It’s also worth trying to get a keyword or two that is relevant to the market you intend to target if possible, so for instance if your blog is going to be about Bonsai Trees, try and find a domain that includes the words “bonsai” and/or “bonsai trees”, e.g. www.bonsai-tips.com
This will help for search engine rankings as well as for increasing click through rates from the SERP’s (Search Engine Results Pages), as someone looking for tips on growing bonsai is more likely to click on a site listed in the search engine results that has the word bonsai in it than something more generic like “plantsandstuff.com”.
You’re unlikely to be able to get exactly the domain name you want, e.g. BonsaiTrees.com, so be creative and look for good variations.
Here’s a few examples to help: –
MyBonsaiSite
BonsaiCare
GrowingBonsai
BonsaiNews
BonsaiGuide
TheBonsaiClub
HealthyBonsai
Brainstorm a few ideas and using some generic words that you can add to your keywords and you should come up with a few possible domains to choose from.
There’s a free tool that you can use to check what’s available that can be downloaded here: –
I’ve done a video on how to use this tool here: –
Choosing a Domain Name for your blog [2m 43sec]
and there is a text file with some common generic words to try that you can grab here: –
Domain Variations File Download
In the next post I’ll go through more on how to choose the best TLD (Top Level Domain) for your domain, i.e. .com, .org,.net, .co.uk, .info etc.