Help me pick a website name

[Frinkenstein]

I'm planning on starting up a career planning related website. Basically the website will feature career profiles. But, I'm not that creative so I need your help picking a good name.

Please pick you top TWO favorites.

Thanks in advance

[nyc999]

I went with the .com options - consumers will always type it when going to your website. Also, there is a big difference in the perception of a website that calls itself "Best Careers..." vs. "Cool Careers...".

[Frinkenstein]

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Also, there is a big difference in the perception of a website that calls itself "Best Careers..." vs. "Cool Careers...".

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I'm not sure what you mean on this point... What's the difference in perception between using 'best' and 'cool'?

[Evan]

I have no suggestions because I'm not going to spend the necessary hours searching for available domains, but I wouldn't use any of these.

-The first three are very long
-Best/cool at the beginning sounds cheap
-Hyphenated names are almost always a terrible choice
-.net names are almost always a terrible choice

[gull]

I agree with Evan, except I think long names are fine. Also, don't worry too much about the name of the website, the formatting, the layout, etc. Focus on content.

[Frinkenstein]

what about something like "careerportrait.com"?

One thing about something like coolcareerprofiles.com or career-profiles.net is that my keywords are targeted in the domain name, which would help the SEO.

I agree that content should be my main concern - and it is. The content should be excellent if all goes well.

[mntbikr15]

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I have no suggestions because I'm not going to spend the necessary hours searching for available domains, but I wouldn't use any of these.

-The first three are very long
-Best/cool at the beginning sounds cheap
-Hyphenated names are almost always a terrible choice
-.net names are almost always a terrible choice

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Basically everything he said

[Sniper]

Frink, how are you monetizing? and how are you drawing in initial traffic? (this should play a part in determining how much time to spend on the URL)

[Frinkenstein]

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Frink, how are you monetizing? and how are you drawing in initial traffic? (this should play a part in determining how much time to spend on the URL)

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Admittedly, I haven't fully thought out the monetizing, although I have thought a fair bit about the site's content. However, off the top of my head, the monetizing could include any or all of:

-Google Adsense
-Text link ads
-Some services/info could involve a paid subscription and/or one time access fees. This is one that I would have to think hard on... I.e. I wouldn't do this unless I felt I had a 'product/info' to sell that I felt was valuable enough.
-Amazon affiliate program (and possibly others)

I'm not sure I'd implement these all at once. Obviously the site would have to grow to a certain point before paid links could be implemented, for example.

The initial traffic will definitely be a challenge and I would be grateful for any suggestions on that front. One thing I could do is buy a few 'review me' reviews from certain popular blogs. I might do some posting in a relevant forum, which allows website links in the post signatures. Admittedly though, this is one area where I'm pretty weak. Would appreciate any help.

[Sniper]

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Frink, how are you monetizing? and how are you drawing in initial traffic? (this should play a part in determining how much time to spend on the URL)

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Admittedly, I haven't fully thought out the monetizing, although I have thought a fair bit about the site's content. However, off the top of my head, the monetizing could include any or all of:

-Google Adsense
-Text link ads
-Some services/info could involve a paid subscription and/or one time access fees. This is one that I would have to think hard on... I.e. I wouldn't do this unless I felt I had a 'product/info' to sell that I felt was valuable enough.
-Amazon affiliate program (and possibly others)

I'm not sure I'd implement these all at once. Obviously the site would have to grow to a certain point before paid links could be implemented, for example.

The initial traffic will definitely be a challenge and I would be grateful for any suggestions on that front. One thing I could do is buy a few 'review me' reviews from certain popular blogs. I might do some posting in a relevant forum, which allows website links in the post signatures. Admittedly though, this is one area where I'm pretty weak. Would appreciate any help.

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ok, so you haven't thought about monetizing, or how to get traffic...

so, what's your edge, why a career planning site?

or, is this just a adsense arb site?