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Use a thesaurus to lookup domain names and you’ll have to work pretty hard
to run out of ideas
You have a couple of words in mind but they’re all taken. You try one of
those online suggestion tools and you can get your domain name if you add xxyz
to it. Don’t give up. Get a Thesaurus. Go to any online Thesaurus and you’ll
have to work pretty hard to run out of ideas. Why does this method work so well?
1.Find similar words with the same meaning
2.Find short and longer words that you can combine to make a unique domain name
3.You have to work pretty hard to run out of words
4.Use an online dictionary and thesaurus to brainstorm while you’re surfing the
web
5.Find high quality words that you can’t get from name generators
6.You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how many ways you can say the same thing.
Can’t speak for other languages but English has a huge vocabulary list.
7.Since the words you choose for your domain name are not auto generated, you
are solely responsible for the order, quality and length of the keywords.
8.Quick pronunciation guides to help you see if a word feels and sounds natural.
If your site visitors can say it, they’ll remember it and return to your site.
9.Get alternative spellings for keywords. If a term is not trademarked, you can
usually find slight variances between the British and American spelling. This
gives you two opportunities to use a lot of words as a part of your domain name.
10.You don’t have to use the whole word. You’ll see slang terms and shortened
versions that you can use to make short domain names.
11.You can get universally recognized short terms and your customers will be
familiar with the meaning. This way, you don’t have to spend your marketing
dollars helping people to pronounce the name of your site. Spend your marketing
money educating people about your great products and services.
This is probably the most powerful, free and easy way to find unique domain
names. A good Dictionary or thesaurus is a good place to find slang, short,
common, business related, sophisticated, unique words.
Make a quick pit stop at any online dictionary and play around with the online
lookup tools.
Say your domain name out loud to see if it is something that is easy to
pronounce and memorable
by Syd Johnson
Lookup domain names using name generators to save time and find common
keyword combinations
Many reputable domain registration services on the web have added little
domain name generators to their sites. There are also entire name generation
programs that have been popular in the marketing and branding industry for
years. If you have exhausted your other possibilities and need some help with
brainstorming, the software route is an easy time saver.
What can name generation software do for you?
1.Save time. You can enter your parameters and have hundreds, even thousands of
possible domain names in a few seconds.
2.If you want a particular word to be a part of your domain name, the software
can twist the word by adding other terms, abbreviations, acronyms, rhyming words
etc. to get a brandable domain name.
3.Name generation software can take a topic and spit out random word
combinations that describe items or services around that topic. You can get
hundreds of possible keyword rich domain names in a short period of time.
4.The best name generation software programs are usually connected to the Whois
database so you can see which names are available for immediate purchase.
5.Sometimes you can see registered domain names that are up for renewal. If the
owner doesn’t renew the name, you can backorder the name or buy it right away.
This way you get an up and running domain name with built in traffic.
6.If you search by topic, you can easily see specific words that are very
popular in your category. If your competitors are working overtime to add the
word ‘guide,’ ‘directory,’ or ‘journal’ to their domain name, it probably adds
to their keyword rankings or appeal online. You don’t’ have to go along with the
crowd, but you’ll know what’s working.
7.Best name generation software programs are designed by marketing firms and
marketing professionals. You’re getting a list of names with brand appeal based
on working principles that are proven to increase visibility, readability or
traffic.
8.You’re getting a mini market research and keyword generation application. Use
the same application to generation names for your website, newsletters and lists
of keywords for your marketing campaign.
9.If you have access to registered names, check out what works for your
competitors before you put up your website. Use this information to design a
better website starting with the domain name.
10.See if your preferred is available with hyphens or with another top level
domain extension
11.Find out if there are many sites with domain names that are variations of
your chosen name. You can make a change immediately to keep your customers from
going to one of a hundred possible competitor websites if they mistype your web
address.
12.Check link popularity of domains up for grabs. Save money and bring in lots
of extra traffic for rock bottom price of an annual registration fee.
A name generation software program is an excellent way to find alternative
combinations for your chosen words. Usually, at least one of the words you use
in your initial domain name search will be used in creating a suggested name.
Check the website of any major domain name registrar to see if they offer this
type of service for free. Grab a dictionary and a thesaurus if you like and turn
your software into a super name generator.
by Syd Johnson
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