Domains are only valuable if they meet certain criteria, and AuthorMedia has put together a nifty guide about it all.
According to Thomas Umstattd, if you want to secure the perfect domain, it’d better fully pass the radio test:
- Numbers are out, they can be spelled as digits or letters.
- Similar sounding words, like “see” and “sea” are also out.
- Acronyms like YMCA or IBM are out. Or maybe not, just these two are ok, the rest aren’t.
- Underscores are also out.
Wait, what?
Underscores?
We don’t use any stinking underscores in domain names!
I don’t know about you but I only use underscores for my kick-ass handle on Counter-Strike. But definitely not in domains.
With domain names, you can only use letters, numbers and the humble dash “-” but domains can’t begin or end with a dash.
Simple enough? Here’s a guide.
Perhaps someone distracted Thomas, author of this guide, and added an extra bullet point for a total of seven.
Read all about it at Author_Media.com. I mean, AuthorMedia.com.
Hat tip: Logan.