Choosing a perfect domain can be one of the hardest tasks in establishing online sites. Getting a proper domain will be not easier if we already have an offline business and would like to have an online rep site. For example, I own a company name Sony and would like to have sony.com online site for my company. This will be one tough job. Because getting the domain that is same as our company name might cost a lot if it is not unique.
However, there are other options of suffix like .net, .cc, .info, .biz, .tv, etc that you can choose from. But, I would strongly suggest going for .com if it is targeted for global market. If you go to your Firefox address bar, and just type “atniz” and press “Ctrl+Enter”, it will automatically add .com as suffix and open up the page. It is the first suffix that will come in anyone’s mind. Unless, if you are targeting for UK market, then you can go for .co.uk or Malaysian market, you can go for .com.my If it is for global market, then .com is the most preferred domain suffix in the market.
If you could get a four letter or 5 letter domains in dot com, then it is easier to remember compared to longer words. But, getting a domain name that contains the niche keyword will be the best choice if you are looking for better SEO or SERP. For example, if you want to run a diabetic site, you could choose diabeticsolutions.com or etc. On the other hand, this method does not play well in every channel. Let’s say, your target is for adult business, then you might choose pornsite.com or porntv.com for better SEO.
But, most of the Firewall will block any adult related sites that have sexual words in the domain. So, getting higher traffic might be a little hard compared to having a normal domain name for sensitive business. Sensitive business that I mention here could be from adult sites, proxies, chatting, social networking sites, etc. This kind of sites mostly will be blocked in schools, universities, colleges and workplaces.
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Thanks for these wonderful tips, I agree, that it is always very hard to choose proper domain name, it take a lot of time and efforts, so I think, your tips will help a lot of people to save their time.
Thanks For The Tips!
I think domain name is probably the most important thing for new sites or sites that want to brand themselfs no doubt