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7 Alarming things You Need to Know Before Buying a #Domain Name for your #Website.
In this age & time, domain name is as delicate as your business name
Let me exposed you to a carefully prepared secret recipe for cooking the right domain or website name #Thread
In this age & time, domain name is as delicate as your business name
Let me exposed you to a carefully prepared secret recipe for cooking the right domain or website name #Thread
1. Domain Name Extension- We have about 1,500 top-level domains(TLD),but of all these, luk out for .com, .net or .org extensions,If it is strictly required to keep the website within national context,then you can consider country-code top-level domains(ccTLD) such as .ng, .uk etc
2. SEO Optimization - A domain name has a significant effect on sites Search Engine Optimization (SEO) which should not be neglected.
However, in a bid to get a keyword for a domain name, one should be careful not to be at the unrealistic extremes.
However, in a bid to get a keyword for a domain name, one should be careful not to be at the unrealistic extremes.
For an example, I visited a site recently with the domain name “ http://card.com ”. It looked really great and going on to a search engine to lookup only “card”, the website was listed
At times, it won't be listed because the domain name might be too generic.
At times, it won't be listed because the domain name might be too generic.
On the other hand, it is not advisable to push in so many keywords into a domain name just to do well on search engines. An example of such greedy extreme usage could be “ http://getcustomizedcreditcards.com ”.
So the best place to be is between these extremes, having a name that will be unique but reflect your objective such as http://rillahost.com – offering #hosting services, http://mastercard.com – offering card services, http://paypal.com – offering payment services, etc
3. Domain Name Length - To keep it straight, aim to have a domain name that is 6 – 16 character long. This will make it memorable and faster to type and spell out as well as contain a small address bar as seen on mobile devices.
4. Brand Support - As mentioned in point two (SEO) above, the uniqueness of a domain name should be defined by a brand. It mustn’t be a keyword but make sure it is brandable
Avoid using a domain name that have a short life span such as names that goes with trend or one that over tightens your business or organization objectives – giving no room for expansions.
5. Character Combination - Can other people comfortably pronounce your domain name and spell it exactly afterwards? If yes, then I am sure there are no hyphens, numbers or inappropriate alphabet combinations such as “ http://laewg.com ”
6. Blacklist check - Not all domain names are new to the internet, some have been used for malicious or fraudulent purposes such as spamming and later dumped to expire as soon as it is blacklisted.
Unfortunately, not all of these domains are removed from such lists after expiration. Hence, i recommend you look up a domain name on blacklisting platforms before using them.
7. Trademark Check - This is quite essential as some business and domain names may have been trademarked by pre-existing firms or organizations and have the right to claim the domain name at any time.
Social media is also not out of these,as your desired domain name may have been used on social media by those who may not have a website but have something similar. You may have to painfully give-up & pick another domain name if you ignore this checks before getting a domain name
The conclusion of my TED Talk is that, it is great to have multiple domain name options to pick from, if they make it through the above mentioned steps.
To crown it all, peep into domain backlinks to see if you can enjoy the positive pre-existing reputation of an expired domain name. This will make you to gain faster prominence on search engines – like you’ve been there for long.
