Comments on: The 7 Characteristics of a Good Domain Name https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/ DailyBlogTips.com takes you from SEO to CEO. You’ll learn everything you need to know to master blogging, SEO, marketing, web design leading you to passive income. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 By: Jerrick https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1301464 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:43:17 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1301464 i believe that you forget something . To get a good domain name most ly is do contain a targeted keyword in the domain name.
It help you lot in the organic search result and SEO .

]]> By: nikeairus https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1292412 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:02:09 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1292412 Thank you for your sharing .It’s let me well-known the Domain names is important.

]]> By: Samantha Dermot https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1285796 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:53:13 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1285796 Great tips in this article. When I register a new domain, I want it to be the exact match of the keyword that I consider to be the most searched for, in that niche. Sometimes it helps ranking the website for that specific keyword. That makes the domain valuable.

]]> By: kaan https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1283764 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:33:32 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1283764 Hi guys, I’ve taken the domain name “www.actionlook.com” a few days ago. I’m planning to start up an actionsports goods (snowboarding, skateboarding, shoes and lifestyle) online sales here. You reckon it’s a good name? cause I’ve doubts about it, thx for your help..

]]> By: Tony https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1282685 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:05:53 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1282685 Really good article. I have spent all morning looking for a good domain name, I have noticed that lots of good ones are owned by godaddy and they want like $80 just to see if it avaliable for purchase.

]]> By: chris https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1282644 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:01:07 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1282644 Do you have any tips or suggestions for me? I have a short catchy .CO domain. My domain doesnt really mean much, its a buzz word, but I do post daily and have traffic that is on the rise. What do you think about .co domains? Do you think they are worth developing?

]]> By: Joshu Thomas ( OC webmaster Blog) https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1262088 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:24:02 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1262088 Nice post !! loved it !

cheers
Josh

]]> By: Christian Guico https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1250339 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:10:01 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1250339 Thanks a lot for sharing. Very remarkable guide. Simple yet very informative. Finding a good domain these days for any site or blog you may want to start with maybe a little hard if you don’t consider these rules.

]]> By: Video https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1208195 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:56:07 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1208195 I just bought a blog domain as well and although it is 3 words, I brainstormed for a long time to figure out the best way to have it describe what I wanted Alas, it turned out to be 3 words but I can deal with that. thanks

]]> By: Dave https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1149792 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:22:56 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1149792 Great post. I definitely find the shorter and easier to remember domains work particularly well.

]]> By: Maqbool Ahmad https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1069773 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:11:23 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1069773 I agree there too. If I had a choice I would get both and do a permanent redirect of the “non dash” domain to the domain name with the dash. If you can’t obtain the “non dash” version the best thing you can do is brand yourself well. You did get the dot com, right.

]]> By: Viv https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-1037581 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:31:11 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-1037581 Came across this post because it was referenced in another dailyblogtips.com post on direct traffic.

How’s SALE.com for a domain name? 🙂

What do you think of when you hear/read “SALE.com”? What type of site are you picturing?

]]> By: ConsumerBliss https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-924665 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:49:18 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-924665 Do you guys think ConsumerBliss.com is too long? it is 13 characters

]]> By: Max https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-814170 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:25:47 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-814170 I’ve just seen a very interesting domain on ebay. The name is BloggerG.com
It is quite cheap and memorable. I bet even Bill Gaits will be glad to own it :).

]]> By: Seth --Political Blog Tips https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-768017 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:20:10 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-768017 I just bought a blog domain as well and although it is 3 words, I brainstormed for a long time to figure out the best way to have it describe what I wanted… Alas, it turned out to be 3 words but I can deal with that.

By the way, I wrote an article using your blog as an example of having a great community. Hope you don’t mind!

]]> By: designwashere https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-757084 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:32:58 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-757084 So would my long domain a good one?

I just bought this recently. And I read your post just now, sigh!

I hope i did the right decision though. ^_^

]]> By: Domaineering and Domaineers https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-659848 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:17:29 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-659848 Domaineering is the web-based marketing business of acquiring and monetizing Internet domain names for their use primarily as an advertising medium rather than as intellectual property investments for resale as in domaining. In essence, the domain names function as virtual Internet billboards with generic domain names being highly valued for their revenue generating potential derived from attracting Internet traffic hits. As with traditional advertising, domaineering is part art and part science. Often to be the most effective as advertising tools, the domain names and their corresponding landing pages must be engineered or optimized to produce maximum revenue which may require considerable skill and good knowledge of search engine optimization ( SEO ) practices, marketing psychology and an understanding of the target market audience. Domaineering generally utilizes a firm offering domain parking services to provide the sponsored “feed” of a word or phrase searched for thus creating a mini-directory populated largely by advertisers paying to promote their products and services under a relevant generic keyword domain. Occasionally content is added to develop a functional mini-website. Domaineers and some of those who advertise online using keywords believe domaineering provides a useful, legal and legitimate Internet marketing service while opponents of domaineering decry the practice as increasing the ubiquitous commercialization of the world wide web. Domaineering is practiced by both large companies who may have registered hundreds or even thousands of domains to individual entrepreneurial minded domaineers who may only own one or a few.

]]> By: Chilli Flakes https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-585535 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:16:03 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-585535 Thanks for sharing. I think the other point you could have emphasised is that how shared doamisn can be a problem and if possible one should go with own domain name. The blogspot, myspace etc. is goot to start with but you need extra effort to get popular with them. My own experience, I can be wrong though.

]]> By: Sina https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-539704 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:54:40 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-539704 excellent …Coolio

]]> By: Alex Griffin https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-536567 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:45:45 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-536567 Excellent points Daniel. It’s getting very hard to accomplish all of these without spending a fortune.

]]> By: freelance webdesign https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-432605 Sun, 04 May 2008 20:06:23 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-432605 Thank you. Very good list…

]]> By: John https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-430878 Sun, 04 May 2008 03:11:16 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-430878 I wish I found this post before I bought my previous domains. Good Post.

Just want to add something. I don’t think you will get a lot of issues with domains that only contain numbers.

]]> By: matthew davis https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-406451 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:11:25 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-406451 hi i am new to the internet but am thinking of starting a affiliate marketing site, i have the name nowherecheaper.com i know it is a long name but think it has a good ring to it, has anyone any good ideas for this name,i thought of useing it for travel what do you think,

]]> By: Ezra Hilyer https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-387671 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:41:14 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-387671 I have been collecting some domains for a few years, but never really did anything with them. one I bought just because it was was a 3 character domain : 67z.com and another just ’cause it sounded cool: lowusa.com (seems to be suited to a price comparison site)
but my Blog is: straypoetry.com and that I got because I love the sound of it.
-ezra hilyer

]]> By: Terry Britton https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-368459 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:25:59 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-368459 Great article! I’m trying to pick a domain name (I’ll use a similar example here rather than the actual domain I’m thinking about since I haven’t registered it yet).

In my case the best keywords would be alaska travel, but these are very competitive. The second choice is alaska vacations which is not searched as much but also not as competitive. The website will offer the ability to plan alaskan vacations. So the best description and use of keywords would be http://www.alaskavacationplanner.com, but this is an awfully long domain name. Although I think the name would elicit clicks in google results for people who searched for alaska vacation.

What does everyone think?

]]> By: giftcardblogger https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/comment-page-2/#comment-346716 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:10:02 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-346716 I had to learn these lessons painfully on a previous project, so when it came time to choose a name for my gift card blog (www.giftcardblogger.com), I took the time to look for a name that reflected many of the characteristics you have outlined. In addition, i don’t have to explain to people what the blog is about because the name says it all.

Don’t cut corners, take your time to pick the right domain name and it will make your marketing and branding much easier.

]]> By: Third World Engineer https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-301364 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:47:43 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-301364 I just found out that my domain misses all the characteristics of a good domain name. I hope it won’t turn readers off from reading my blog. Cheers to you!

]]> By: Keith https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-277693 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:40:25 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-277693 Indeed, domain names must be short, understandable, brandable, and also typable!! Thanks for sharing. KCJ

]]> By: Daniel https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-257211 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:12:35 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-257211 Pam, the list was not created in order of priority.

Personally I think that having a .com extension is the first one. Then point 1,2,3 and 7.

Notice that points 5 and 6 are substitutes. You can have both in a single domain, but having just one should be enough.

Amazon is brandable, though not descriptive. And it also is in line with all the other 5 points.

]]> By: Pam Hoffman https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-253863 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:24:59 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-253863 Very nicely put.

I am wondering something though.

Are these in order of priority of some sort?

Is it more important to have the first one, first two or maybe the first three if any?

How many rules can you break and still pick well?

Heck, I think of amazon.com. Not exactly working for every ‘rule’ are they? They did manage to brand themselves since everyone thinks books when they hear amazon.com

Thanks for the thought-provoking post,

Pam Hoffman

]]> By: Daniel https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-252136 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:52:36 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-252136 @ i’mkidding, don’t want to be rude or anything, but where exactly did you see me claiming that my domain had all the 7 characteristics?

]]> By: i'mkidding https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-251811 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:53:54 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-251811 hey.. wait..
did i see “short”?

hahaha… is 13 characters short?? dailyblogtips??

I’m just kidding Sir..

peace!!
🙂

]]> By: i'mkidding https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-251809 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:51:41 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-251809 a .com extension??

man..!

i’ve my .net

is it too bad??

]]> By: Design And Promote https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-247034 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:48:05 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-247034 I think the main thing as far as the search engines are concerned is to make sure your keywords are in your domain name

]]> By: David Airey https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-246415 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:44:21 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-246415 Excellent write-up, Daniel.

I thought my domain name was superb, until it was stolen. 🙁

]]> By: Norman https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-246388 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:20:57 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-246388 I wish I read this article before I selected my domain name. and I think I can make a lot of money by buying and selling domain name. There are all I want to say!!

]]> By: Niyaz PK https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-244848 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:52:00 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-244848 I love my domain name….. 🙂

]]> By: Edie https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-244166 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:59:18 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-244166 Thank you for this useful post!

]]> By: Gerard McGarry https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-243945 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:20:21 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-243945 Good post, especially the rule about hyphens. They do royally suck.

]]> By: Terinea Weblog https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-243470 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:05:04 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-243470 According to fasthosts, 43% of businesses take less than an hour to choose their domain name and 34% think they would do more business with a better domain name.

Nice post.

Jamie

]]> By: Mikael https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-242613 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:35:48 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-242613 What a great post. You are so right about everything and I can see now that the domain I have chosen http://www.antphilosophy.com doesn’t folloe all the rules.

On the other hand I’m getting visitors that are typing in “Ant Philosophy” when searching purely because of the domain name. So thats cool!

]]> By: Peter https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-242533 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:38:34 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-242533 Well I screwed up on the first characteristic. Hopefully, though, I make up for it by fulfilling the second characteristic….

]]> By: John Simpson https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-242238 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:14:56 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-242238 Great write-up. I especially like the graphic you included. Very creative. I have several domains registered and I’ll have to remember this information the next time I go to register a domain.

Thanks,
John Simpson

]]> By: KimC https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241703 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:06:35 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241703 Call me crazy, but I think the flickr domain is a bad one. They managed to successfully brand it, but I have always had trouble remembering exactly how to misspell the word “flicker.” I never find it on the first try. I think they are wildly successful in spite of a bad domain name, not because of it.

]]> By: NasirJumani https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241440 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:28:50 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241440 I have chosen my new domain name two weeks ago which fulfills all the characteristics listed above except the keyword description on them because i want to brand my domain name by choosing a word not in the dictionary :D.

]]> By: Nathaniel https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241426 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:18:00 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241426 Let me think… all of my sites follow most of these rules… except for my person site which includes the word “chimeric” which isn’t something used in normal conversation… and thusly is hard to remember. The only other problem that my domain names tend to suffer from is the fact that the names are long.

Great advice though, I’ll certainly keep this in mind for future domain name purchases.

]]> By: Jeremy Steele https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241293 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:43:58 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241293 .com is still a huge must – I still type .com for domains I know are .net or another extension. For example – I still type problogger.com a lot – thank god Darren finally picked up the .com version.

]]> By: Jermayn Parker https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241205 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:24:18 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241205 Would disagree with your point of .com, before .com was a must but these days people know of sites rather than just .com. .com should always be the first option but if that is not possible then go the others…

I think a good URL must be rememberable and it can help to be unique and different. flickr and digg is different, unique and also rememberable..

]]> By: Crystal https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241072 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:22:54 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-241072 This article makes me pretty happy about the domain I have. I hit 6 out of 7 on the list. The only thing I don’t have is keywords in my domain. (the name is Net Hustlin’). I still get some organic traffic from the word “hustlin” though lol

]]> By: Steven https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-240904 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:38:42 +0000 https://dailyblogtips.com/the-7-characteristics-of-good-domain-names/#comment-240904 Excellent points Daniel. It’s getting very hard to accomplish all of these without spending a fortune. I guess you just have to decide what is most important to you and maybe be willing to give a little bit in some other areas.

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