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deciding on a domain... catchy or literal?

by thedog
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Hi guys. I'm trying to decide on a url for a new site I'm developing.

I have one I like that's catchy and memorable, a 1 name .com more of a brand I guess.

The other, is a 3 word description of what the site is, .com

Also easy to remember, but not as catchy....

The catchy one has the main keyword in it, and is a sort of play on words... I won't be relying on SEO to get traffic.

So catchy or literal?
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  • Profile picture of the author Anonymous Affiliate
    If SEO is not your thing, go for the catchy domain to create brand.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike McAleer
    If you aren't relying on SEO, go for the catchy name.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sparklesperson
    Why not get both?
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    • Profile picture of the author thedog
      Originally Posted by Sparklesperson View Post

      Why not get both?
      Well, I want to just deal with one domain, one site....

      hmm, I like the catchy one. But with the literal one, if it was in my sig for instance, you'd pretty much know what it is, and you'd probably want to click it... the catchy one... i guess I could use a tag line.
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  • Profile picture of the author jkennedy
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    If the catchy one has the main keyword in it, go for that. But for a few bucks more, you can get the other one as well and point them both to the same site. That way you can dominate both directions. It's seasy peasy to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anthony W
    if you're planning on developing it long term, go with catchy.

    can you imagine if google was instead called searchtheweb.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Rory Singh
    You need something that is:

    1- Easy to remember
    2- Has your primary keywords built in
    3- Something that sounds professional and best suits the theme of your site

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    By doing the research needed, you will save yourself months and even years of aggravation.
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  • Profile picture of the author mustbe
    You want to build a new brand name, so you must to choose the catchy domain name.
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  • Profile picture of the author andreiseo
    if you whant it for seo , dude find a combination of your keywords, and then you will be top . You can also buy yourname.com you can promote this to but it's a lot of work. Good luck
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