Comments on: Tool for Finding Domain Names http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php Make Money Blogging: We Experiment So You Don't Have To! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mr MultiVar http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php#comment-12381 Mr MultiVar Wed, 07 May 2008 12:24:40 +0000 http://bloggingexperiment.com/?p=498#comment-12381 @ben I was coming at it from a different perspective, I agree that if you want to develop a brand then you should go for the dot com or localized domain. What I was posting about is purely in relation to organic traffic, based on keywords, where as you know it is so hard to find a short domain name with your keywords in it. Setting up a new blog, I would always go for a dot com, for example "loopyblogger.com" would be easy to remember and get the branding and type in traffic. @ben I was coming at it from a different perspective, I agree that if you want to develop a brand then you should go for the dot com or localized domain.

What I was posting about is purely in relation to organic traffic, based on keywords, where as you know it is so hard to find a short domain name with your keywords in it.

Setting up a new blog, I would always go for a dot com, for example “loopyblogger.com” would be easy to remember and get the branding and type in traffic.

]]> By: Ben Cook http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php#comment-12355 Ben Cook Wed, 07 May 2008 05:21:36 +0000 http://bloggingexperiment.com/?p=498#comment-12355 @Affiliate marketing blog, bustaname.com also has a field that will check the domain name for .com, .net, and I think .org all as you type. That's definitely a nice feature if you come up with a few ideas and want to check them directly. @Stephen, I fail to see how using a tool to check the availability or suggesting alternative words or arrangements is somehow not using your imagination. You still have to come up with things to input into the site, it just spits out what you tell it to. @Affiliate marketing blog, bustaname.com also has a field that will check the domain name for .com, .net, and I think .org all as you type. That’s definitely a nice feature if you come up with a few ideas and want to check them directly.

@Stephen, I fail to see how using a tool to check the availability or suggesting alternative words or arrangements is somehow not using your imagination. You still have to come up with things to input into the site, it just spits out what you tell it to.

]]> By: Terry Tay http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php#comment-12351 Terry Tay Wed, 07 May 2008 02:55:04 +0000 http://bloggingexperiment.com/?p=498#comment-12351 I guess my comment yesterday got lost in the filter. It wasn't working for me and also when I clicked on the affiliate link it said I was logged in and it showed someone's affiliate link. I posted the link it was showing in the comment, so I guess your filter send my comment to spam hell. ~Terry I guess my comment yesterday got lost in the filter. It wasn’t working for me and also when I clicked on the affiliate link it said I was logged in and it showed someone’s affiliate link. I posted the link it was showing in the comment, so I guess your filter send my comment to spam hell.
~Terry

]]> By: Affiliate Marketing Blog http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php#comment-12347 Affiliate Marketing Blog Wed, 07 May 2008 01:57:23 +0000 http://bloggingexperiment.com/?p=498#comment-12347 Although I also like to rely on my own imagination and creativity - as a matter of fact I registered my blog's domain name above only about 5 weeks ago - the following domain name search tool is pretty neat: http://instantdomainsearch.com/ It tells you domain availability (as well as current pricing at several different popular Registrars) as you TYPE the domain into the search box. It's very fast. One last comment, I have also heard about domain sniping from various sources so it pays to be cautious no matter what tool you decide to use. Although I also like to rely on my own imagination and creativity – as a matter of fact I registered my blog’s domain name above only about 5 weeks ago – the following domain name search tool is pretty neat: http://instantdomainsearch.com/

It tells you domain availability (as well as current pricing at several different popular Registrars) as you TYPE the domain into the search box. It’s very fast.

One last comment, I have also heard about domain sniping from various sources so it pays to be cautious no matter what tool you decide to use.

]]> By: Stephen http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php#comment-12332 Stephen Tue, 06 May 2008 19:07:56 +0000 http://bloggingexperiment.com/?p=498#comment-12332 Heh, neat tool. Probably good if you're really stuck for a domain but I like to rely on my own imagination, hasn't let me down yet - well maybe once, but I was under the influence at the time, honest. Heh, neat tool. Probably good if you’re really stuck for a domain but I like to rely on my own imagination, hasn’t let me down yet – well maybe once, but I was under the influence at the time, honest.

]]> By: Ben Cook http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php#comment-12320 Ben Cook Tue, 06 May 2008 16:51:47 +0000 http://bloggingexperiment.com/?p=498#comment-12320 @Mr. Multi Var, using tld's other than .com's or your country's tld (.co.uk etc) is IMO very short sighted. Sure you might be able to get your keywords in the domain that way, but you'll miss out on a lot of type in traffic and in fact will probably be building traffic and brand awareness of whoever owns the .com domain. For better or worse most people think of web addresses as .com. @Mr. Multi Var, using tld’s other than .com’s or your country’s tld (.co.uk etc) is IMO very short sighted. Sure you might be able to get your keywords in the domain that way, but you’ll miss out on a lot of type in traffic and in fact will probably be building traffic and brand awareness of whoever owns the .com domain. For better or worse most people think of web addresses as .com.

]]> By: Mr MultiVar http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php#comment-12318 Mr MultiVar Tue, 06 May 2008 14:41:40 +0000 http://bloggingexperiment.com/?p=498#comment-12318 Well, I have a big lack of trust for domain name search tools and usually plan to register a domain within a short space of time from beginning the initial search. http://www.domaintools.com/ claim to not have any issues with domain sniping and are the best tool I know of for checking out domain availability. But, what I do is aim to get my keywords in the shortest domain name possible, regardless of the domain extension. I start with keyword research and have the most popular words to hand before trying to register a domain name. If you search on your topic on Google you will see what kind of domain names rank highest. At the moment, they are fairly short and I do see some dashes in the URLs. The dot ws domains seem to me to be the easiest way to get a short URL with 2 keywords but dot info seems to be preferred over dot ws even using a dash. Having said that, I did get the MultiVar.org domain secured recently which amazed me. I don't think it is a good idea to jumble the order of words in a URL since I tried that and it did not work. For my latest domain registration I was thinking about how the words in the domain name would help in the overall URL i.e. the directory names. So think about that too. Word order is important. Also, since so many domain names are cyber-squatted, I don't think we should worry about using dashes in domain names for SEO. If your site has quality content, it should be no problem long term IMHO. Well, I have a big lack of trust for domain name search tools and usually plan to register a domain within a short space of time from beginning the initial search.

http://www.domaintools.com/ claim to not have any issues with domain sniping and are the best tool I know of for checking out domain availability.

But, what I do is aim to get my keywords in the shortest domain name possible, regardless of the domain extension. I start with keyword research and have the most popular words to hand before trying to register a domain name.

If you search on your topic on Google you will see what kind of domain names rank highest. At the moment, they are fairly short and I do see some dashes in the URLs.

The dot ws domains seem to me to be the easiest way to get a short URL with 2 keywords but dot info seems to be preferred over dot ws even using a dash. Having said that, I did get the MultiVar.org domain secured recently which amazed me.

I don’t think it is a good idea to jumble the order of words in a URL since I tried that and it did not work.

For my latest domain registration I was thinking about how the words in the domain name would help in the overall URL i.e. the directory names. So think about that too. Word order is important.

Also, since so many domain names are cyber-squatted, I don’t think we should worry about using dashes in domain names for SEO. If your site has quality content, it should be no problem long term IMHO.

]]> By: AC http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php#comment-12315 AC Tue, 06 May 2008 10:57:12 +0000 http://bloggingexperiment.com/?p=498#comment-12315 I have used Dot-o-mator before too. http://www.dotomator.com/index.html I have used Dot-o-mator before too. http://www.dotomator.com/index.html

]]> By: Mike Huang http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php#comment-12310 Mike Huang Tue, 06 May 2008 06:24:48 +0000 http://bloggingexperiment.com/?p=498#comment-12310 Thanks for the site. I've been wanting to come up with "UNIQUE", but "EASY" domain names to open up a few sites, but it has been hard. Hopefully this will make things easier :) -Mike Thanks for the site. I’ve been wanting to come up with “UNIQUE”, but “EASY” domain names to open up a few sites, but it has been hard. Hopefully this will make things easier :)

-Mike

]]> By: Scott Fillmer http://bloggingexperiment.com/archives/finding-domain-name.php#comment-12304 Scott Fillmer Mon, 05 May 2008 22:06:50 +0000 http://bloggingexperiment.com/?p=498#comment-12304 cool engine, thanks for sharing it with us. cool engine, thanks for sharing it with us.

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