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need advice on domain name for authority site.

by edd666666
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Hi I am developing an authority site and want to have the domain name covey the fact that is it an authority site.

I am looking at domain names such as this:

Best(insert niche description)products


Recommended(insert niche description)products


Proven(insert niche description)products


(insert niche description)productsreview


And I saw someone using this http://www.free[myniche]advice.net/


I would like to know if you feel that any of these would work well for an authority site domain name, and if you have any other suggestions?


Thanks for your help, Ed
#advice #authority #domain #site
  • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
    Why not entertain your own brand name, and associate that with the niche?
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    • Profile picture of the author edd666666
      Thanks Jill, could you please give me an example of that, so I make sure I understand you. Thanks, Ed.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
        Petco - where the pets go

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        • Profile picture of the author edd666666
          Thanks Jill, I get it now. I will consider that, and I am still interested in considering a name that says "authority site" to the prospects, one that lets them know I review and recommend products in the niche. I am not sure how important it is to convey it in the name though. Thanks again, Ed
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  • Profile picture of the author ilee
    as long as the domain is fairly short and catchy, it can be made into authority. There's so many company names out there that didn't have too much thought put into it but because the content's good, the site is good, then the site is an authority.

    I would say, think about it, but don't pull your hair out over it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart Walker
    Definitely create a brand rather than a generic sounding site name and it's wise to avoid EMDs at the moment due to Googles latest update. In time your brand will grow and your name will come to mean something without having to say it in the URL.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheMacMan
    Make the domain name your own, IMO sites like (niche)productreviews.com just look spammy and non human. Where as a site like bazinga.com or baddom something that is catchy and people can remember really easily.

    My 2cents
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  • Profile picture of the author sjaguar13
    I may have just picked bad domains, but when I went with made up words to become a brand, people had a hard time spelling them. When I gave out my email address in person or on the phone, I always had to spell out the domain. Petco could be Petko, PetCoh, PetKoe. With something like NicheProductReviews.com, that fact it's a phrase in English makes it fair less likely someone will try to spell Product like Produkt.

    Even with the latest Google update, I would still consider something in English over entirely made up domains. eBay came out with Kijiji which no one could remember how to spell. The only way to find it was to Google eBay Classifieds. Eventually, eBay switched and just used that as their name.
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  • Profile picture of the author spen
    I also have the same problem, I also wanted to ask the same problem, brand domain name must not be a word? For example acodet.com
    I create a word "acodet"
    This domain name is a good domain name?
    thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Bobdarko
    This is a difficult one. Google has just launched it's Exact match Domain name algorithym change so i wouldn't choose a domain based on SEO qualities of domain name. Maybe go for a shorter brand name. What do people put more trust in a site named provendietpill.com or recommendedfatburners.com or something with a more zingy brand name??!! The jury is still out on this one. It's probably all down to the quality of the content on the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anders Eastgrove
    A short catchy brandable domain is often more attractive to potential buyers as well. If you eventually want to cash out and sell your authority site
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    • Profile picture of the author stan22
      Certain words will convey the authority you want:
      Eg.: expert, hub, vault, advice, etc.

      However, if you have a sizeable budget, the best way is to come up with a cool and brandable name, and then promote it.
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  • Profile picture of the author got2know
    All these Google updates are one of the reasons I got fed up building websites. They did OK to start with then an update would kick them into touch. Hours and hours of work for next to nothing in return.

    I had a couple of sites on the subject of photography, all with my own content, some review sites and a few couple of authority sites.

    If you're not Wikipedia, YouTube, Amazon, About, eHow, the BBC, eBay or online Newspaper, it's bloody hard to get traffic just by SEO.

    I still get some reasonable traffic to one or two of my sites but the rest is mostly from Yahoo due to Google's updates.

    I have a .info domain for one of my authority sites which works well with the name.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sushiman1111
    I think that the catchiest (ie, easiest to remember) domain names use either alliteration or assonance to good effect. So, for example if you had a golf membership site, Golf Group or Golf Gang (alliteration), or else Golf Mob or Golf Posse (assonance) would work better than something like Golf Buddies.

    Of course, if you have the chance for a double-meaning or pun, you could make that work as well. The obvious example above would be The Golf Club.

    Basically, you want something that will make the customer stop for that extra second, because the extra second means that it's being entered into the person's memory that little bit more firmly.
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