Tips on Choosing a Domain Name - Some simple tips for choosing a domain name

Keep it short, keep it simple To find your site people need to be able to remember your address and
type it into their browser easily.

Aim to register the shortest name that your customers and visitors will associate with your website.

Try to avoid words which are hard to spell, and don’t over use numbers and shortened versions of
words as they can be more difficult to remember.

.co.uk, .com, .co Registering the same domain name with a variety of extensions will help you protect
your brand, particularly if you own a trademark for a certain name.

If possible register the .co, .co.uk and .com. These are the most popular domain names, and by
registering all of them you can help to prevent cyber squatters & loss of traffic through people visiting
the wrong website.

Consider name variants If you have a domain name that can be easily pluralised or misspelled, e.g.
i have registered “QuestWeb”, consider registering alternatives such as "QuestWebs", "WebQuest" etc.

Do not assume that everyone can spell properly!

You may also want to register related domain names based around:

• Misspellings & typos: Particularly if your name is spelled unconventional or is subject to typos

• Plurals/non-plurals: E.g. registering both ‘QuestWeb.co.uk’ & ‘QuestWebs.co.uk’

• Different grammatical forms: E.g. ‘QuestWeb.co.uk’ and ‘WebQuest.co.uk’

• Synonyms: E.g. ‘QuestWeb.co.uk’ and ‘SearchWeb.co.uk’.