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what should i do? need a help on domain choice!

Country Activity.tld or Activity Country.tld

         

chinamv

9:06 am on Apr 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Dear friends,

have you ever meet this problems before, about "-" and domain words relation.

my question is :

which domain is better in english native speaking person's viewpoint, is there any difference between these domains?

i want to promote activity-county.xx for my website,is there a good idea to let vistors remember that domain and easy to use?

plz help if anyone have same experience before,thanks

[edited by: Webwork at 11:09 am (utc) on April 17, 2008]
[edit reason] Per Charter please keep "hypothetical domains" as generic as possible [/edit]

Webwork

11:12 am on Apr 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Hello chinamv. Welcome to WebmasterWorld and the Domain Forum.

My preference has always been to place the "nation name" or "city name" first and the activity second. So I'd first attempt to register Country+Travel.tld. It's my observation that most websites follow this approach, that is, City+Hotels, City+Doctors, etc. When I hear myself saying the website name it sounds "more natural". I'm sure there's a psycholinguist who could explain this . . aberration on my part. ;)

IF most of your interaction with the world will be via the website then I wouldn't be concerned about the hyphen. Hyphens become sticking points when oral communications, such as radio ads or telephone service, become important to the business.

[edited by: Webwork at 11:27 am (utc) on April 17, 2008]

piatkow

11:58 am on Apr 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Certainly "Elbonia Widgets" trips off the tongue more easily than "Widgets Elbonia". I agree about hyphens but if it is within your budget certainly try and get ownership of both elboniawidgets.co.uk and elbonia-widgets.co.uk and preferably the reverse as well.

Webwork

12:32 pm on Apr 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Oooo . . I so forgot how much I like to use Elbonia as my "generic country" reference. Thanks for the reminder piatkow. ;) And thanks for adding your experience, too.

chinamv

1:32 am on Apr 18, 2008 (gmt 0)

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thanks replies,friends!

country+activity is very hot domain, it is impossible to register now! countryactivity.xx, country-activity.xx, activitycountry.xx all has registered. only activity-country.xx is available for me,so i can register this one only.

i think i have to use activity-country.xx for my website, i hope i can obtain more good ideas to promote it and let customers remembers that, and do not typo wrong.