Choosing a Domain Name - 10 Things to Avoid When Registering Your Domain By: Paul Flyer     When choosing a domain name you want to be sure to avoid certain qualities. While ANY domain name will work, you may save yourself future hassle if your remember the following ten items. 1) Don't use a made up word unless you really don't care or you are really good at branding/marketing. While made up words maybe cool, they won't provide your readers with any context clues as to the content of your website. Consider as well that made up name won't have any kind of search engine relevancy. ONLY if your tag line adequately captures the essence of your website should you consider a made up word. 2) Don't use lots of words in the domain name. welcome-to-my-really-cool-website is way too long. Instead consider mycoolwebsite. Try to keep the name at 4 words or under. 3) Avoid grouping words that do not make sense in context. piratetreasureisland is far better than islandtreasurepirate. Make sure your name makes sense for the average reader. 4) Similar to point number two, don't create names over 21 characters in length. Long domain names are laborious for many reasons. 5) Dont user numerals in your domain name if at all possible. Your "four chickens" website could either be "4chickens" or "fourchickens" . The latter is preferred. If you must include a number at least the number four is simple as opposed to 354. 6) Avoid hyphens. I know you have seen tons of names that includes hyphens. Hyphens are confusing to users, plus they are difficult to communicate when spelling out your domain name. That is actually a good tip. For any domain name your choose, spell it out loud to yourself and then to a few friends. If anyone is confused, refine it. 7) Do not infringe upon the copyright of others. Your domain name can still stand on its own without using copyrighted brand names. 8) In most cases, avoid using abbreviations. Abbreviations are meaningless to most people. There are cases where abbreviations do make sense. However, if you're a beginner, choose a word based domain over an abbreviation. 9) Avoid obscure domain name extensions. Most people recognize the .COM extension. If your domain is available in the .COM version, then buy it! 10) Obscure domains are not memorable. Simple plain language domain names are the best! Paul Flyer writes about the registration of domain names on his Recommended Web Tools website. For more information on choosing, registering and managing domain names, download his free ebook, The Domain Name Handbook at http://www.recommendedwebtools.com/index.php/domain-name-handbook Article Source: zeronese.net article directory. Article Word Count Appx. : 409 Article Category: Articles » Domain-Names » Domain-Name-Registration See all articles by Paul Flyer Note: Copying of article contents in whole is permitted provided that article body and article author by-lines are kept intact and unchanged. Hyperlinks and/or URLs including article source link provided by authors and/or zeronese must remain active at all times.       The views and opinions of authors expressed on Zeronese Article Directory web sites do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Zeronese.net .