Getting a domain name for a testing site
Posted by testcrunch on 16th November 2010
I’ve read quite a lot about SEO recently and one of the things that’s important for good SEO is to get a domain with relevant keywords in the name.
I can understand that OK but if you’re creating a web site for system testing it ain’t easy as it appears that most of the obvious domain names are already registered. If I hunt around enough and mash various testing words together I can find some domains that are available but the names are uninspiring if not downright boring, and they also resemble a lot of other existing domains. So not very memorable.
I was told that domains with hyphens in are displayed on search results pages as without the hyphen so is even more user friendly when displayed. I’ve also read to not use domains with hyphens in as they are harder to remember or to say i.e. www.software hyphen testing dot com. I’ve registered one that was ok and is with the new .co TLD but that might just cause confusion about where I am based.
I could just create a new domain with no relevant keywords in it at all. The good thing about that is that I can register a domain that could be far more memorable but will need a lot more marketing as the nature of the site will not be obvious from the domain name.
It works for Loop11.com and Amazon.
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