Is it just me, or is ever possible Two Word Domain Taken?

by Dexx
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Is it just me, or is ever possible Two Word Domain Taken?

I swear its like someone has a computer script that grabs two random words from the dictionary, puts them together, and if the domain is available...it auto registers it!

Anyone having luck with registering two word domains (using actual words with corretc spelling?)
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  • Profile picture of the author Dexx
    you*******.com!

    itsjustyou.com and justyou.com are actually both taken.
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  • Profile picture of the author markgilbert
    Choosing a good .com domain name needs a great deal of imagination, and perseverance. With 500,000 words in the English vocabulary, there's actually many two word .com domains left. The question is, how many of those 500,000 words are in your vocabulary on the tip of your tongue?
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  • Profile picture of the author Dexx
    Yes, but how many of those 500,000 words will apply to a specific niche.

    Really it boils down to [nichephrase].com

    I might have to bite the bullet and go three word =(

    That or use a hyphen...
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  • Profile picture of the author Lou Diamond
    Hello,
    yes there are many two word domains left,it does take some work but you will
    be surprised with what you can come up with once you get on the right track.
    There are many for sale at reasonable prices as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author TelegramSam
    No. Give up now. There are none left ;-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Killer Joe
    Originally Posted by Dexx View Post

    (using actual words with corretc spelling?)
    I think I see the problem here...

    KJ
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    Here ya go:
    horacesmith.com
    (just kidding)

    I actually have a few two word domains. Just .com, or is .net ok? What are you looking for?
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  • Profile picture of the author George Wright
    It sounds as if you are frustrated about this.

    That makes YOU a frustrated Warrior.

    WOW, Your name is available....

    FrustratedWarrior.com

    George Wright
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    scarypomegranate.com is available
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    • Profile picture of the author Hesaidblissfully
      I just searched for the first two word domain that came to mind:

      geometrydorks.com (don't ask where that one came from).

      It's available.

      For something a little more niche related:

      happyhuskies.com is available. Could be a site for husky owners looking for information on how to care for their dogs. Also hungryhuskies.com is available. I guess it depends on if you're looking for keyword-specific domain names or domain names that are user friendly (easy to remember, brandable, etc.)

      Don't go stealing geometrydorks.com, though. I'm sure that's a desperate buyer niche right there
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    I'm not saying which one I just found, because I'm buying it.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    I can think them up a dime a dozen ... Someone got me on Yahoo IM (no that is NOT an invite..lol) last week asked me about a domain name and in 2 minutes I had a 2 word domain name that is very keyword rich and yes it makes sense.. Short and easy to remember..

    You just need creativity ...

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author Jagged
    They are around...just need a little creativity in finding them...
    What niche are you looking into?
    I usually have success finding domain names...

    Ken
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  • Yo could stop wasting your time looking for .com's. Really, there are tons of two word non .com's out there that get huge search volume.

    I used to be like you, only looking for .com's. Then I got frustrated and started testing different things. Now in my ajax bar, I dont even select .com. (This is of course for exact keyword domains.)
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    • Profile picture of the author Dexx
      Originally Posted by Charles Montgomery View Post

      Yo could stop wasting your time looking for .com's. Really, there are tons of two word non .com's out there that get huge search volume.

      I used to be like you, only looking for .com's. Then I got frustrated and started testing different things. Now in my ajax bar, I dont even select .com. (This is of course for exact keyword domains.)
      But most people (when they heard a URL) think .com first before others, and I would really hate to create something like PostCardProfits.ca and lose some traffic to PostCardProfits.com
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      • Originally Posted by Dexx View Post

        But most people (when they heard a URL) think .com first before others, and I would really hate to create something like PostCardProfits.ca and lose some traffic to PostCardProfits.com
        If your title is keyword rich and appealing and your Meta Description is keyword rich and appealing, no one will notice what extension you are using.

        Here is one I found a couple of weeks ago, Kindergarten Toys Two words, exact keyword domain for a phrase that gets a lot of searches (I cant remember 18,000 exact phrase searches, maybe?). I am currently sandboxed, but was on page 1 of google for a few weeks. Anyway, that took less than 5 minutes to find using the synonyms in the google keyword tool
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        • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
          Originally Posted by Charles Montgomery View Post

          If your title is keyword rich and appealing and your Meta Description is keyword rich and appealing, no one will notice what extension you are using.
          Consumers notice and most will go to the .com to see if they can find a better deal vs what you are offering them.. It's a natural instinct when you see a .net, .info, .org and etc ...

          This is why when you register a domain name you always make sure to at least get the .com and .net both ...

          James
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        • Profile picture of the author Dexx
          Originally Posted by Charles Montgomery View Post

          Here is one I found a couple of weeks ago, Kindergarten Toys Two words, exact keyword domain for a phrase that gets a lot of searches (I cant remember 18,000 exact phrase searches, maybe?). I am currently sandboxed, but was on page 1 of google for a few weeks. Anyway, that took less than 5 minutes to find using the synonyms in the google keyword tool
          Its not ranking a page with a different domain extention I'm worried about it, but the customer recognition.

          With that example, I sure many people will type in kindergartentoys.com out of habit before they remember its a .org...y'know?
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  • Profile picture of the author webcosmo
    Lot of good two word domains are available. You might have to spend hours searching.

    Best two word I had is DailyGlobal.com

    If you consider other TLD best I had is tannery.me
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  • Profile picture of the author Todd Sampson
    It is hard to find a two word domain name thanks to domain name speculators, and
    it is especially hard to find two keyword domain names. Thus you usually need to add
    a third word such as KW1KW2info.com, KW1KW2biz.com, FindKW1KW2info.com etc. or try to buy a domain name in the secondary market.

    -Todd Sampson
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  • I dont care about people who type in keyword. com in their search bar. I only care about the people searching google for the keyword. I doubt 1/4 of the number of people who go to google to search, type in the keyword domain in the browser.

    Good luck with that strategy. If the majority of people did that, there would be no need for search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dexx
    Damn it Charles, you just had to make that point!

    I didnt even think about that, lol, ok you win!
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    • Originally Posted by Dexx View Post

      Damn it Charles, you just had to make that point!

      I didnt even think about that, lol, ok you win!
      Since you finally got my point, I am going to help you out a lot. Here is the secret, so dont tell anyone. The big secret is... most two word keyword phrases are not targeted enough.

      That kindergarten toy site, is one of my most heavily visited sites, but it doesnt make me a dime. However, my exact keyword domains that are three words plus, do really well. My best site has 5 words. It converts about 10% because it is so razily targeted. I get less visitors than I would a two word domain, but who cares about traffic? I care about "highly targeted" traffic.

      Think about it, the longer the phrase, the more targeted. Therefore, better conversions. Dont worry about the two word domains. Go for the three, four or five word domains, as long as they get good search volume. That is where the money is.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
    Two keyword domains (that actually make sense and apply to your niche) have become quite a rarity now. With Domainers picking up just about everything that looks like it has PR or some value of any kind, I think you'd have much better luck finding 3 and 4 word .com domains. Unless, of course, you're willing to pay a premium for some aged and expired domain...
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  • Profile picture of the author Dexx
    lol Charles I didnt even realize you had a WSO on this very topic! Well done Sir!
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    • Originally Posted by Dexx View Post

      lol Charles I didnt even realize you had a WSO on this very topic! Well done Sir!
      SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You weren't supposed to see that.
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  • Profile picture of the author deckman
    You dont go to godaddy and use their search to see its available and expect it to still be available in a few hours.
    Is this just coincidence? Not.
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  • Profile picture of the author WealthWithin
    Seems like it's just you.

    Clearly you won't get the most obvious domains. But they're still available.
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  • Profile picture of the author OMI
    Slim pickins for 2 word domains for sure...but they're out there...depends on the niche and keywords.

    Just a few days ago, I registered 6plr.com, put up a website, emailed my list, and made 15 sales in 36 hours.

    You just have to be creative and grab what you can as soon as you find it.

    Most of the domains I register now are 3 word, but they are all relevant keywords so that helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author Buildingfutures
    I've got several I'm going to buy here, and you know what? Dashes rock with two word domain names. It will make it easier to grab the ones you really want.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    There are lots of two word domains just waiting to be claimed. One of my customers just paid me to find a domain name for her. I gave her about 40 choices. Of that, about 25 were two words, so they are out there.

    She ended up choosing a one word domain name that I found (it wasn't a real word, but a play on words, for example: hosting + technology = hostology. That wasn't the actual name, just an example of the style of word play used - hostology was taken or I would have bought it if she didn't).

    I also don't have a problem with using one hyphen. If it gives you the perfect keyword-keyword combination, it works great for ranking purposes. The knock against hyphens has always been that it's harder to pass on verbally, or people may forget the hyphen when they type it into their address bar, or it isn't user friendly, or it looks unprofessional.

    Hogwash! Sites are seldom passed on verbally. Even if they are, all else being equal don't you think keyword-keyword.com will do better in the search engines than keywordFillerword.com? Do you think you'll get enough verbal referrals to make up for the difference in SE ranking?

    Or will so many people mistype keyword-keyword.com, leaving out the hyphen, that you'll lose more traffic than you gained by having better search rankings?

    And if your keyword-keyword.com domain is on the first page of the search engines, do you really think enough people are going to look at the domain name and say to themselves, "Well, there's a hyphen in that domain. It looks unprofessional. I won't click it." that being on the first page won't more than make up for it.

    I'm with Sean Sheehan on this one, I love me some hyphens!
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    • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post


      She ended up choosing a one word domain name that I found (it wasn't a real word, but a play on words, for example: hosting + technology = hostology. That wasn't the actual name, just an example of the style of word play used - hostology was taken or I would have bought it if she didn't).
      That is one thing that gets me many forget about "Branding" and they focus on keywords, keywords, keywords... What many seem to also forget that even a keyword rich domain name can be outranked by a non keyword rich domain name.

      Personally I go more after branding myself and easy to remember names but of course I do not deal with any affiliate products either but even if I did I would probably still go after branding.

      Yes type in traffic matters, offline traffic matters, easy to remember matters, yes word of mouth matters... Many cases these matter a great deal more than search engine traffic.. If most of your traffic comes from the search engines then you are seriously leaving money on the table.

      I could see someone trying to remember to type in a 4 or 5 word domain name ...lol Trying to share those with friends over the phone or a group gathering or on the radio or other offline methods..

      James
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave777
    Depending on your domain name selection strategy, the following thread contains some Excellent suggestions and options...
    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...me-tricks.html

    Dave
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Reverse the two words too.

      If it is "motorcars" for example try "carsmotor"
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  • Profile picture of the author berrycorp
    non .com's rank the same so why run after .com's specifically... i like non .com's just the same!
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  • Profile picture of the author TelegramSam
    Forget two word domains!

    I just found a great one word domain for sale. It is:

    www.grefdis.com

    Not sure what it means, but it is one word!
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  • Profile picture of the author berrycorp
    u find em if search hard enough... u can go for a word similar like "dollars" rather than "dollar" in domain.. that ways its easier to find.
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    • Profile picture of the author xiaophil
      bumtrinket.com is still available, but I don't know for how long.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sparhawke
    I do have a similar question on this, I was mooching around a few weeks ago and found a niche with 550,000 searches per month on google, but when I looked all the TLDs were gone and used, however they didn't seem to be doing anything similar to what I would use it for, they were simply having the usual 1-2 page site with an affiliate or redirect to a real world business where I could build up a real forum with real users...

    However, the extension available was .mobi, do people have a special aversion to using this or something?

    (I like forums by the way, for me they are the easiest thing to think about setting up as I have been involved with them for so long)
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    • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
      Originally Posted by Sparhawke View Post

      I do have a similar question on this, I was mooching around a few weeks ago and found a niche with 550,000 searches per month on google, but when I looked all the TLDs were gone and used, however they didn't seem to be doing anything similar to what I would use it for, they were simply having the usual 1-2 page site with an affiliate or redirect to a real world business where I could build up a real forum with real users...

      However, the extension available was .mobi, do people have a special aversion to using this or something?

      (I like forums by the way, for me they are the easiest thing to think about setting up as I have been involved with them for so long)
      Have you tried the plural "s" of the keywords ????

      James
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  • Profile picture of the author Sparhawke
    It wouldn't exactly work, I did consider it but the search term is absolute unfortunately.

    If people are looking for a moose they wouldn't be typing "meese" or "mooses" into google, well...maybe the second one :p
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      ostrichliver.com is available! Just $10.69*
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  • Profile picture of the author Taylor French
    I just bought three REALLY good two word domains with niche keywords in the last month. There are plenty there if you just look.
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