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Domain Name Selection

by Begbie
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Are a, the, an, ect., at the start of the domain name, a good domain. That is assuming you can not get the straight keyword. For example, www.alasvegaslawyer.com when unable to get Las Vegas Lawyer.
#domain #selection
  • Profile picture of the author Bill_Z
    Yes it's fine if you can't get certain ones before that. Can you get with hyphens? That is better than adding a word. Here is the order you should try:

    lasvegaslawyer.com
    lasvegaslawyer.org
    lasvegaslawyer.net
    las-vegas-lawyer.com
    las-vegas-lawyer.org
    las-vegas-lawyer.net
    bestlasvegaslawyer.com or thelasvegaslawayer.com,etc (I personally dont like starting with 'a')
    " ".net
    " ".org
    best-las-vegas...com

    you get the idea

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author Thomas De
      I would add a word at the end of the keyword if the keyword domain is not available.
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      • Profile picture of the author gracetog
        I agree with Bill_Z, hyphens are the way to go in your case. I had to do that myself - I mean using hyphens.

        Also .com is better than .net or .org.
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        • Profile picture of the author paulgl
          If you really are going for las vegas lawyer, or anything else local, google maps
          is the way to go anyway. Google maps requires no SEO.

          Too many people stress out over domain names for whatever reasons. It
          just is not worth spending useless hours fretting over some mythical domain
          that you think is "better." Nothing exists like that.

          I always get slammed, but here again is my 4 tips for choosing a domain,
          regardless of niche.

          1. Easy to spell, easy to say.

          2. The shorter the better.

          3. Avoid plurals. (see #2)

          4. Avoid putting a string of keywords together in a domain. One is enough, if at all.

          It is what you do with the site, not domain, that will matter most.
          That's why when picking a domain for internet marketing forum, someone
          thought up warriorforum.com

          I wish people would go and do likewise.

          I mean seriously, most people would never get their-names.com if anything
          were true. And I just did a search for las vegas lawyers and there are a TON
          of lawyers using their-name.com. Or their-law-firm.com.

          Do a search for las vegas lawyers. Look at the google maps results. What are
          the domains? They are all over the map, pun intended.

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          • Profile picture of the author seovcim
            Hello everybody,

            I think there is some complexity in finding a good domain name, but in essence it's simple:
            1. Short
            2. Memorable
            3. Related to the Business Name or Core Business, and
            4. Hard to misspell
            Thanks.....
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  • Profile picture of the author Flareman
    I read on a thread somewhere here that hyphenated domain names are not favourable to Google...
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  • Profile picture of the author diyakapoor
    hyphen can be used in domain name (Las-Vegas-Lawyer)
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  • Profile picture of the author jesda
    for me, i go for urdomainname.com if i cant afford it then i use hyphen or add suffix to it if i love to do so.
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