So, you are to become a online marketer or blogger.
If you wanna start a blog you need following things:
1) An CMS (Content Management System) like WordPress, blogger and etc.,
2) Website
3) Webhost (no need for blogger)
4) Domain name
In this article we will discuss about, How To choose A Great Domain Name For Your Website.
Firstly, when you have decided to choose a domain name you should choose a domain name with .com extension which is helpful for Seo. If you are targeting Indian viewers to come to your website then choosing .in is great decision but, if you are targeting global viewers then you have to choose a generic/global top level domain (gTLD). The most global top level domain and easily rememberable one is .com.
And you should not choose a domain name which is after your name (like satishkumar.com,gunasekhar.com) instead of branded name(like allcooltricks.com). Domain name after your name is is good but not recommended, If you are a Poet, Author this will help you because your name is a brand name in this context.
Now-a-days we are not able to get great domain names because all are been taken. But if you want it at any cause you have to spend some thousands or lakhs in some cases it might be deal of crores.
For choosing a great domain name for your website, you have to follow some tips:
1) Your Domain name should be Unique. Don't go for regular names.
2) Do not choose a Domain name which is having different characters and if you are to run a website in English you should not include Spanish or German characters in the Domain name. And also take care by not choosing homophones (like newclothes - knewclothes ,kloth - cloth).
3) Domain name should be easy to pronounce. Your friends or viewers should not trouble in pronouncing while their discussion and also well pronounced name will be remembered easily. For example lkghkfdvyfev.com is the difficulty in pronouncing names.
4) You should not choose a long name because it is a tough job to remember such long names.For example Tipsaboutcaringhorsessheepsgoatshensanddonkeys.com. Although it is a meaningful one you should not choose a long Domain name. Make it as short as possible.
5) The Domain name should be resembling your context. If you are running a website aboutTechnology and if you choose domain name as sarithashealthandbeautytipsadda.com it would be some what funny.
And also if you are to target international viewers you have to choose .com, .net, .org, .bizor any other gTLD's. This will improve your website seo because you are targeting global audience.
Now take piece of paper and write the list of domain names you wish. Then check for their availability to register.
If available then purchase that Domain name, link Domain name with CMS and start bloggingand have fun.
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