Pinch Penny Web Hosting

The first question that comes up when starting a new website is “what will I call it?”. Here are some quick tips when deciding on a domain name to register:

1. Keep it short. Try to limit your domain name to a combination of two or three short words, and try not to go too far over 20 characters total.
2. Check your spelling.

People will have a harder time remembering or typing in the name of your site if it is mispelled.

3. Rhyming make it memorable

Some conventions that make poetry sound nice also work for domain names. Try combining two words that start with the same letter (like Pinch Penny) or that use similar sounds. Say the name outloud to see if it rolls pleasantly off the tongue.

4. Try to get a .com.

The “dot com” has become the defacto standard domain extention on the internet, and is the most easy to remember for any person typing in yoru domain name.

5. Don’t fear the dash.

Some people may recommend you stay away from a dash in your domain name, but if used sparingly they can work well. Often a two-word domain name is unavailable without a dash, so adding a dash is a better choice than going with a longer name. Also, most search engines read the words between dashes better than they read onebigjumbledomainname, so you could even get better placement in a search engine with a dash in your domain name.