WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD DOMAIN NAME?

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    Why is it important to have a good domain name and What Defines a Good Domain Name?

     
    sarah12, Jul 25, 2013 IP
  2. phptechie

    phptechie Well-Known Member

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    To answer your question in short will be difficult , so let me explain with some examples.
    Website is an internet property which is like ONLINE REAL ESTATE.
    Consider the domain name as the address to your house & the website as your house.
    If you plan to invite guest to your house , you provide them with the address & if its easily to remember , they need not write it down , rather they can memorize & reach your home.

    Similarly if your domain name is short / simple & easy to remember (ofcourse it should be related to the content of your website or your business) , then your visitors either from google or from other reference site will be able to reach your website easily.

    Assume if you are into textile business selling dresses & your business name is Sarah Textiles Ltd,.. (just an assumption & you can compare it to your real life situation) , then it would be good to register a domain like
    www [dot] sarahtextiles [dot] com
    or
    www [dot] sarahclothing [dot] com
    or
    www [dot] sarahdresses [dot] com

    This way you can easily spell the domain name to your clients or customers over phone & they can check it without any typo error.

    Hope this helps.

    Still if you need detailed info on how to select domain name for your website , let me know & I shall help you get one :)
     
    phptechie, Jul 26, 2013 IP
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    24wallpapers Active Member

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    Domain name Speaks everything about your website that's why its important .
     
    24wallpapers, Jul 26, 2013 IP
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    is importan just for who sells the domain (and the broker) ;)
     
    lukeit, Jul 29, 2013 IP
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    Domain name is the first thing that a client or someone else knows about you. And they say you've make a good first impression to the end user. Also a good domain name is liked by everybody and speaks about the website itself as someone else said. Hence it's important to have a good domain name.
     
    ritwick123, Jul 30, 2013 IP
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    Google looks for relevancy, if having finance related website and the finance keyword is coming in that domain, Google will give more preference to it.
     
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    lukeit Active Member

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    is not enough.
     
    lukeit, Jul 31, 2013 IP
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    Alexander McCue Peon

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    What's interesting to me about domain names is that sometimes people claim shorter names are better, while other people go for longer names. I watched a whole video on youtube of a marketing conference where every single name consisted of three words strung together. I think the key is to make it memorable and fitting to the site. If it'll stick into someone's mind, that the only thing I personally care about when working on domain names.
     
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    Depends what you want really.

    Most of the "precious" domain names are already taken, and don't expect that to change anytime soon.

    The days of getting a domain that people randomly type in to get that type of traffic are basically over.

    That being said, your domain defines you, and helps brand you, so chose wisely.

    Just don't expect any "one word dictionary" domains to be available anytime soon.

    (For anything less than a fortune at least).
     
    CandleKeep, Jul 31, 2013 IP
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    Depends. You can have a finance domain and still rank very well for all sorts of health related keywords, for example, if you do it right. EMDs have been largely discounted. While it might give a slight advantage to have the keyword in the URL anywhere (not just the domain), other factors will make for a much larger push in the SERPS.
     
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    A good domain name will help with marketing your product/ business. It helps your customers to remember your name, particularly if they want to refer you to a friend. Also is you consider a potential customer is looking around for a product that you are selling and they come across two websites that are of really good quality, the chances are they will be more drawn to the website with something unique and different out of the two.
     
    Kerry Burke, Aug 5, 2013 IP
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    Buying a good domain name is the beginning of having good online presence. Treat your website as a baby:
    • Think of a good/ impressive name which can be associated with it's qualities (as you do it for your kids)
    • Feed with nutritional food (high quality content/ design/ architecture) to make it healthy
    • Make it presentable with good design
    • nurture it with proper promotion
    • keep it clean always (so that people could like it)
    • Always introduce your website in a friendly network (like minded people)
    • Keep your website updated by installing blog (it's like sending your kid to school/ university to learn new things)
    • marriage (always link with quality network)
    • Make your website a good revenue generating source
    • Don't hesitate to share knowledge (don't think that if you won't tell these secrets, others won't be able to learn)
     
    khemraj, Aug 5, 2013 IP
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    Domain name is address of your online business, it depicts your brand name so if it is easy to remember then it gives you more money to your business, it should have relevant keywords, words so that people can understand easily what the domain name is about.
     
    alex06295, Aug 5, 2013 IP
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    A good domain name will mean money in your pocket. People are interested in buying a good domain from you to develop sites. Names like Sports.com or Poker.com or Sex.com are a few examples that are worth many 10's of millions of dollars.
     
    htmlindex, Aug 6, 2013 IP
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    Branding, type-in traffic, SEO benefits, just to name a few.
     
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