If you’re looking to buy a domain name, keep in mind that
- Buying an aged domain is almost always better than buying a new one.
- Buy a domain that is brandable and also has your keywords (or atleast one main keyword).
- Domain names that are short, 1 or 2 syllables, and english words are always better. To the point that you should not be buying a domain name that is very long or not english words unless you have a really strong alleviating factor. youtube, facebook, myspace - all the recently successful big websites have names that are rememberable and brandable.
- Domain names that are .coms are atleast 10 times as valuable as .net and .org. Also, .info domain names were really abused by spammers so stay away from them. Country specific domain names - I have no clue, search for tips.
- Always do your due diligence when buying a domain or a website from someone.
A few additional tips
- Use Google Trends and other sources for data on what the best keywords for your domain are.
- Ask your friends and family about their thoughts on domain names. Having a name that customers can easily recall and type in is invaluable.
- Do not mess around with copyright. However, its perfectly legal to get www.AppleReview.com provided that is actually what your website does.
- Think of a domain as a name for your business. Be wary of very narrow (i.e. freecomdeybooks.com) or very time constrained names.
Choossing a domain name really is like choosing a name for a business and should be a well thought out process. Thanks in part to search engine behaviour and in part to customer behaviour there is very little scope to make changes to your domain name down the line. So think through this and choose a superstar domain name.