I know the pain of making a decision when you are just starting a blog you're
just a newbie in this area but you already need to know how to choose a
domain name the right way how to register a domain how to set up the best
hosting for your website and you get overwhelmed and stuck at the very first
steps of your life changing blogging journey I know how it feels I don't want
you to lose your dream and I want you to avoid the typical mistakes that new
bloggers make I made them all trust me a mistake in choosing a domain name for a
blog can be very costly you put a lot of effort at the start of your blog and
later if you decide to move to another domain it can cost you not only the
money and efforts but also it may end up in a huge traffic loss
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videos before jumping into specific recommendations let me just share a bit
about how I picked the domain for my blog Anastasia blogger.com I spent
thinking about my domain name about one hour you heared me right I didn't spend
three days or a week taking this decision I wasn't sure for a hundred
percent about the main blogging topic at the beginning so I wanted to have a
domain which doesn't narrow the variety of topics I could cover later on my site
at the same time I wanted a domain that would be easy to remember and more
associated with my personality rather than with a specific subject matter now
that was my story and it's not just what I mentioned here that I kept in mind
when picking my domain name there were other important factors that were all
taken into consideration and to help you pick a domain name for your blog or for
your online business I will share with you the best tips in the industry most
of them are not based on any official statements from Google or other
platforms that could be your potential future traffic sources bye
they're the collective wisdom of many webmasters and bloggers who experimented
made mistakes lost their time tried again with new blogs and found the best
ways to pick domain names so rule number one first investigate before you make
any choice regarding the domain name make sure that there are no other
popular blogs with a similar name unless you want your blog to always stay in the
shadow of the bigger competitor to find the other websites with similar domain
names just google your domain the one that you have in mind
without the dot-com or other the main zones in the end and check what comes up
in the top 10 search results on Google also check your domain name for
availability in a major social network a great service that helps you check most
of the social networks automatically is no I am calm but I would still do my
manual research on each social network as well and to do it you just need to
start typing your domain name in the search for example on Facebook or other
networks and check the suggestions that are appearing in search results tip
number two is do your best to find a name in dot-com domain zone I know that
often you come up with a great main idea you search for it in dot-com zone helps
it's not available but it's available in dot-org
or dotnet and it sounds like a nice compromise but I actually didn't avoid
this temptation with some of my previous sites and honestly it wasn't the best
experience the mains in dot-com zone are considered as the most trustworthy but
by Google and other search engines and also this domains are the easiest to
remember especially for users who are not very tech savvy some users will type
home completely automatically having no idea that any other the main zones even
exist imagine that you picked a name in a
domains own dot block for example coolest ever photos dot blog some
visitors might simply add com at the end of your site name and they will end up
on a page with a 404 error or maybe they will go to another website that doesn't
belong to you now tip number three is avoid numbers and hyphens numbers could
look like a fine idea but most of the times people cannot
memorize such a domain name the same applies to hyphens avoid using them
whenever it's possible it will be better for your site and in the long run it
will help you with SEO on a side note did you know that you could actually get
your domain name completely free if you start a blog with Bluehost hosting
provider they include a free domain name for the first year and the tariff plans
start as low as 295 dollars a month if you use my affiliate link I will share
with you this exclusive pricing offer for my subscribers only in the
description below this video anyway let's move to the next tip for choosing
a domain name so tip number four is choose a domain name that includes your
focus keyword using keywords which best describe your blog's main topic or your
business promoted on the blog is a great idea
this way your domain name works not only for the audience to remember your site
address easily but it also helps search engines like Google or Bing to rank you
better for the relevant queries I know that in some niches finding an available
domain with the focus keyword you want is really tricky but you can test here
your creativity and try to add some extra words and you want to look
different from your competitors but still you want to use the rule number
five keep your domain name shorter than
fifteen characters some bloggers get carried away adding new keywords to the
domain name and they forget about this very important rule that's actually even
more important than having keywords your blog name has to be short otherwise no
one will ever remember it something under fifteen characters will be okay
but when the domain name gets longer than this I will seriously considered
some adjustments to your ideas before you make the final decision you probably
know that I'm sharing the best comment in every week's video so if you have
something positive and inspiring to say and you want to get a free shout out on
my channel just leave your comments on my latest videos and today's shout out
goes to Tabitha she says and stasia I've been watching your videos on
YouTube modern Netflix lately I'm not rich yet but feeling so motivated
remember me when my blog is famous and I'm able to finally be a stay-at-home
cat mom then she gives a link to her site and then she says this site has
started from the ground up with just watching your videos thank you for your
help well thank you so much for this kind feedback on my videos I'll be happy
if more people watch my channel and get inspired to change their lifestyle and
spend more time with their families and their pets of course I can tell you
honestly that stashing my blog didn't only change my life but also it changed
completely the life of my dog as it didn't have to spend nine hours a day
all alone by the way you're doing great with your website keep up the good work
now the next tip is settle out your domain like any word in any language
leaves the double life it can be spelled written and it can be pronounced say it
aloud at least five times ask your family and friends what do they think is
it easy to repeat up to you now before showing to them the written domain name
ask them to spell it as they hear it from you did they easily spelt without
any mistakes all of this is very important because you don't want to
frustrate people with odd spelling those who remember your blog name and
come back frequently directly through the domain name they are your best and
most loyal audience and tip number seven is do not go to specific choosing a
domain for your blog that explains to users what is your main topic is a great
idea but you have to avoid being very specific imagine you're currently all
into experiments with your hair color and you know a lot about hair dye and
you choose a domain name that includes this keyword something like hair dye
blog comm and you start writing passionately about it for some time but
then you get into a healthy natural hair thing and you decide to post about
treatment hair products or even broader about beauty products in general you
could do it but your domain name will sound weird and irrelevant to the
broader new topic that you want to cover I have more tips
which I didn't mention yet in this video in my article about choosing the domain
name for your blog and you will find the link to the full post in the description
below this video now how do you actually register the main name you will be
surprised to know how many domain registered companies are there available
online and how prices for your domains can differ even within the same register
the price will often depend on how pretty or in-demand
your chosen domain name is some domains can cost thousands of dollars but the
most of bloggers here don't even need to pay that much in fact there are even
free domains available to be more precise that will be free for the first
year as I mentioned you can get a free domain in the package with Bluehost
hosting offer that you can use if you click on the link below this video now
for those of you who need a further beginner guide that will help you start
your blog in general and you can do it in just a week
I created a free course to get on board of this course and know all the secrets
which I learned the hard way you can check the link to my course in the top
right corner and in the description below this video meanwhile I picked for
you a few videos that are perfectly complementary to what I shared with you
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