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    Default Choosing a domain name

    Hello REW, My name is Dave and I am a friend of Morgan's here in Nanaimo and I am also a real estate agent. He suggested I come here to ask for some suggestions on choosing a domain name. Morgan is going to set up a website for me and the first place to start is the domain.

    I am in Nanaimo, BC with Coast Realty

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    Default Re: Choosing a domain name

    You want something the speaks to what you do...

    davesellsnanaimo.com is available.

    If you can get a domain name with good keywords, you might consider taking two. In this case, your real site would be: dave-sells-nanaimo.com, but you would also buy davesellsnanaimo.com and have it forwarded to your site. The search engines will have an easier time finding the keywords that way. Be sure to use no more than two (2) dashes.

    Or, go for cute and memorable, like...

    muchmorenanaimo.com

    for that matter, I think...

    nanaimore.com

    is my favorite. It plays off the name of the town...so it could mean more nanaimo or nanaimo RE (real estate).

    The PROBLEM with these suggestions...

    I began by focusing on the town I served, but found that was too limiting. Adjacent areas might actually resent my focus on the hip little town in which I'm centered. I ended up changing from hometownfairhope.com to hometownbaldwin.com...Baldwin being the name of the county in which I work. I kept hometownfairhope and use it to post historic photos of the town and direct people to my new site.

    In short, look for anything that focuses on what you do and where you do it.
    Last edited by Southern Investor; 02-21-2007 at 02:25 PM. Reason: grammar

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    Default Re: Choosing a domain name

    We are a little different here Southern, we don't really focus on real estate outside of Nanaimo in the same way some US cities and realtors do. In terms of the hyphens, they do not help significantly any more in search engines so I would avoid dashes as they are bad for branding. I will be helping Dave with his SEO, so he won't need any dash help

    I like the davesellsnanaimo.com easy to remember, makes sense I also like nanaimore.com (Sounds like Nani More) but I don't think it is obvious enough for the simple folks of our small town. Great advice so far guys keep it coming
    Starting LEC 7 soon but it won't be called LEC 7 - LEC 2012 coming soon!

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    Default Re: Choosing a domain name

    currently available

    nanaimohomesource.com
    davedinh.com
    harbourcityhome.com
    hubcityhome.com
    nanaimohomemarket.com
    myhomenanaimo.com
    Last edited by REW Christian; 02-21-2007 at 02:40 PM.

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    Default Re: Choosing a domain name

    NanaimoDave.com ?

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    Default Re: Choosing a domain name

    You could always go with

    mynanaimorealtor.com

    bestnanaimorealtor.com

    yournanaimo.com

    or nanaimomove.com.

    (Dare I suggest nanaimove.com?)

    They're all available.

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    Default Re: Choosing a domain name

    Stay away from anything with Realtor in it. NAR will make you take it down if someone complains.

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    Default Re: Choosing a domain name

    WhatsInNanaimo.com

    Anybody else think that's as clever as I do?
    ---cK

    CK Chung is an independent SEO consultant who provides premium Holistic SEO services, including services specific to Real Estate SEO. You can find his alter-ego, Kid Disco, spouting off on his SEO blog at SEOdisco.

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    Default Re: Choosing a domain name

    Stay away from anything with Realtor in it. NAR will make you take it down if someone complains.
    That's not an entirely true statement. There are guidelines in what manner you can use it.

    MemphisBestRealtor,com ----- inappropriate manner
    EdPierceRealtor,com --------- appropriate

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    Default Re: Choosing a domain name

    Of course, they're in a separate country -- far, far away.

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