{"id":339,"date":"2009-02-02T17:36:48","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T23:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webii.net\/blog\/?p=339"},"modified":"2022-02-01T13:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T19:43:47","slug":"whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webii.net\/blog\/whats-in-a-name\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s In a Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business owners commonly hesitate when we ask: &#8220;What will your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sitereserve.com\/\">domain<\/a> name be?&#8221; Sometimes, they are lucky enough to have a unique and simple business name that is available to register as a .com. But more and more often these days, those names just are not available. Here are a few tips to help you narrow the web address challenge down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Strive for .com. <\/strong>.com is still the most popular of the name extensions, and the one that comes to people&#8217;s minds first. Plus, if your competitor already has the .com version of your preference, it is dangerous to register the .net or .info &#8211; because chances are a chunk of your customers will get confused and visit your competitor&#8217;s site &#8211; or worse &#8211; email them!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use geographical words. <\/strong>Consider where your customers are and incorporate the city, state, or region name with your product type or service. (For example: The Wizard of Oz sets up OzWizardry.com)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consider your audience. <\/strong><em>Are you hoping to gain a lot of search engine traffic?<\/em> Then strive for keywords in your domain. <em>Are you primarily formatting this name for the human eye?<\/em> Choose a name that is easy to spell and easy to remember. <em>Are you planning to focus on solely paid internet ads that drive traffic to your website?<\/em> Then the perfect domain name is not as important.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mary Poppins doesn&#8217;t make very good domain names. <\/strong>There is a limit to how long your domain can be, so keep it simple and brief if possible. Silly rhymes with more than 6 words aren&#8217;t going to fit the bill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business owners commonly hesitate when we ask: &#8220;What will your domain name be?&#8221; Sometimes, they are lucky enough to have a unique and simple business name that is available to register as a .com. But more and more often these days, those names just are not available. 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