As I suggested earlier, if you new and don’t have good knowledge on blogging then start with free blog host like blogger.com. They provide free subdomain which help you to introduce yourself to blogosphere. However, as soon as you get serious you need to show your professionalism and the first step should be an own domain.

Buying a domain for your blog always need some research. A domain is most valuable equipment of your blog, so it need some care. Here I am trying to share some common ideas to buy an effective domain.

1. Brainstorm with Keyword

When you first start to think about buying a domain, on that moment you will make some personal choice. Let’s write down those choices. Your choice must fit your blog type for instance if you writing about mobile then you can’t think a keyword like ‘flower’. Now add prefix and suffix to your keyword and search it. Try to minimize domain length when you searching.

2. Make it Simple

Choose a domain which is easy to remember and can’t be misspelt. Like if you buy a domain name ‘brawn.com’ that can easily misspelt ‘brown.com’. You should take care of this.

3. Make it short

A shorter name is better to remember and also good for offline uses e.g. in business card. It is also easy to type and save time.

4. Stay away from hyphen and number

It is good idea to stay away from hyphen and number. This is the first lesson, I learned after buying my first domain. It will make your domain look more professional and if you thinking about domain sale business then this is  a must follow rule. You should also avoid number if you don’t really need that as it is confusing to remember.

5. Brand it with content

Your domain name must tell other about your content. Take this blog domain, when somebody here this domain name, they will understand it is a site which share blog related tips. That’s why branding is important.

6. Avoid big names

Don’t try to register a domain which is related to another branded site e.g. don’t register a domain like gooile.com because it’s related to google.com and people easily type that instead of your site address, so you will lose some visitors.

7. Stay away from copyrighted words

There are some words which are copyrighted so you can’t use it e.g. gif is a copyrighted word, that’s why you can’t use it as suffix or prefix. You can see copyrighted information here.

8. Choose .Com if available

People remember .Com much than any other domain extension. So if you have a domain name allblogtips.net, you allowing your visitor to go allblogtips.com. So always buy .Com domain if available along with your selected one.