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The 7 Characteristics of Good Domain Names
Domaining News Source: http://www.dailyblogtips.com
Published: Dec 19, 2007 - 04:42 pm
Story Found By: jeffquipp 1617 Days ago
Category: Domaining
Another great post by the people over at DailyBlogTips.com. 7 straightforward, characteristics of good domain names. Simple and to the point! Great post ... wish I’d thought of it myself.
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from handsomerob 1617 Days ago #
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These are good guidelines, but I still hunt down names with type-in traffic whenever possible.

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from TheMadHat 1617 Days ago #
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Good points but from a straight domaining standpoint, I agree with rob on the type-in traffic point."Avoid foreign words"Unless you’re targeting a foreign market. One word generic foreign word domains still get a ton of type-in and are worth a lot.

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from DanielScocco 1617 Days ago #
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Well not foreign words per se, but rather the ones that might difficult the spelling."Avoid foreign words, words that have complex pronunciation, strange combinations of letters and anything else that might cause someone to misspell your address."

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from TheMadHat 1617 Days ago #
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Ah, I took that line as three seperate things. Correct then...multiple letters in any language for type-in gets confusing. Owning all of them is a good tactic though.

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from jeffquipp 1617 Days ago #
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Good advice guys! I detest having to think about the proper spelling of a word that I haven’t used in some time. I want quick and easy results.

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from jeffquipp 1617 Days ago #
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@ TheMadHat ... we’ll have to talk to our buddy TheGypsy then for his choice of domains for his personal blog ... I still can’t remember how to spell it (humoah, humah ... ah I give up). Lets see ... I can find it from SEObytheSea’s blogroll.

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from TheMadHat 1616 Days ago #
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@jeffquipp - LOL...I have the same problem everytime. I start with the "h" hoping that it will autofill the address bar :)

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