Top SEO Tips To Choose Domain Names

Choosing unique domain names is a time-consuming task. Getting ultimate domain name is something that should be done very carefully. Once you register a domain name for your blog / website or business it cannot be easily renamed because it can be very expensive and importantly not advisable from SEO point of view.

You should follow different policies to pick a domain name for your online venture / blog / business. There are a lot of free tools available online to help you choose a good a domain name but also following the tips I listed below could help you register one of the best and unique domain name.

Below are top SEO tips you should consider before register a domain name.

Always Consider to Register Top Level Domain (TLD) Extension

A top-level domain or TLD is an extension for your domain name. The top-level TLDs are .com, .net, .info or .biz. SEO experts still believe that, TLDs like .com, .net are more SEO friendly than other TLDs on web.

If your business is targeted to one particular country I suggest you to go geo targeted TLD. If your business targeted to Indian consumers you better go .in or .co.in which is more SEO friendly in your targeted countries. Search engines like Google pull country based TLDs in SERPs.

Using Business / Niche Related Keywords In Domain Names

Yes, This comes second when chosing domain name. SEO experts consider that, it’s a best practice to use one or two of your significant keywords in your domain name. But always make sure that you are not spamming with more keywords in your domain name. The longer the domain names the spam it looks. So balance your keywords, I recommend to have utmost 2 keywords in your domain name will give you good SEO results.

Make it Noticeable and Unforgettable

Domain names should be easy to remember and identical to your business / niche. If your domain name intuitive and easy to memorize, your customer can guess the product and service you offer simply by your domain name. SEO experts also say that a noticeable domain name is a key asset of your online business. Also make sure that, domain name is easy to spell and pronounce.

Make it Smaller – Smaller Is Better

Smaller domain name is better choice when it comes to choosing domain name. As per Matt Cutts “If you can make your title four- or five-words long – and it is pretty natural. If you have got a three, four or five words in your URL that can be perfectly normal. As it gets a little longer, then it starts to look a little worse. Now, our algorithms typically will just weight those words less and just not give you as much credit.”

Say No To (or Avoid) Dashes and Numbers In Domain Names

You should avoid using dashes and numbers in domain names. Search Engines may see this as spam and this may have an impact on website rankings. But it’s not yet proved 100%, still why take chance? From users point of view dashes and numbers are not user-friendly as it is not easy to memorable and may lose your potential customer if he misspell your domain name.

Those are few important factors you should consider before registering a domain name. I’m sure that a lot more factors considers when ranking domain name but those above tips will help you in SEO.

How Important is it to have keywords in a domain name?

Below is the video from Google’s Matt Cutts informing relation between keywords and domain name.