November 17, 201015 yr im currently making a website for my friends who run a club night in my city called 'Motion' its on once a month and plays techno/house music. so any suggestions would be sweet. all i could think of so far is something like MOTIONCLUB.com or something but thats taken anyway.
November 17, 201015 yr Author yeah actually thought of that but its newcastle and call me picky but i dont like the two letter n's next to each other in motionnewcastle
November 17, 201015 yr ya'll find all ya need here: http://www.testking.com/techking/tips/14-outstanding-sites-to-help-you-find-a-great-domain-name/
November 19, 201015 yr I wrote a blog on this once that you may find useful: 1. Keep It ShortThe domain name is something people are going to need to remember and type in on a regular basis. Keeping domain names short is always a good idea. FAQ: How long can my domain name be? - Approximately 63 characters depending on where you register it. 2. Keep it Simple, Stupid (KISS) Choose a domain name that is relevant to your business or business area. Do not confuse people with irrelevant domain names. Additionally, do not join words with the last and first letter of each word; for example warsawidgets.com is a bad idea, unlike warsawwidgets.com. Furthermore, unless it is your business name, try to avoid using misspellings of words or replacing words with numbers; for example 2kool.com is probably not the best idea. Finally, try to avoid using additional padding such as "company", "agency", "ltd" and "the". 3. Avoid Hyphens Try not to use hyphens in your domain name as a lot of people may assume your-business.com probably doesn't use one. FAQ: What characters can I use in my domain name? - Domain names only allow for the use of letters, numbers and hyphens. Additionally, they are not case sensitive. 4. The use of Keywords A lot of people recommend using keywords in domain names. I, however, personally feel that these URLs look a bit spam-like in most cases; for example, manchesterwidgets.com Additionally, if your business is likely to change direction in a few years you may need a little leeway and therefore, I personally do not recommend tying yourself to keywords. Furthermore, if your online marketing strategy is good enough your URL should not make too much of a difference in your search engine ranking. However, you cannot ignore the argument that keywords will always help people in understanding your website before they visit. It's a tough choice! 5. Don't Buy Trademarks and Other Business Names Before you register your business name it may be worth checking companies house to avoid registering another businesses name. There used to be a time when people who wanted domains badly enough would pay you big money. These days they just call their solicitors. 6. Be Unique If you are going to register a domain name similar to another popular website this is a recipe for disaster for many obvious reasons. 7. Be Patient Unless you have an idea that you think may get snapped up, be patient. Ask your friends, family and colleagues what they think. Ask if they can spell it, how easy it is to pronounce and, most of all, does it make sense? 8. Purchasing a Domain Name and Covering your Options So now you are at the point of registering your well chosen domain name. I always recommend that people register both the .com and .co.uk for a few good reasons: If you tell someone that you have a website and they only catch the name, the first thing a lot of people try is the .com. At an online marketing seminar that I attended in July 2010 it was mentioned that people from the UK are 60% more likely to click a .co.uk over a .com in search engine results. Finally, if a competitor purchases your alternative domain name you could face losing a lot of business to them if they do not offer to sell it to you (for quite a substantial fee). It can never hurt to have too many domain names. It merely increases the number of ways people may find you. Some companies have even been known to buy the misspellings of their domain name. FAQ: Does this mean I need to have a website on each domain name? - No, you can host your website on your favoured domain name and point the rest to that. Quoted from my Blog, 8 Useful Tips for Choosing and Registering a Domain Name. Hope this helps!
November 19, 201015 yr Keywords in your domain are really really important! Not because of how Google directly reacts to the domain name, but more importantly as a result of how websites will backlink to your domain. Websites nearly always use your domain name as the backlink, and this will have a massive on your position in the SERPs. Another key point to raise, is that by using keywords within your domain name will allow you to introduce your keywords more easily into your content!
November 19, 201015 yr The main website could be something like : motion-music.com Any city based could then be : motion-cityname.com or cityname.motion-music.com Using the sub-Domain Name is obviously free and would be a more practical solution, equally people read from left to right so it makes it quite obvious
November 21, 201015 yr Actually, www.newcastleinmotion.co.uk or newcastle-in-motion.co.uk are both available too.
November 22, 201015 yr newcastlemotion.co.uk sounds ok. Remember to stay away from any other domain name apart from .com or .co.uk . These are the only two people will remember if you've got motion.net or motion.info or motion.org.uk they'll go home and type in motion.com .
November 23, 201015 yr Ask your friend to come up with a more original name for which a domain is available?
November 24, 201015 yr I think you must keep the name as simple as possible, it is important so that people can remember it. People don't boder with over complicated names which they can't remember. Also you have to consider what another member has explained above "search engines". You could try something like this: motiondance.com | motion-dance.com dancemotion.com | dance-motion.com motionsound.com | motion-sound.com discomotion.com | disco-motion.com planetmotion.com| planet-motion.com I hope that helps
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