The first step you need to do when you decide to start a website or a blog Choosing a domain name.

Most of the people who start an online business make  mistake in there very first step, choosing a domain name.Its a bad start! During my early years I committed this mistake so many times untill i got an idea on how to go about it.

So how to choose a domain name?

How To Choose A DOmain Name

Decide an extension .COM, .NET, .ORG , .info or Country Specific extensions like .US, .UK, .IN

If you think you will be catering local audience it makes much sense for taking country specific domain names.
If you have a worldwide audience like in a make money online niche the first choice would be to take first generation
domain names

Ist Choice: “.COM”
2nd Choice: “.Net”
3rd Choice: “.org”

Avoid .info domains as they are 2nd generation domains and are not ranked well by google. Taking .info domains makes sense if you are not planning to do some seo and get traffic from google search engines. I do not recommend them though.

Choosing proper extension is very important for your blog or website NEVER EVER MAKE MISTAKE HERE!!

Long Or Short Domain Name?

Well, this is debatable! Single word domain names are hard to find unless you create a new word..like your company name or your own name.
A good domain name can dramatically improve your Click Through Rate. For Example lets consider three domain names:

MakeMoney.com
MakeMoneyOnline.com
MakeMoneyOnlineFromHome.com

The first one tells us how to make money while the 2nd domain is more specific and tells more about the content of the website. While the third domain is little more specific but its little too long to remember ..so you have to strike a balance between the length of the domain name and its specificity…good luck with that

“Never Use abbreviation for your domain names”

Domain Name & SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

The idea is to have the main keyword you are targeting in your domain name but without compromising the sense of the domain and making sure domain name does not look too awkard.

Lets your main keyword is “Make Money Using Google” you can have a domain name like googlemoney.com
Try to avoid characters like “-” or “-” in the domain name as they are hard to remember and difficult to tell!

Your Name as Your Domain Name:

That is totally your choice..generally makes sense when you are trying to brand yourself. For example you are selling information that is unique to you or coach people in a niche like make money online..branding yourself can be a good idea! JohnChow.com
Or if you want to create a personal blog, blogging about your daily routine and stuff..go for your name as your domain name!

I guess this is it about choosing a domain name.

Kindly comment and let me know if I have missed any point.