I want to share an infographic about domain names that was posted on Entrepreneur.com today. The infographic is called “9 Essential Elements of Choosing a Domain Name,” and it shares advice from a number of sources, including my blog (which it spelled wrong). The infographic was created by a company called WhoIsHostingThis.com.
Check out the infographic below the jump. Feel free to chime in if you think they missed something.
Thanks to Domain Veggies for the tip about this.
I see you own the typo but it goes to a parked page. If there is ever a time to redirect it to your site now is that time.
Good call – thanks. Forgot about that 🙂
Should be forwarding now. It must have stopped forwarding when I moved it from Moniker because it had Moniker DNS.
Aren’t these guys the ones who think they own the dictionary word, and are basically UDRP happy
Right you are, Ron.
They do think they own the word.
If you use “entrepreneur” in a business, print or other media, or in a domain, if they haven’t gone after you yet, it’s virtually certain that they will.
Pretty convenient that you own the typo. That’s a sign of a pro! Congrats again and thanks for the shout-out.
#EatYourVeggies
That’s what we call a display of ‘shallow knowledge’.
Some people absolutely love the idea of attaining a little understanding about an issue, then vocally standing themselves out as an expert to everyone who has no understanding of the issue.
Plenty of that is accurate, but some of it is just stupid mantra that anyone with any depth of knowledge would not have included in their ‘infographic’.
right on anon!
Did not even mention exact search terms.
A weakness to the infographic is emphasis on “a domain” / “your domain” as singular. Descriptive domains add (forwarded) traffic to extend reach & strengthen brand. Ragu also owns eat.com and toothpaste.com fuels P&G brands; books.com forwards to Barnes & Noble. Most firms could have three to five domain names fueling their web success.
“That’s what we call a display of ‘shallow knowledge’.” Hope you note the sad irony of your comment !!
Good on Entrepreneur for posting the infograph, all good for domain reference frames.
Thanks for sharing. I noticed too how your blog URL is misspelled but its OK as it gets the visitor here.
great article with some valid points for choosing a domain name.. The brand is the key to company perception..
Thanks again Elliot 🙂
I disagree with the hyphenated names claim. Hyphenated domain names have delivered traffic to end-users who know how to implement SEO.
Of course, for domain investing purposes, unhyphenated domain names are far more valuable. If pitched right, these hyphenated names can sell at premium prices.
Nice infographic, very useful for new guys in the industry. Thanks for the link!