Choosing a Domain name for your blog

When your are starting a blog choosing a domain name can be a mind bogging experience. You may not go through extreme length, but at least ask yourself this question. Do you have a domain name idea? Will people remember my domain name?

Try choosing a name that will enable people to create a mental image in their mind. For instance "Plenty-of-fish.com" & "nameboy.com", "eatafork" these words create a mental image, as people can see it in their mind and it leaves people a memorable impression. Being memorable will get you repeat visitors.

The other thing you will want to consider are these questions:

What is the topic of the blog? - an obvious starting point - most blog names reflect their topic

What do you hope to achieve with your blog? - is it about having a hobby, is it about building your profile/expertise, is it about earning an income via ads, is it to support an existing business

What style will it be? - is it a blog with one or many authors? What length of posts will it have?

What tone and voice will it be written in? - Will it be conversational, newsy, rant-ish, humorous?

Who is the intended audience? - Are you wanting to appeal to professionals, young people, cool people, teenagers?

I hope these tips will let you some idea when choosing the idea domain name for you blog.