Hey! New user here with some very basic questions. My first application is a review site; the second (to come later) is a content+user rich political site with articles, guests, comments, etc. I looked around a bit and didn't find any specifics, so... (1) Which domain types are most preferable? I'm fairly certain the answer here is dot-com, but if your interest is in maximizing traffic to one domain, is it inadvisable to look into .org/net/biz/info/cc/us/etc.? (2) Any advice on the usage of characters? For example, ipsum-lorem.com vs. ipsumlorem.com (note the hyphen). Avoid if possible or does it really matter? (3) How targeted should domain names be? (4) I'm already fairly certain that shorter domains are better than long ones--correct? Any related advice is welcome and let me just say I have been lurking for the last week and am hugely interested in the comments I've been seeing. Thanks!
Hello, so here we go 1) Yes, .com is still the most preferred extension. Non-commercial sites tend to get traffic easier and faster. Some people say .org is a bit better in some cases... Avoid .info . 2) Hyphens - indeed, avoid if possible. 3) As keyword soaked as it makes sense. Hyphens can be used to get the desired keywords in domain name. 4) Correct.