I would say agree that if you’re intentions for a website is strictly for a business, and is a website that you will be giving away the name to people on a daily basis by telling them like “go to this website …” then yes indeed a .com is the best choice and you don’t want dashes because it will confuse them. Just imagine how you would tell people in person if they asked for your website name as a good way to know what domain you will register.

Till then,

Jean

Good guidance about choosing domain name for small business. This information is very helpful for domain selection. Thanks.

I think your domain name should be creative and yet not to long. Your name needs to be catchy, but also easy to remember at the same time.

i have a knack for coming up with good domains… (my website on the field is not included) but coming up with a domain name and developing it are two different things

Dashes will not help with search engine rankings. The SE’s can read the words without the dashes. They do help readers when looking at a search engine results page, but other than that no real help.

I think that 4th rule isn’t the best one. Using dashes can help in search engine results ranking and you really rarely advertise on the radio. The best thing is to buy both – with dashes and without.

I still think that you have to have a real world brand and a virtual world brand.

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It is getting tough to find a good short domain name that ends in .com, but as you say it is absolutely necessary. Even I automatically assume a business is .com and do not ask just type it in to go there.

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If you are starting a business, you may want to check out the available domain names before you settle on a name for your business. It’s a lot easier to tweak your business name before you have it set in stone in legal documents, business cards, etc.

Its fact that people tend to use website with .com very much rather than very much but i did see .com has more preference than .net domains, so i would prefer .com.
I don’t mean one can not go for .net but its good to choose, .com.