About Real Estate Domain Names
Obtaining Real Estate Domain Names
Your domain name is critical to your business. While there are many ways to obtain a domain name, we recommend that you go directly to your own domain registrar, and that you keep all your domains in the same account. In fact, we feel so strongly about it, that we host a website at www.GetRealEstateDomains.com, where you can register your domain name directly with GoDaddy. You can also use the site to determine whether a particular domain name is available for use.
 GoDaddy is an excellent domain registrar. You can easily transfer all your domain names to one account, and get a year of registration for free in the process. You can even arrange to have all your domain names expire at the same time if you’d like to streamline the tracking process. GoDaddy is also very fast when changing the location where your domain takes your visitors.
If you are considering a website vendor who cannot let you use a domain you have already registered, you’re working with the wrong vendor.
Choosing a Domain Name
Your domain name has some bearing on search engine ranking, but the weight it carries is relatively small in the overall algorithm. The key factors about a domain name is that it is easy to understand and spell. Here are some things to consider when choosing a real estate domain name:
- Internet users are most familiar with .COM domain names, so it’s worth finding a .COM name that will work for you. If your favorite name is already taken as a .COM, consider that making your site a .NET will probably result in many of your visitors ending up at your competitor’s site.
- Many agents use their name as their domain name. If your name is easy to understand and spell, that’s not a bad approach. Consider that it does nothing to help you with the search engines, and that if you achieve high ranking for your current geographic location, then relocate, no one will be very interested in taking over the domain name.
- Using a name that contains your selected keywords is the best approach from an SEO standpoint. Although it still needs to be user-friendly. If you work in Tallahassee, it could be a problem!
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