In the spring of 2014 a vast range of new domain name extensions are going to open up, with industry specific extensions becoming available after the dot, such as .photography, .london and .wedding.
It's likely that in time what's after the dot could become as important as what's before the dot and it allows for the whole of your domain name to have meaning. Some of the most popular domain extensions that will be available are:
- .photography
- .london
- .web
- .services
- .ltd
- .blog
- .hotels
- .football
- .wedding
- .training
- .media
- .holiday
This gives you a wealth of extra choice in deciding what you want to name your website and it's likely that these extensions will be become important for SEO (appearing high with search engines) too.
Given that there's more choice in what to call your website, how do you go about deciding on your domain name? The infographic gives some suggestions that are important to consider when deciding what to name it, both from a user-friendliness perspective and from an SEO perspective, whether you're looking to launch your website locally, nationally or internationally.
Allison lives in Montpellier, South France and is a film fanatic of all genres (although there's only a few French films she likes) and is home educating her two boys. For work, Allison is the Art Director of Indigoextra Ltd and runs the graphic design team.
