Alright, so I'm planning on having a network of sites (both websites and blogs) of various interests, but I'm sort of stuck on the name. I have an idea for a name but it's taken, so I don't know if I should add something like "network" to the name, or abbreviate it, or a combination of both, or maybe come up with a different name?
abbreviations not good with all words . I think you should try to come up with a different name , or search sedo or any domain marketplace you may find a good name .
I agree to the idea of abbreviation. That appears the best for your situation, moreover you can try to work with various domain name extensions instead. Good luck
If you can afford some money in purchasing the already baught domain names then consider looking at domains for sale listings at sedo.com, namedrive.com, etc You may also prefix or suffix a domain with some keywords. However, lengthy domains are not recommended.
Just use a short form of it for example if your domain need to contain Exploration,you can use Xploration word.