How do you determine if a domain name is a premium domain?

^^^ Always Wondered

 

Well, some of the clues are:
- maximum five generic meaningful words or terms, in context
- smaller than 20 characters
- no numbers
- no hyphens
- not a typographical error or "typo"

 

Depends on the name and if its a brand

 

If you register a domain name which is a brand or a trademark, you many land up in trouble..

 

Its varied among people.
But for me the premium domain is something catchy,memorable,branded,pronounceable.

 

It's as subjective and tougher than rating members of the opposite sex. There may be some disagreement if someone is a 5 or a 7 but when you see a premium 10 then there is usually no argument from others that she is a 10.

 

hahahahahahaha

 

thanks for everyones input and yours to tobycoke lol

 

A branded domain is premium trouble unless it's your own brand. Period.

 

I always take into account the targeted keyword or keywords in the domain. Since you're going to benefit from backlinks coming into the domain over time, having at least the main keyword for the product/service/etc. in the domain has some long-term benefits for ranking.

 

One or two words only and it must be a dot com

 

I will ensure that it is .COM and has good keywords. Usually i will check it out on estibot.com.