What's In A Name?

 

 

So, you think a domain by any other name would be just as profitable? Try again. Profits are not so sweet unless you have the right name, and it has to be short, descriptive and written in the right order. So a single-word or a descriptive two-word domain is what you want. People type those into their browser. Anything longer, and you're talking about a search term, not a domain name!

 

Domains are land online. Real Estate! The better the name, the better the land, and the better the value. Let's face it, few people understand what makes a really killer domain. For those who understand, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. is for you.

 

It's about nouns, adjectives and verbs.

The following is taken from RicksBlog.com:

The number-one question I always hear is basically, "How do you pick great domain names?"

 

To that I can say it is all about nouns, adjectives and verbs. That is my guiding light for picking domain names. My foundation. The best domains other than one-word nouns, adjectives and verbs are two-word domains. A noun.com preceded by an adjective or a verb. So you can start with the base, which as an example would be Candy.com. This is the noun. Then the job of mining begins. How many different ways can you either describe candy or categorize candy? There are hundreds, if not more.

 

• Candy.com
• Hardcandy.com (Adjective, Noun)
• Oldtimecandy.com (Adjective, Noun)
• GetCandy.com (Verb, Noun)
• Eatcandy.com (Verb, Noun)
• SweetCandy.com (Adjective, Noun)

 

You can repeat this for every noun there is. However I focus on “Commercial” type domains. Items to purchase. Businesses to create. Sometimes the two word domain can trump the one worder because it is more specific. It is not limited to this but this is the foundation of how I mine. Verbs are great as well. Travel.com would be a verb domain. Then you could describe different ways of travel with an adjective or a noun.
So when you see unrelated words stuck together with a .com on the end…..that is NOT a domain name. I am not sure what it is. Great domains have certain elements. Finding them just depends how far down you want to drill. A domain like candy already has been mined and mined so little is left. But other NOUNS have not been mined to that degree. Pick a noun any noun. You are now on your way.

 

 

T.R.A.F.FI.C. Fort Lauderdale 2012 will take place Sunday, October 7 through Wednesday, October 10, at the opulent Ritz Carlton Fort Lauderdale Beach! The now-famous T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Cabanas will open up the weekend preceeding the show, starting Friday, October 5, 2011.

 

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T.R.A.F.F.I.C. began on Florida's beaches, and the biggest and best shows of the domain industry have always happened in the Sunshine State.