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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    What rules do you apply when picking a domain name. Some research I have found says:

    1. Try for a .com first
    2. Keep it under 14 characters if possible
    3. Avoid hyphens

    Are these legit? If anyone has thoughts on domain names selections, let me know. I have to purchase one right now, and the one I like best has a hyphen:

    exercise-us.com

    It is going to be a day in the US where kids exercise coast to coast for 10 hours. Before I purchase it, I was not sure if the hyphen was a bad idea.
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      CommentAuthorSean
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    Your rules are good ones, however even 14 characters is pretty long.

    Do try and avoid hyphens if you can but if that's the only way you can get close to what you want, do it, just don't have more then one hyphen. I've seen people have 3 or 4 in a domain... so bad.

    I would also suggest getting the .net along with the .com and do a 301 permanent redirect on the .net to the .com

    Have you tried getting a .us for your name? since it will be in the US?
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    Posted By: SeanHave you tried getting a .us for your name? since it will be in the US?
    Thanks for the input. The one I wanted was taken. I just thought I should stay away from the .us domains and try to stick with .com I have been trying to research what is correct.
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      CommentAuthorSean
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    @NickyD: You can make any extension be the correct one. Having a .us is perfect for USA based sites, which is why you can get a .us in the first place, plus it will help make your domain one character shorter bigsmile
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    Well, if anyone has any suggestions for a good .us domain, please let me know. The site is in beta right now, but it can be viewed here.

    I have been working very hard on it, with support from Wolfram and Bob.
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      CommentAuthorkirby145
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    If you can tell someone to go to yoursite.com, then it is a good domain name. If it has a hyphen, well that's not as easy.
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    So far I have:

    fitnesskids.us
    exercise-us.com
    uskidsexercise.com

    Are any of them good?
    • CommentAuthorfernbap
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    exertit.com is free
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    That's actually pretty good Fernando. I worry about the last 3 letters, which may stand out. In the states, it implies something else shamed

    exer 'tit'.....not sure on this one.
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      CommentAuthorcoollew
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    Hi Len I like
    uskidsexercise.combakie
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    Thanks for the feedback Lewis.
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    UsKidSexercise....

    I'd avoid the Kid Sex combo.
    • CommentAuthorfernbap
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    Sex is an exercise lol
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    uskidsexercise.com

    wow, I did not catch that...lol

    Do you guys think that would be bad as well?

    uschildrenexercise.com is available, but too long for me. Oh well, back to square one.
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      CommentAuthorcoollew
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    Posted By: NickyDuskid sex ercise.com

    wow, I did not catch that...lol

    I did not catch that also! yea no wayshocked
    How about exerciseiscool.com ?
    • CommentAuthorfernbap
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    letsgetstrong.com is free
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    I like fitnesskids.us

    has a nice ring to it
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    It's in your heading, WaveOfExercise.com
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    the domain name exercise.us is for sale... that might be your best bet if you can get your hands on it.

    The link on the placeholder page brings you to this site, where you can make an offer to the owner of the domain name.
    • CommentAuthordannisbet
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008 edited by dannisbet on the 08th June 2008 at 01:12:12 EDT
     
    Have you thought about alternative words for "exercise"? I hit up a thesaurus and starting thinking along the lines of kidsusworkout.com and the like (which is available, and only 13 characters). Just tossing the idea out there bigsmile
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008 edited by NickyD on the 08th June 2008 at 09:02:21 EDT
     
    Wow, you all gave some great suggestions. I would love the exercise.us domain, but I don't want to spend more for it right now as the site is a non profit site presently.

    So, now to choose from your great suggestions:

    kidsusworkout.com
    waveofexercise.com
    fitnesskids.us
    letsgetstrong.com
    exerciseiscool.com

    Just saw that uskidsworkout.com is available. I like that one too!
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      CommentAuthorgreg
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    exercise.us could be a great investment, maybe it couldn't hurt to put in a small offer :)
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    I would still be after the exercise.us name, although fitnesskids.us is good too.
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008 edited by NickyD on the 08th June 2008 at 10:39:50 EDT
     
    I like the fitnesskids.us as well.

    For some reason, I am not sure how I feel about a .us domain....as I like the .com domains.

    I did contact the exercise.us owner, but my budget won't allow me to use it.

    uskidsexercise.com is also available.
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      CommentAuthorSean
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    Be careful with posting all your ideas here and not grabbing them up. They could be available at the moment you looked at them, but the OD forum is well indexed in search engines, so someone could see this thread and snap up the names before you and then try and sell them to you for a profit. You have a lot of choices now, so I think it's time to draw a line in the sand and pick one or you will never pick one with more and more choices. Just my opinion of course.
    • CommentAuthorwfiedler
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    uskidsexercise.com is also available.


    No never Len, I wouldn't chose it - the sex is too obvious. It has a really weird unconsciously psycholocical effect to the reader. It's sounds like you are exercising kids in sex. Sorry to say that. Hope you don't mind...

    Wolfram
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    Thanks all. Went with uskidsworkout.com

    No sex in it shamed
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      CommentAuthorSean
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    Good choice NickyD.
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      CommentAuthorcoollew
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    Yea good one Len
    good luck to youbigsmile
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    Thank you.

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