Any good strategies for creating a website name?

[psaco131]

I've tried putting words together, using synonyms, spelling differently. What strategies do you use?

 

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[Eskil]

Basically I use what you mentioned, but also sometimes play around with long abbreviations that would end up making up a word - in essence creating a new "word".

 

[LTL]

Try using a remote obscure language instead always works.

 

[rocksolid]

Or a nickname that people know. So instead of calling a police officer a police officer you could call him a cop. Maybe not a great example but you get the idea. Make sure what ever name you use it will be easy to spell and something people can remember. I try to stay away from numbers as well.

 

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[FionaS]

I always make sure it's easy to tell someone out loud. I avoid numbers, especially ones that can be words also. And it should be easy to spell.

www.pay2c.com is a terrible address, for example. When you tell someone that, they might think it's paytosee, pay2see, paytoc, paytwoc, there are too many alternatives.

I also look at how (if multiple words) they look together. We've all heard of Peniisland.com, for example.

(EDIT: Which brings up another point, filters - the link above got changed to a double ii, even though it was for Pen Island. Make sure your domain won't get caught by the more common filters)

Other than that, I personally look at what the website is about, find some words relating to that and see if I can put those together to turn into a good name. I have different strategies for different types of websites (professional, blog, business, personal).

 

[Brander]

Making it nonsensical, always works

 

[Jake]

It really depends on the website. Are you trying to rank for a certain keyword? Put the keyword in the URL. Are you trying to build a brand? Make it somehow related to what you're selling or trying to convey.

Give us an example and we may be able to help. A generic answer to a broad question doesn't really help.

 

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[psaco131]

Thanks for the input. Its pretty much a fitness & health blog focused on a specific niche, with reviews. I'll go ahead and try the suggestions you all mentioned.

 

[VinceT]

I also enjoy messing with bustaname.com, it has some neat domain name generator features. Pick some words you like and it will find open domain names. Also has a domain maker tool which give you a list of generated names.