[wplug] Choosing a domain name

[Martin James Gehrke]

If you really want your domain to show up when people search your name go
with justinsmith.com or something of that ilk.

Worry more about SEO than the tld. Although that means you don't get the
cool factor




On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Drew from Zhrodague <
drewzhrodague at zhrodague.net> wrote:

> On 9/4/13 11:56 AM, Justin Smith wrote:
> > I've stopped looking for work as a writer so I can begin my new career
> as a
> > sysadmin. Therefore, my old domain, js-wordsmith, no longer applies to
> me.
> > I'm trying to think of a new one that would be appropriate for a free
> > software enthusiast. Here are my top ideas so far:
> >
> > bittech.co
> > openbyte.co or .us (.me is available as well, but that doesn't sound
> good)
> > libretech.us
> >
> > What do you think of those? I want to avoid using my name in the domain
> > since I may offer products or services from it - nothing commercial, at
> least
> > initially, but I may put up public instances of free software I support
> such
> > as Seeks Project or XMPP.
>
>         It is much harder to choose domain names these days, as you said,
> many
> of the good ones are taken. You'll have to get creative.
>
>         I registered extremesysadmin.com in the early '00s, and used that
> as my
> email for a while when looking for work. All of the old domains are
> owned by Verisign or domain trolls now, so it is hard to get at some
> expired domains. Again, you'll have to get creative.
>
>         fully-automatic-assault-sysadmin.com seems to be available.
>
>
> --
>
> Drew from Zhrodague
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