Appreciate your thoughts here Moumita….and hopefully the third domain name will be easier to think of!

Choosing domain name is really a tough job. I have chosen domain name for my first blog with the help of one of my colleagues but when I chose the domain name for my second blog then I understand what a tough job it is. You have discussed some tips those are really useful. I will read this article again before choosing the domain name for my third blog. Thank you so much for sharing this informative article.

You really said what I was thinking. No, you don’t need to have your keyword in your domain. No you don’t have to have your brand in your domain. No, your domain is not the be all and end all of whether your site will be successful …. BUT….why not utilize the advantages that are available, even if they only give that small percentage. At the end of the day, every little tip helps and once you put them all together, that is where the magic will happen. Nothing alone can make your site successful, it is a combination of them all.

Clarify what you are doing, be clear to your readers and then stick to it. You can’t go too far wrong with that!

Thanks for visiting us here Mandie and leaving a really insightful comment. And good luck with your re-branding too!!!

Certainly an interesting point you have raised, but I still think I would rather use a keyword than not.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your ideas with us

Whilst having a keyword in the domain is not the ‘be all and end all’, it certainly doesn’t hurt and you might as well utilise as many SEO techniques as possible.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts here

Very timely post for me, as I’m working on a major re-branding project (because I didn’t follow excellent advice like this the first time around). Over the past month I’ve spent so many hours writing down keywords & phrases that reflect my mission statement while simultaneously searching to see if a name was taken. It’s an exhausting process, but so, so important.

I’ve heard bloggers say to not waste time agonizing over your name or your theme, but I have to disagree entirely. It may be POSSIBLE to create a successful brand without having the perfect domain name, but why set yourself up to have to OVERCOME your domain name? Much better to get it right the first time and have a name that truly reflects your brand.

I think, as Ryan says, the key is clarity. Having a clear understanding of what your blog is about and what you want to accomplish is fundamental. I curse Tim Brownson every day for not only taking A Daring Adventure, but doing such a great job with it that I can’t even be mad.

Great post, sharing!

Thanks for sharing some awesome tips…

But the problem is you can NOT trust Mr. Matt Cutts’s team… Some times I feel that they themselves do NOT what’s their objectives are… For example you take the recent incident of “Authorship”… In the same way you can NOT be absolutely sure about whether using keywords in the domain name is going to boost your SEO campaign results…
I am using the keyword in my domain name BUT sometimes I feel that I should have gone for my own name as my Domain Name…

What’s your thought on that: Domain name with your keywords or http://www.catherineholt.com

Regards…

For beginners it’s very important to know as what is a good domain name mean to be?
There are many options for them but to choose the relevant domain name is necessary. The niche bloggers choose should be revealed from the domain name of their blog.

As you have suggested that people should try to get a domain which can have keywords about the niche in it. Like you and me both have “blogging”.

A .com domain is always appreciated because you know most of people just type the domain name of any website and follow it by .com. It’s somehow human activity.

The points you have put together are great to follow while choosing a domain name.

Thanks for such a great article.

Hope you are enjoying this week.:)

~Ravi