How Do I Come Up With A Good Domain Name?

Written by Kayecee on February 24, 2008 – 11:39 am

Table of contents for Domain Names

How To Choose A Domain Name
What Characters Can I Use For My Domain Name?
How Do I Come Up With A Good Domain Name?
What Do I Do With My List Of Possible Domain Names?
Where Do I Register My Domain Name?
What Is Cybersquatting?

How do I come up with a good domain name?

The first step is to think about your niche and the content of your site. It would be silly to use something like dog.com for a site about cats. Brainstorm on a piece of paper and write down as many keywords and keyword phrases as you can think of.

One good tip that I’ve used throughout the years is to use a keyword tool. Keyword tools, like Wordtracker and Good Keywords give you lots of ideas about what search terms people are using to find sites in your niche. Having a good domain name with keyword phrases that are searched often helps your site to place higher in the search engine ranks.

For example, I was searching for a domain name for an art review site. By doing a search, I realized that the words “up and coming” were used to search for new artists. I chose a domain name that included those words. I get several hits from terms like “up and coming artists.”

Experiment with the keywords and keyword phrases until you come up with several variations of a domain name that you like.