Comments on: Get a Good Name on the Web http://www.shcl.co.uk/blog/2008/04/get-good-name-on-web.html Internet marketing training and consultancy for small businesses in the UK Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ian http://www.shcl.co.uk/blog/2008/04/get-good-name-on-web.html/comment-page-1#comment-29 ian Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:57:00 +0000 http://www.hallaminternet.com/dev/2008/04/get-a-good-name-on-the-web.html#comment-29 I generally agree about the hyphens issue Sue, with one caveat: using hyphens separates out the words so that search engines understand where one ends and the next begins (which is why Blogger and others insert hyphens between words in the URLs of blog posts like this).<br/><br/>The same principle applies to domain names, as they are also part of the URL, so using hyphens can make a small impact with SEO (which is of course why the spammers use them!)<br/><br/>I would say though, this is a minor issue for domains and shouldn't be the primary concern in choosing one (your post lists the main things!) I generally agree about the hyphens issue Sue, with one caveat: using hyphens separates out the words so that search engines understand where one ends and the next begins (which is why Blogger and others insert hyphens between words in the URLs of blog posts like this).

The same principle applies to domain names, as they are also part of the URL, so using hyphens can make a small impact with SEO (which is of course why the spammers use them!)

I would say though, this is a minor issue for domains and shouldn’t be the primary concern in choosing one (your post lists the main things!)

]]> By: blahdiblah http://www.shcl.co.uk/blog/2008/04/get-good-name-on-web.html/comment-page-1#comment-28 blahdiblah Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:24:00 +0000 http://www.hallaminternet.com/dev/2008/04/get-a-good-name-on-the-web.html#comment-28 What do you think about .net?<br/>What do customers think of it? What do you think about .net?
What do customers think of it?

]]> By: betterlanguages.com http://www.shcl.co.uk/blog/2008/04/get-good-name-on-web.html/comment-page-1#comment-27 betterlanguages.com Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:45:00 +0000 http://www.hallaminternet.com/dev/2008/04/get-a-good-name-on-the-web.html#comment-27 Hi Susan<br/><br/>Very interesting topic, enjoyed the Sunday Times article as well. There is one further issue about domain names which I read about some time ago, and have never seen anywhere else, hope this is of interest.<br/><br/>That is: why not name your business after your domain name? (rather than the other way around). This is probably easier with .com rather than .co.uk. The rationale of this is that every time people see your brand, they see the domain name, so all off- line marketing reinforces the online brand.<br/><br/>When we became a limited company we became "betterlanguages.com Ltd." the express purpose of this was to reinforce our online brand in all off-line marketing. Hi Susan

Very interesting topic, enjoyed the Sunday Times article as well. There is one further issue about domain names which I read about some time ago, and have never seen anywhere else, hope this is of interest.

That is: why not name your business after your domain name? (rather than the other way around). This is probably easier with .com rather than .co.uk. The rationale of this is that every time people see your brand, they see the domain name, so all off- line marketing reinforces the online brand.

When we became a limited company we became “betterlanguages.com Ltd.” the express purpose of this was to reinforce our online brand in all off-line marketing.

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