in case of selecting any hosting provider one needs to be very careful and act wisely. There are several companies available and user should take his/her own time in selecting the best among them.

One should not just go for the cheapest rather should go for the one, which is best.



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