Domain name registration is the real estate of the Internet. Just as a good location is crucial to starting a business, a good domain name is the cornerstone of your website's success. But how can we identify which are good domain names? Here are the following 10 characteristics of good domain names, for reference only:
(1) A good domain name should be short and concise
It is no coincidence that nearly all 3-4 letter word .com domain name registrations are currently registered. Even 5-letter word domain names are disappearing fast.
There is no clear requirement as to how many letters of the word to register a domain name, just remember: the shorter the better. If you really need pointers on this, keep them to 10 letters or less, but never more than 20 letters.
(2) A good domain name should be easy to remember
You know, quite a few netizens don't use bookmarks at all. They just memorize the domain names of their favorite websites and type them out when they go online. It is conceivable that if your domain name is very complicated and difficult to remember, you do not know how many such visitors you will lose. From that alone, you lose.
(3) A good domain name should be easy to spell
If visitors misspell your domain name, they go to someone else's website. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid the use of some strange foreign words, because their pronunciation is complicated, the letter combination is weird, etc., which will make people misspelling.
(4) A good domain name must have a .com suffix
Government or non-governmental organizations may prefer to use the .org domain name suffix when building websites. Companies are more willing to register national domain names (for example: .it, .co.uk, .cn, etc.) if they want to show their clear regional characteristics. But other than that, a .com domain name is always the first choice for building a website because it is the most popular on the Internet and has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
(5) A good domain name should be descriptive
Many visitors come to your website through search engines or direct links from other websites. This means that they are visiting because they find your domain name attractive.
If your domain name is descriptive, then visitors know what your website is about before they even come to visit. If relevant keywords appear in your domain name, then this will also help your ranking in search engines.
(6) A good domain name must have a brand effect
A brandable domain name often has a good pronunciation, an interesting monogram, or an attractive visual effect. Sometimes such domain names are not as descriptive, but are equally valid.
A branded domain name allows visitors to naturally associate your website and content with a certain name. Note that such domain names are also descriptive, but not always.
(7) A good domain name should not contain hyphens
In a sense, domains with hyphens or numbers are cheaper, but they suffer similarly to domains that do not end with .com or have complicated spelling.
(8) A good domain name should not contain numbers
A domain name with numbers has an advantage, that is, it is simple and clear, making the domain name look shorter and easier to recognize. In addition, it also has the equivalent in pronunciation. For example, use 4 to replace for, use 2 to replace two, etc., which can indeed make the domain name more easy to understand. Still, the biggest problem with numbers in domain names is that they confuse spelling and lose uniqueness.
(9) A good domain name should not deform words
Theoretically speaking, any English word, whether it is a commendatory word or a neutral word, can be used as a domain name. However, in order to make it easier to recognize at a glance, try to use the original form of the word, and eliminate the deformation of the tense of the verb and the plural of the noun.
(10) A good domain name should not contain articles
Articles (a, an, the) in English are used to modify nouns. If maybe the articles a and an can be used to refer to the following nouns as domain names (if used properly, it is still very desirable), Then the definite article the is generally not suitable to be used as a domain name before a noun. Although it seems to conform to the grammatical rules, it is a bit of an eyesore in a domain name that pays attention to short, concise and concise words.