Opinion & Ideas

Custom Search

Importance of Unique Domain Names When Blogging for Dollars

As a newbie blogger, we’re making a difference in the lives of others by writing one post at a time. Maybe we’re just expressing our simple thoughts to our friends at first, but since then, we might have found another useful purpose that involves us wish to monetizing our blog. In this case don’t underestimate the power of a good name when reaching mass audience.

What’s in a Name?

Name is how we are identified, when someone pronounces it wrong, we can feel demeaned. Our parents took care to find a name that would fit us for life.

Your Blog’s Name

This is one way to look at the process of choosing a domain name for your blog. The name of your blog may be your name or something cute you thought up at the time. If you use a popular blog host like Blogger or WordPress, the URL name also has the host name. When you change hosts, the name that others have become familiar with change also.

When blogging for cash (sounds like a bowling tournament), you want a name that appeals to the audience you are trying to reach. Your name as the domain name won’t be synonymous with gardening, at least not yet. If your name is difficult to spell, it could easily be misspelled and you won’t be found by those trying to reach you.

Humans like to associate things with each other. If your site is about gardening aspects, then a domain name that has “gardening” or some keyword associated with gardening in it, your site name will be easier to remember because it makes sense. You can do a name search to see if your choices have already been taken.

For those who have blogs already, you may want to consider investing in a domain name. For Wordpress.com users, you can use the other version at Wordpress.org that you install so “WordPress” doesn’t appear in your URL.

Short and Relevant

Too many words are a recipe for disaster in a domain name. People can type the wrong letter or use one letter to the left and end up on another site. After a couple of tries, they will give up and you have lost a potential new customer.

Use relevant keywords to make up your domain name. Performing a little keyword research will benefit your blog articles and the name of your blog. Using words that readers are using in the search engines will help drive traffic in our direction.

Don’t neglect the name of your blog. It is a powerful tool to expand your readership and your visibility when you decide to monetize your blog.

Remember, when all the good names are taken, any names will do, but be selectives in the process. Go!