How to Choose a Good Domain Name

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When it comes to choosing a domain name for your website, you must try to select one that best suits your website, represents your business in a positive light and most importantly makes people pumped up and excited! Since search engines are the primary medium that drives traffic to your website, you also need to consider if your domain name is search engine friendly. A domain name is something that you cannot change every day. So you must make sure that you choose your domain name wisely.

Following are some tips on how to choose a good domain name:

1. Google Keyword Research: Google has a handy keyword tool. It is definitely a good idea to browse through some particular business niche keywords in order to get some ideas about good domain names that will actually work. Search engines often give priority to exact match domain names. So it will be great if you can manage an exact match domain name for your particular business niche. Exact match domain names are the ones that match the targeted keywords. But please note that according to Google’s latest EMD update, sites that use exact match domain name must contain relevant high quality contents. Otherwise Google may completely remove your site from their search engine result pages.
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    Domain Name Suggestion Campaign: There are different types of domain name suggestion campaigns that you can organize. Some domain registration service providers offer domain name suggestions for specific keywords. You may like to visit those sites and get some instant suggestions. There are also some sites on the web that offer paid domain name suggestion campaign. If you open a new project on one of these sites, other active members of the site will suggest a wide range of cool domain names. Another way to find a cool domain name for your website is to post a job post in freelance marketplaces. I personally prefer this to most other conventional ways. You can simply post a job to sites like Odesk.com, elance.com, Guru.com and hire someone to come up with a good domain name for your site. Moreover, you can try Freelancer.com and a number of other sites that allow people to post contests. You can organize a contest on these sites and award prizes to the contestants that provide you with the best domain names.
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   Ask People: Thousands of forums and discussion boards like Yahoo! Answers, Google Groups etc. can be a good source of information. All you need to do is open a new thread there and give people an opportunity to suggest! You can also use social networking sites in order to get more suggestions from your friends and followers.