Be Careful Picking that Domain Name
Speedofart.com anyone? How about Penisland.net? These are but a few of the unintentional bad domain names floating around out there these days. We've all heard horror stories about some company painstakingly picking the perfect name for a product, only to find out that the term they so carefully chose actually means "goat boogers" in many of the countries where they intend to market their wares. Well, a similar thing can happen with domain names. Consider the first two listed, which are legitimate sites for Speed of Art and Pen Island respectively. There are more.
Consider a site called "Who Represents" where you can find out who Tom Cruise's agent is: www.whorepresents.com (its his sister). Or you can visit www.therapistfinder.com if you are looking for a good - get this - therapist (what were you thinking!). Believe it or not, www.molestationnursery.com will take you to the site of Mole Station Native Nursery from Australia. My kids got a kick out of www.ipanywhere.com, and finally, if your planning for a holiday at the lake, you will definitely want to visit www.gotahoe.com.
The moral of the story, of course, is let's be careful out there.
Tim Feathers
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Do:
- Keep your domain name as short as possible
- Try to avoid initials in your domain name (they mean nothing to people or search engines)
- Keep your domain as close to your company name as possible
- Look at your competitors’ domains to get a feel for how they have chosen them
- Make a list (you may find that your choices have already been taken)
- Bounce your domain name off friends and/or service providers you trust
- Keep your expectations realistic (one domain does not a fat bank account make)
Don’t
- Go for the record of the longest domain name unless that’s exactly what you intend to achieve
- Rush! No one is going to leap in and get that domain name that will make you a million overnight (and it won’t anyway – don’t blame me…)
- Give up. Online success takes perseverance and patience but the time and effort you put in should pay off
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