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Choosing a good domain name for your website starts with understanding what your goals are, and the reach you have within your community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go over the three options you have when choosing your domain name and when you would pick them.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Making your domain name your business name<\/b><\/h3>\n

This is one of the most popular routes business owners take when choosing their domain name. Before doing so however, you should ask yourself the following question\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have a strong brand in your niche and\/or geographical location? If you do, you should feel comfortable simply buying a domain name like \u201cyourbusiness.ca.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For those who do not yet have great brand identity<\/strong>, you may want to choose from one of the next two options. (if no one knows who or where you are, they will never find you with the search engines).<\/span><\/p>\n

Side-Note:<\/b> If you\u2019re not sure how many people are searching for you on the search engines, use the <\/span>Keyword Planner tool<\/span><\/a> and search for your business names\u2019 search volume.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Your business name + location<\/b><\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s say your business is a gym called Fitness World in Toronto. You would choose a domain name for your website like…<\/span><\/p>\n

Fitnessworldtoronto.ca<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

This great for building brand identity while improving the chances visitors find you while making searches for local businesses on Google.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Location + your business or product niche<\/b><\/h3>\n

Imagine FitnessWorld prides itself on having the cheapest gym membership cost around. They might choose a domain name like\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheapgymtoronto.ca<\/span><\/i> or <\/span>affordablegymtoronto.ca<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Or let\u2019s take a cellphone repair shop. What would be a good domain name here?<\/span><\/p>\n

Cellrepairstoronto.ca <\/span><\/p>\n

In Conclusion<\/b><\/h3>\n

The best way to choose a good domain name for your website is to figure out how many people recognize your business and are searching for it. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a new or lightly marketed business (with low brand recognition) you may want to choose a location or keyword based domain name to help generate more visitors<\/strong> from the search engines<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can of course choose to do a combination of the above.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, are you ready to get choose a domain name? <\/span>Click here<\/span><\/a> to get started, and take advantage of Canada\u2019s cheapest domain price guaranteed. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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