Importance of Unique Domain Names When Blogging for Dollars

As a blogger, you are making a difference in the lives of others one post at a time. Maybe you were just expressing thoughts to friends at first, but since then, you have found another purpose that involves monetizing your blog. Don’t underestimate the power of a good name when reaching mass audiences.

What’s in a Name?

Your name is how you are identified, when someone pronounces it wrong, you can feel demeaned. Your parents took care to find a name that would fit you for life.

This is one way to look at the process of choosing a domain name for your blog. The name of your blog may be your name or something cute you thought up at the time. If you use a popular blog host like Blogger or Wordpress, the URL name also contains the host name. When you change hosts, the name that others have become familiar with change also.

When blogging for cash (sounds like a bowling tournament), you want a name that appeals to the audience you are trying to reach. Your name as the domain name won’t be synonymous with gardening, at least not yet. If your name is difficult to spell, it could easily be misspelled and you won’t be found by those trying to reach you.

Humans like to associate things with each other. If your site is about gardening aspects, then a domain name that has “gardening” or some keyword associated with gardening in it, your site name will be easier to remember because it makes sense. You can perform a name search to see if your choices have already been taken.

For those who have blogs already, you may want to consider investing in a domain name. For Wordpress.com users, you can use the other version at Wordpress.org that you install so “wordpress” doesn’t appear in your URL.

Short and Relevant

Too many words are a recipe for disaster in a domain name. People can type the wrong letter or use one letter to the left and end up on another site. After a couple of tries, they will give up and you have lost a potential new customer.

Use relevant keywords to make up your domain name. Performing a little keyword research will benefit your blog articles and the name of your blog. Using words that readers are using in the search engines will help drive traffic in our direction.

Don’t neglect the name of your blog. It is a powerful tool to expand your readership and your visibility when you decide to monetize your blog.