Blog names and domain extensions

15 Responses to “Blog names and domain extensions”

1. egon on February 21, 2007 2:54 pm

   That last paragraph is an excellent point Daniel, great article. Many people don’t think about this, including myself when starting. My blog (AutomoBlog.net) clearly doesn’t have the .com extension and at first I just called it “AutomoBlog” but now I make a point to say “AutomoBlog dot net,” even though my banner doesn’t say the “.net” part.

2. Daniel on February 21, 2007 3:21 pm

   Egon, yeah I noticed you included the .net on the Title of your blog for instance. Also it is a good think to include it whenever you make a reference to other people.

   Thanks for sharing your experience.

3. Vito on February 21, 2007 11:27 pm

   great adwise, thanks! But it’s to late for me Is that a big problem to switch too a new domain name? Will I lose alll my Limklove at Technorati, all the Trackbacks… It would be interesting to hear from you, what a Name Change of a Blog could mean for someone blogging a few Months or even years.

   thanks

4. Daniel on February 22, 2007 2:38 am

   Vito, changing the domain name depends on a couple of factors:

   a) how long have you been using this one
   b) how many backlinkgs you have pointing to it
   c) are your raders loyal? meaning that they would follow you to the next one
   d) do you have the possibility to take a really good domain that could conter-balance the negative effects?

   Drop me an email and we can talk about your case in particular.

5. Dawud Miracle on February 22, 2007 6:23 am

   Solid advice. I’ve been considering a new branding myself and I’ll consider your suggestion depending on how my domain name search goes.

6. Anne on February 22, 2007 11:41 am

   excellent advice. thanks for sharing your expertise

7. Daniel on February 22, 2007 11:45 am

   I am not expert Anne I am learning this stuff just like you guys!

   The key is to share stuff among use to that everyone benefits.

8. Mark Alves on February 25, 2007 6:32 pm

   Very helpful post. How about in the less typical case of blogs that are associated with a volunteer organization–would a .org make sense if the parent organization is a .org? Or consider a blog that is trying to explicitly look non-corporate. Does a .org name in that case help or should the potential confusion over the name trump all other considerations?

9. Daniel on February 26, 2007 1:38 am

   Mark, I think that a non-profit organization or the blog of this organization should go with the .org. At least if you want to be consistent with the international standard (.com stands for commercial even if not everyone respects it).

   Since we are talking about an organization people should not have a hard time to remember the .org, and as you said it should also help them to understand what kind of site they are visiting.

10. Max on February 28, 2007 5:38 pm

    You are right Egon. Blog name is very important but I think even you have the best blog name like boysclub18 or
    something you need to list your blog in many places. The best things is blogs are very easy listed by SE:)

11. SD__ on March 11, 2007 7:46 am

    Could you please send to me the contacts of developer of your site? It looks so damn good!

12. paper shredder on July 24, 2008 2:16 pm

    Blog names and domain extensions

13. Bang Kritikus on January 28, 2009 3:45 am

    Choose 1234.com

14. Dave on April 22, 2010 3:22 pm

    Some really handy information, thanks!