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You think of a perfect domain names.  It contains a keyword that is found in search engines, has no trademark issues and is memorable for website visitors.  You try to register your domain name with a domain name company.  It appears to be taken.  So, you put a hyphen in it.  That version of your domain name is not taken, but should you go on and invest in it?  This article will explore what webmasters need to consider if they are deciding to use hyphenated domain names.

First, they need to think about their website visitors.  Most people are not accustomed to using hyphenated domain names.  Even if they like a website,…

The business world is changing faster than we could have ever imagined. In the current age where information travels at lightening speed, the World-Wide-Web has become the medium of doing business or offering services. Every business, firm, organization and company is vying to get its presence noticed on the Web. Amidst this large crowd, the thing that will set you apart or get you lost, is the domain name of your website.

The name of your domain is the identity of your business or services on the internet. The name of your domain has become as important as a brand name, trade mark or logo. The success of your website and business depends largely on…

To Translate or not

In technical translations, certain things are not to be translated. These are mostly company and product names, trademarks, sound marks and patents. They are not translated because they are known and identified in their original form, color, and shape. For example, Microsoft, as a rule does not translate its name and its product names. But this is not the case with all the companies. Certain companies like Nokia do not mind their brand name being written in target languages. Besides, untranslatable text may have technical significance. One has to be very judicious in making these decisions.

Translate or Transliterate

This is a major challenge for translators, particularly…

Only a couple of years back, you can become a productive entrepreneur without the use of a site. And the cause for this was really easy before the 90s, there was no World Wide Web! On the introduction of the cyberspace, matters interchanged drastically. And today, it’s impossible to still think for a globally successful company that doesn’t have an online front. But what more valuable is the fact that the mere comportment of a visually attracting information rich and well designed website isn’t sufficient to get your business observed on the Internet. It must be properly marketed online by reliable procedures, so that it’s prominently indexed from SEs. This is the main cause of the Search Engine Optimization has…

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It is easy to find and register good domain names when you know what qualities a good domain name has.

Make it short. With domain registration on the rise it is becoming a little more difficult to find short names. A one-word domain would be perfect but almost impossible to find. So go for the next best. Use two or three word names. Mom would be ideal. Simplemom is very good and Simplemonsays is still very good.

Must be easy to spell. Avoid using weird spellings or combination of letters. The domain would be hard to remember. The chance of your traffic going off somewhere else is pretty darn good.

Make it easy to remember. This one…