One of the biggest mistakes people do while creating a website is that they don’t invest their time in selecting the right domain name.
Congratulations to you because you are not one of them, as you have to take the first step towards choosing the perfect domain name.
So, let’s start with the following:
Why Is it Important to Choose the Perfect Domain Name?
There are a bunch of things experts will say when you ask them this very question. Yes, there are a bunch of reasons to pay attention to and time in this whole process of choosing the right domain name.
But every reason will say that you are doing it so that the audience finds your domain name more fascinating and prioritize your domain name over others.
Let’s suppose your website is related to tips and tricks for the domain name. And a person will search for his question on the search engine and will get a bunch of answers to the same question.
Now, why will he click on your link instead of others? Yes, if your domain name seems the right one, he will immediately click it.
Moreover, if you have a business, next to no one will search your name on google. They will search your niche and will click on your website if you seem legit to them. Got it?
8 Tips and Tricks That’ll Help you Find the Perfect Domain Name
While selecting the domain name, the first few questions that should come to your mind are:
- Is it easy to remember?
- Will people like it?
- Will it attract people?
- Will the person click on it after seeing it?
Now, apply these questions to our tips and tricks to end up with the best possible domain name for yourself:
1. Choose the right Length
Short domains work the best!
Although short-named domains are way more expensive than longer ones, you should still opt for shorter ones (always) if you can afford them.
2. Keep it Simple
This one is pretty much connected to the last one. Your domain name must be simple, easy to remember, and easy to type.
You can use short forms to make the domain name short, simple, and attractive. For example, suppose your business name is New York City; you should make a domain name like nyc.com instead of newyorkcity.com.
Did you get the point?
3. Be Unique
“Bro, in the last tip, you told me to keep it simple, and now you want me to be unique.”
“Are you serious?”
Yes, I’m serious!
You have to take both things together if you want to have a perfect domain in the end. Don’t be generic because there can be tons of people already with a similar name, and your ready can get confused.
For example, johnsburger.com is a way better domain name as compared to something generic like burgerspot.com.
There are thousands of other burger spots as well. What’s special in your burger?
4. Don’t Just go for Your Name Straight Up
Let’s suppose you have a tech-related website and want to choose a domain name, including your name, because you want to make your name a real brand.
Well, that’s a great idea, but going for your name straight up isn’t the right thing. For example, your name is Michael Johnson, now going for michaeljohnson.com isn’t a wise choice.
This name is not short, attractive, or memorable. Who will remember that in ‘Michael,’ you have to have ‘a’ before ‘e?’ This can end up with someone else’s website.
Now, you should go with mj(your niche).com, which can be mjtech.com. What do you think?
5. Give TLDs some Time
Yes, TLDs are also quite important!
Many people think that they don’t need to pay much attention to them. They can just pick any random top-level domain, and things will go their way.
Firstly, the most famous TLD is ‘.com’, and almost every person will search your domain with ‘.com’ at first. But it does never mean that you should not go for other options.
If you want to target the audience from a specific region, you can give ccTLDs a go. For example, ‘.us’ for the USA, ‘.uk’ for the United Kingdom, and ‘.my’ for Malaysia.
Moreover, you can try using ‘.tv’ if your site or blog is dedicated to Television or ‘.fm’ for FM radio.
Want to know more about TLDs and the right way to use them? Click here (add a hyperlink to article 14).
6. Say No to Hyphens
Domains with hyphens are termed as a mistake!
There are some sites that still have hyphens at this time, but most people will think that you are not a legit brand or blog if they see hyphens in your domain.
7. Use Domain Suggestion Tools
There are tons of tools and websites on the internet that will help you find a better domain name. On this kind of website, you will just put your targeted keyword (one or more), and they will serve you with those domain names that can work well for you.
To know which domain suggestion tools can be trusted, read out an article on this topic (add a hyperlink to article 11).
8. Use SEO Friendly Keywords
SEO is one of the keys to success for your website or blog. Use those keywords in your domain name so that people will search.
Just like we mentioned in 4th tip, you can add your industry name to your domain name. By doing this, your domain name can rank on Google when people search your name
Final Verdict
In the end, it’s the “YOU” who will make decisions to create a new and unique but easy and short domain name to grow your business in a superior way.
What Exactly is Domain Name Extension?
No!
URL is Uniform Resource Locator, which is also termed a web address. And you can say that the domain name is a part of the URL.
Well, long domains don’t work at all!
No one in this century is going to go for longer domain names. The subconscious mind of a reader says that good-looking thing is better and long domains aren’t good-looking.