Tips for Choosing the Right Domain Name

There are two crucial parts to any website, One part is hosting, which we’ll talk about later, and the other part is a domain, which is the web address that people will use to get to your server. No matter what hosting service you use, you will always need to make sure you choose the right domain name.

What is a Domain Name?​

First, let’s do a quick primer on domains. Servers make websites available for public view. That website gets an IP address or a unique number assigned to your website. Think of it as a mailing address or a phone number. Since these numbers are not very easy to remember, you can purchase an easy-to-remember name called a domain, or a URL.

Before Choosing a Domain Name​

Before choosing a domain you have to choose a niche. Niche means topic. Topic on which your blog is known as a niche. Does a niche is important? Yes. A niche is a selected topic to blog. You have unlimited content for some niches and limited content for issues. So niche tells how to and how much to blog? For example, if you choose trigonometry in the subject match as your niche, you can blog on only trigonometry problems and solutions. That would be fixed to certain content. But what about a blog of niche “news”? For every minute and every hour news updates. So he can blog with unlimited content if he chooses a news niche.

Tips for​

There are lots of tips out there for choosing the right domain name, but here are a few important ones to consider.

1. Use keywords in your domain​

Right, and Perfect picking of domain names with targeted keywords related to the niche is always a good step. A domain name with keywords helps in search results to be top. Many ask me a question is a domain name with keywords essential? I have two answers to this. The first answer is yes, you have good experience using Google or any search engine on this issue. Secondly, no, for example, take a look at blogger, WordPress, or TechCrunch.com, these domain names don’t contain any keywords. Another example is shoutmeloud.com, an awesome site one of the best leading sites in INDIA.

2. Don’t use hyphens and numbers​

Prevent using hyphens. Using hyphens doesn’t make your blog look like a professional domain. You can use the number in your domain unless that’s your last search. As hyphens are not used more. You can get your required domain-containing hyphen. If you use hyphens there is the possibility to give an advantage to your competitor. Users may forget to use hyphens because it not well used in domains. Users may enter odiscuss.com instead of your domain like o-discuss.com. So don’t let your competitors take advantage of your domain.

3. Make it unique, easy to remember, speak, and type:​

You want your domain to stand out, but not so much that it’s difficult to remember when someone tries to visit. Make it as short as possible. This goes back to making it easy to remember, speak, and type. 11 to 14 characters seem like a sweet spot. A hard domain will send people to the wrong place or dissuade them from going at all.

A short domain can be remembered by many and many. Using a short domain would make visitors remember and come back to your blog directly to check your latest posts. A long domain is neglected. So don’t go for the long domain. bestonlinediscuss.com sounds nice, but it is long. Think as if you are visiting this website directly by typing the URL in the address bar. Do you like to type odiscuss.com or bestonlinediscuss.com a short is fast and remembered.

For example, a domain name like “findme.com” can have an alternate like “whoami.com” if you have chosen these two good domain names. But filter from them and use the best domain that is easy to type, remember, and share easily. Findme.com wins.

4. Choosing top-level domains​

Many think of a few dollars, that should be paid to the registrar for top-level domains and go for poor domain extensions. If you ask me to suggest the best domain name extensions, I would recommend going for .com .net, and .org. These are the best top-level domains (TLDs) that would surely give a good ranking in search results. Don’t go for country-level domains like .in, or .uk these won’t get good priority and advertisers hate domains with country-specific extensions. If you have a personal market or shop that you serve only locally and not worldwide then you can go for your country domain name extension.

5. Try a .com first:​

About 70% of TLDs are .com, and that’s even as the number of TLDs grows. So, users, when they can’t remember a domain, will try that first.

6. Go for the company name​

You know many websites are rising today and no stop for internet services. If you own a company then must choose a company name followed by a company title to your blog. This is the best way to choose a domain name. If you own a company like ABC, then directly to abc.com. Users remember your brand so go for yourbrand.com if possible.

7. What about expired domains?​

A good question was raised. Domain names expired as per user registration. Mostly go for one year, the reason is no success with their website. They work hard and develop quality backlinks and page rank. But they don’t stick to their domain. So purchasing an expired domain and using it comes under Black Hat SEO techniques. It’s your own risk. How to use this in White Hat SEO? Before purchasing check the domain niche, purchase a domain related to your niche only, and start posting quality content related to the niche. This helps you.

Where To Buy a Domain Name?​

Usually, you can purchase domains from the same place you get your hosting, but it’s not always recommended, in case one day, you might decide you want to change hosts.

There are a few places you can buy a domain from. If you’d like to purchase a domain separately, which I recommend, NameCheap is a great service. They offer several domain types, known as TLDs or Top Level Domains, from .com and .org to .io, .me, and even .xyz.

They offer a lot of great services built into the price that others charge for, like who has privacy protection. They also offer bulk discounts for those of us who are chronic domain purchasers.

If you are having trouble generating ideas, there are some fantastic tools out there that will allow you to give one to two keywords, and they’ll generate available domains for you. I like NameMesh.pro

Final Words​

Keep in mind that this isn’t a checklist. By picking the perfect domain names, you have your ideas. This post gives you some tips and awareness while you choose a good domain. The goal is to do the best you can and most of all, make your domain relevant to your website and business.

Domain names with keywords are not essential. But you should have high-quality and unique content to develop a rich keyword to your domain as ShoutMeLoudand, TechCrunch, etc.., name your title after your domain name this helps users to easily notify your site. Drop a comment with your unique Idea that will help to choose a good domain name or if I missed anything in this post.