Apostrophes, ampersands, hyphens & other characters
Special characters can’t be used in a domain name other than the
hyphen or dash (steve-baba.com), which is not advisable to use. The
domain name has to be spoken “Steve Hyphen Baba dot com.” Many
people don’t know the difference between a dash and a hyphen. The
hyphen is often called a dash, which adds to the confusion. (A [...]
Why Inferior Domain Names Happen
Why do so many firms use inferior domain names? Although total lack
of effort by fly-by-night Web sites is one reason, more often simplistic
theories lead to “fool’s gold” domain names. Don’t follow in these
footsteps.
Often, people copy a large company’s name style or are inspired by a
large company’s name. Initials and coined names (Exxon) are
examples. The difference [...]
Numbers in domain names such as Toys123.com, 123Success,MD55, OneZoo and Zebra1
First, numbers are similar to homophones in that they have two
spellings – one with the number (1) and the other with the number
spelled (one). Is the domain site Widgets1.com or WidgetsOne.com?
This can be solved by purchasing both domain names. But numbers
have other problems.
Domain names that sound like verbs or adjectives
Domain names must be speakable and not confusable for word of
mouth advertising, radio advertising and other publicity. Imagine the
following conversation:
.net, .org, .biz … and other TLDs.
The .com extension is the best and only suitable extension for serious businesses. Avoid .net, .org .biz. and other vanity extensions, which are officially called Top Level Domains or TLDs.
First, not having the .com is one more thing customers will have to remember. If you had Hotels.NET, people will have to remember that you are [...]