I’m getting tons of hits on http://www.ElBlogger.com and YourBlogSpot.com.

Thanks,
HR
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I can see that they both have potential, and so have registered a couple of names so they have their own proper home on the Web, with the hope that as they become more successful, the name will make them look more professional.

The only downside is flipping the sites over using redirects – potentially I could lose some SE positioning and PR, but I figure it’s better to do it now rather than wait another six months. At least my feeds will continue as usual.

Great article on choosing a blog name. I spend a lot of time brainstorming names for companies, products, domain names, and recently, a blog. The single best resource I’ve come across is http://www.domainsbot.com – a name suggestion tool.

You still have to ask the hard questions about what sort of key words you want to best reach your audience, but once you’ve got an idea of direction, cruise on over to the site and input your terms. The synonyms actually make sense, and you can rank existing ones or add your own, and there’s even a free portfolio tool.

I just started my blog and still have mixed emotions. My blog is at http://PetLvr.blogspot.com .. I own domain PetLvr.com but currently it is just an alias to another domain name. I call the blog … “PetLvr.com – [The Blog]” … I like it. .. but – will I be screwed when I finally build it up with traffic and decide to stop using google and get my own domain hosted and different software? How will my posts from this blog survive? That is my biggest worry. Any suggestions or comments here or offline would be helpful.

PS: nice blog site you have.

HART

I’m thinking of getting a domain for one of my projects but the name I had hoped on using has been taken and I’m stuck on what else to call my project.

regarding getting the right domain name, I don’t think it’s such a bad idea to just use a subdomain for the first couple months – until you get on your feet. I just moved my linux blog from “linux.dangernet.net” to “distrojockey.com” when I figured out what to call it. With the right piece of code in my .htaccess file I successfully forwarded ALL my links and Google loves it.

I recommend considering domains to be real estate. Sometimes people with forethought and capital will buy up land that they don’t want to develop just yet but may want to in the future. Having a handful of good-sounding domains to choose from for any future projects pays off well. I’m not trying to plug my sites so I won’t make these links, but here’s a few domains I’m really glad I bought ahead of time:
electionresult2008.com, turnblog.com, turnstudio.com, turnculture.com, electionresult.org, dangerstevens.com (my name).

Since domains only cost $8.50 (US) per year, I’d say it’s a worthwhile investment.

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I think “ProBlogger” or example is hard on the edge, it is pretty generic however not so often used, yet.

Personally I think a unique name is more important than an SEO optimized one. After all the hits come to special keywords n special articles more often than on generic categories (at least in the blogs I have seen).

Blog Naming is a traditional “Branding Task”.

Oh yes, BTW: any good suggestions for my blog name and tagline? It is now time for me to get a memorable name as the readership increases.

And: using a sub domain is a good thing here, i can change that name easyly. It is intentional to have it under my personal name, since that is the main target I have, to get associated with good content on my IT-Blog.

Bernd