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10 Ways to Ruin
Your Blog with Inferior Domains
Posted on Wednesday, March 29 @ 19:46:40 CST by
xtv
Since every website, including blogs, needs a
name, Dr. Steve Baba has written a free ebook that explains how to
select domain names, which is free at www.seemly.com. Below are the
top ten most common mistakes.
March 29, 2006 -- Because blogs usually have no money for
paid marketing, blogs rely on publicity and viral, word-of-mouth
marketing to attract readers. An easy-to-remember and communicate name
is essential for publicity and viral marketing.
Below are the top ten most common mistakes:
1. Buy a .net or .org instead of a .com, and send 10% of your repeat
visitors to the dot-com.
2. Since your blog is great, expect people to remember a long domain
name such as WorldsGreatestPoliticalBlog.com. This is also using a tag
line as a name.
3. Use a number in your domain name, such as 1Blog.com, but not own
the spelled OneBlog.com.
4. Give people two opportunities to forget your name. Expect people to
remember your name, “World’s Greatest Political Blog,” and also expect
them to remember that your domain name is your initials WGPB.com.
5. Make up a new word, such as Viagra, but don’t spend millions on
marketing to make the new word a household word, and expect your
readers to remember the new coined word anyway.
6. Use less common words or prefixes and use your free TV time
explaining your name instead of promoting your blog. One blogger
repeatedly has to explain on TV interviews that Kos is short for
Markos. Another blogger explains and spells out that his name is “i n
s t a” not “instant.”
7. Assume that people can spell difficult words in domain names.
8. Make reader think if your website is Widget.com (singular) or
Widgets.com (plural) and send those who guess wrong elsewhere. Make
people think about your blog’s subject, but don’t make them think
about your domain name.
9. Choose a name with dashes, such as Great-Blog.com, and expect
customers to remember that you have the dashes, while your
competition, GreatBlog.com, does not.
10. Choose an edgy name without thinking if people will get it or
remember it.
The ebook on domain names is available at www.seemly.com, for free. No
registration is required. The ebook is a PDF file of approximately
250K. The free ebook is advertising supported.
Contact:
Steve Baba
http://www.seemly.com/
301-942-0333
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