Top Level Domain Extensions which Suits to Your Business
Step 1:-
Don’t panic, Take a deep breath and as you exhale try searching your domain with a different extension!
.com domain is always a priority for every Individual/ business to book. It is the oldest among all the domains and it is something which is stuck in a lot of us that its the only extension through which we can go live on Internet.
Its a Myth! Clearly it is. There is a concept in SEO that we must always prefer Top level domains which are available on any domain Name provider.
What is a Top level domain? You might be having this question in mind, just to give a clearer view not a lecture on what it is! Top level domains are specific keywords based extensions which all the search engine suggest to the domain space providers to allot domain name.
For Ex:- Ever heard of domain extension .actor, it is a top level domain name and you can search a domain name on the basis of availability on various Domain Name Providers like godaddy(https://www.godaddy.com/) & Hostgator(https://www.hostgator.com/)
Step 2:-
You may think of finding a .co domain extension for your business (a rising star in GTLD)
.co is a domain name with a larger recongnizability as a company or commercial entity. It is right now dearer then .com domain, but its highly effective from search engines point of view.
.co domain is shorter than the available domains doesn’t directly relate to any specific location except colombia, but in a larger perception users recognize it as a commercial entity’s domain name irrespective of the location. Here are the deeper facts of it.(https://www.go.co/about/faq/)
Step 3:-
If the .co is also not available, you must search for other extensions which are recognized as a top level domain:-
Do you know there are 1356 TLD’s? Check out the whole list (http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt)
To make your research simpler, here is a categorization of Top level domains. We have removed the TLD’s which are very specifc brandnames and categorized them into 3 Major Categories now, the total no. 369 only Phewww!:-
Generic
Business specific
Location specific
Step 4:-
Make a combination of extension and domain to target the keywords in the domain name itself and make the search simpler for your user.
The combinations are easy to make and you have a chance to make the domain name as a single search itself
For Ex:- Learnat.school this is a domain name which is lot more simpler than a .com domain contains the target keywords in the domain itself and five better sense for users about your business
Step 5:-
Check out for a Web developer and webmaster now:-
A web developer and a webmaster now can help you to make what your users desire and rank your website on the 1st page of search results.