What do you think of placing "the" in front of the domain name.

Hey, what do you think of place "the" in front of the domain, do you know any successful website with "the" in front of them.
I just want one domain name, and i can get only register with "the" because all the domain I want without it are registered
I don't know much about these domains.
Any suggestions and thoughts?

 

Just register it if you really like it. I'm sure there are successful sites with "the" in the beginning, if not then yours can be the first .

 

"TheSmokingGun.com" is one of the most popular websites out there. If it's a good site, I think people will forgive the "the".

 

If you like the name register it.

 

Sometimes The works, and sometimes it doesn't. But I think any successful web owner can make anything work regardless of The or not.

 

It would depend on the name, but if you can brand it properly, there shouldn't be a problem.

 

I'm not a big fan of it but it does work as mentioned in some situations and if branded and promoted.

 

in my oppinion, depends on what you put it infront of

 

I've seen plenty site that have 'the' in the domain that are very popular, just look at theadminzone.com for example. Sometimes the idea you want to put to use has to have 'the' in it to sound and feel right

 

If adding the word "the" in front of it, you can reg the name. Or course, adding it before the name will seriously dramatically reduce any value of the name.

 

I disagree, we rank in the top for "SEO Company" , "SEO Services" & our company websites does have 'the' @ http://www.theseoworld.com/

 

With good contents, SEO, and marketing strategies, I think even a website with a weird and incoherent name beginning with "the" would do well.

 

Thanks guys, now i won't pay attention to "the", hell yea, if it sounds good i will register it.

 

That's the spirit and gut feeling makes sense sometimes.

 

Domain.com is definetly better than TheDomain.com in terms of brandability. but if the Domain.com is already registered and if the word is a good one go for TheDomain.com

if you let me know the name can give better suggestions.

eg: TheGirls.com is great but if it is something like TheRentACoder.com doesnt seems good

 

Yes, lol makes sense mine is in TheGirls category not TheBuyACarNow.com

 

@amitpatel: It's a bit irrelevant the fact that you rank top, despite the addition of "the" to you domain's name. That's because have great, optimized content, which increases the value of the website, not the domain name. Talking strictly about the domain name, "the" is a big MINUS to it's value. True, when corroborated with traffic and content, will worth more, but for a domain name resale... not that much.

So basically, the idea is this: Register it with "the" if you plan to develop a good website. Don't register if you plan to resell the domain name.

 

Like for real guys, i forgot that one of my favorite places a'round'da'world is ThePirateBay.org, i think thats the most successful organization in the web with THE in front

 

Here is a great example for you. "http://theflashblog.com/",you also can use the word "Top",just IMO.

 

What if I plan on registering a name similar to "The Cosby Show". Should I put a "the" in front?