Tuesday, September 9, 2008

A Guide To Choosing An SEO Effective Domain Name

By Bruce Hoover


The importance of a good domain name to a website cannot be undermined. An interesting domain name never fails to attract web surfers to click through and check out. If you think finding a good domain name is difficult task, you are wrong! Do you know where you can get a fantastic domain name easily without too much effort? A good keyword makes a good domain name,. It is very important to craft your domain name using suitable keywords. This is your lucky day-this article will teach you how it is done easily!

Start by researching for a search engine optimized keyword that can be a part of your domain name. A keyword analyzer is the tool that can help you do this. You will able to find such tools by searching on popular Internet engines. Think of a sample keyword that tells about what your site is and enter it into the tool. The analyzer tool will display several options for this sample keyword. Choose those keywords from this list that describe more about what your website is about. You're site is better search engine optimized if you use a long tail keyword because there will be fewer webmasters who will choose them. Now, you can begin thinking about your real domain name.

A lot of the domain name companies on the Internet will let you know if a particular name is available. If not obtainable, you will at least get some recommendations. Put in your keyword first; this will help you make better use of this tool. If at all the keyword is not available for use as the domain name, you will be given other suggestions. Think favorably about the domain names that have the keyword and end with .com. In case this is not present, think creatively. By putting in filler words in the domain name, you may be able to find an available option that still keeps your keyword.

You can use 'a', 'an' and 'the' as fillers. These words are not considered by the search engines. So, they will index your site and you will have a very appealing domain name too. This is achievable even if you use some numbers like 45 or anything you prefer at the end of the phrase. There are some ideas to use if you get everything else but not the .com ending too. Read on.

With a very popular keyword, it does not matter if your extension is .com or something else. You may think of extensions such as .org, .biz and .net. Another trick is to use a state or country extension in the domain name. Consider this if you do not lay more stock with the difference between worldwide or local marketing. It is much better for your business if you are number 5 in the Italian version of Google than if you are number 500 in America's version of Google. It is not complicated to have a domain name that serves well for your visitors as well as for the search engines.

Conclusion

Nine out of ten parts of the success of your domain name depends on the keyword analyzer. The remaining one part depends on your creativity. If there is no solution to getting the domain name of your choice, change the keyword.

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