Comments on: How To Select A Domain Name

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:55:06 +0000

Hi Jill,

Thanks for your advise. English is not my native language, so I’m not sure whether it should be LastName1.com or 1LastName? I’ve tried all the domain extensions but none was available:)

Thanks!

Ben

By: Jill Olkoski

Jill Olkoski — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:57:53 +0000

Hi Ben,
You could certainly try adding a “1″ or some other letter or number. Remember you can also use “-” dashes/hyphens in domain names, or perhaps you could get it via .net or .biz, although .com would be preferable. Or maybe your first initial? Keep thinking along the lines you’re going and try a small permutation to see if you can get close enough. But also remember, that people might find the other domain name instead of yours, and as long as it’s not a porno site or something offensive, getting a domain very close to it shouldn’t be a problem.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:19:30 +0000

I’m interested in registering a domain name in my last name but it’s already taken by someone else. Any suggestions? I was thinking adding a number, say 1, to it. I’m not interested in using both first and last name. Thanks!

By: Jill Olkoski

Jill Olkoski — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:00:23 +0000

If someone has an unusual last name, I’d try to get just the last name domain, like in your example smeth.com.
If you need to use the first and last name for the domain, I’d probably opt for the one without the hyphen, just because it makes it easier to spell. Although the one with the hyphen is easier to read. It’s a bit of a tossup, but I’d opt for no hyhpens or underscores.

Your second question, I would always use capitalization to help make it easier for people to read. So I’d select JoneSmeth.com as the way to communicate the domain name in writing. In fact, this is also the recommendation of Google Ad Words Optimizer tool…when you make your URL for your ad, and click “optimize” they will always capitalize words to make the domain name easier to read.

By: Rasco

Rasco — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:02:47 +0000

If we have, let us, a person name is: Jone Smeth (first, family name) So:
Which domain do you think is better for a personal website?
Example 1: jonesmeth.com
Example 2: jone-smeth.com

If you have selected Example 1 as the best choice, would you like to present it in your contact information as
choice A) jonesmeth.com
choice B) JoneSmeth.com

Please explain your point of views for the best professional looking to the people. Thanks a lot