Good idea. That will definitely give you more flexibility in the future and allow you to cover other subjects.

Yes I was aware of that! However I’m not going to use the WP as I want the blog, or at least the name to be a bit more general. I’ll be blogging about WP to being with but would like to option to move into other areas as things move on.

Thanks for the tips.

I am sure you already know this but just incase: Ensure you do not use WordPress in the domain. Use wp instead. You can either go with something abstract or go with something like keywordWP.com or WPkeyword.com.

Sam believes that .co is the second best option after .com, though I’m not so sure. I remember other domain extensions such as .biz being marked as the next big thing…and it never materialised. I hope I’m wrong as I think websites need to start using other extensions. The problem is that COM remains king.

I want to start my own blog on WordPress and related topics but am finding it really hard to come up with a name. Everything I think of has been taken. And like you say, in most cases not being used.

I’m going to get the thesaurus out tonight and try and find something a bit more abstract. I’m not even looking for a ‘keyword’ domain, just something that is descriptive and easy to remember!

I’m not sure about .CO hadn’t thought about it before but might go for it.

What are your thoughts on taking a .CO when there is a .COM already in use? Not for a trademark domain but still one that has been registered and is being used.

DomainNameSoup looks good. I’ll keep that in mind.

I ended up registering a .com domain name. The three keyword domain I was looking at was a great term for SEO, however I think the one I registered is better.

How’s your blog coming along?

Kevin

I bought a lot of domain names this year and, with the exception of one .net (to replace the SifuPhil.com that a large domainer is sitting on) and one .us (as an experiment, and yes, it relates to the United States), they were all .coms.

I use ExpiredDomains.net to search for potentially useful expired names as well as upcoming expirations and GoDaddy close-outs.

For trying to come up with new names I use DomainNameSoup.com – a really useful site.

Thanks Kris. I have taken a note of it so that I add it to the resource section later. :)