How to find available domain names - containing keywords people search for?
Alright folks, my first blog post. Be nice please. I thought I would write a simple guide on how you can find available domain names to register containing keywords people search for on Google. This is a really simple guide how to register keyword rich domain names getting organic traffic. Find and register keyword rich domain names to use for landing pages, link building or 301 redirects.There are only two tools we will use here; 1. the Google AdWords keyword tool and 2. a bulk whois checker. Google AdWords keyword tool is a great tool in many ways. We will use it here for finding domain names with keywords people search for. This is how you do it.
• Go to Google AdWords keyword tool, https://AdWords.google.com/selec/KeywordToolExternal
• Pick the keyword or keywords which you are interested in. I will pick the keyword "laptops". This keyword is quite competitive and probably isn't the best example but I am pretty sure Google will provide us with a couple of domain name ideas containing the keyword "Laptops".
• Make sure that the "use synonyms" box is ticked. We want Google to give us synonyms on our keyword(s). Then hit "Get keyword ideas".
• Filter the results on Exact matches (Broad is fine too but exact is.... Exact)
• Scroll down and click on "download all keywords" and choose text format as the output. Or you can manually add each and every keyword. But I prefer to go with the bulk approach.
• Copy and paste the keyword list into a blank word or notepad document. Then use the find and replace function to remove the [ & ] characters.
• Now you got your list of keywords, keywords containing "laptop" and keywords people search for on Google.
• Next step is to go to a bulk whois tool, the whois will tell us which domain names are available and which domain names are already registered and who owns them.
• Moniker bulk whois is one of the best ones, lets you search for 500 domain names at once (however nowadays it requires you to register but registering is an easy thing). Head over to http://www.moniker.com/domains/batch_reg.jsp. There are other bulk whois tools as well, http://www.domaintools.com/bulk-check is another ok one.
• Copy the list of up to 500 keywords (now without the [ & ] characters) and don't worry about adding a .com, .co.uk extension into the search box and hit search. Before you hit Search you can filter on preferred domain name extension, if you only want .com and or co.uk etc. Hit Search.
• Whois will tell you which domain names are available to register. Our keyword "laptops" don't give us that many available domain names to choose from. But there are a few available ones (at the moment of writing that is).
• Of the available domain names we found, mostpopularlaptop.com "most powerful laptop" gets 1000 exact searches on Google every month and bestbudgetlaptop.com "best budget laptop" gets 590 exact searches on Google every month.
• That's it really. Play around with your keywords and when you find your gem(s) then head over to your preferred domain name registry and register your new domain name!
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If you have no intention to register the domain name, you shouldn't do this with Network Solutions which is well known for domain front running.
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Yes stay away from Network solutions whois. They are known for logging and automatically registering domain name searches from their whois.
Swore I would never say this on a blog, but... Good first post Mathias.
Certainly worth reinforcing last two comments, however its probably worth highlighting the useful of such tactics is only part of the overall SEO strategy, however as you have said, it can be useful in dominating strategic terms if used properly (and with a bit of luck as well - in terms of domain availability obviously)
Very good post. Did learn a lot from it.
Fabulous post - thanks for summarizing it in such a useful fashion.
It's always amazing how many good domains are still available out there. As difficult as it seems, your blog post shows that we're still not anywhere near being in a saturated market.
Lead Generation Consulting has been doing this for years...we own and operate 5000 microsites online and growing...
Every client we do this work for becomes a case study. Minimum implemenatation is 400 microsites based on the above methodology and some proprietary techniques and trade secrets.
David Phillips
President
www.leadgenerationconsulting.com
248-449-3547
Why ya giving away all my good secrets??? LOL
The trick is figuring out what to do with the 100s of domains I've bought doing this.
I am learning how to utilize the Google keyword tool for more than just planning posts and articles...I am utilizing it now for domain names. Thanks for the clarity in this issue.
Well that's an interesting guide
This is pretty much how i found one of my domains containing the SEO keyword
Nice one. Have you checked out SEOMoz's domain name spam tool? It's still under construction I believe, but interesting as an idea:
excellent, it is nice to read some proper 'insider' knowledge, thanks
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Finally a real blog that isn't scared to give away real techniques. A little on-topic allinurl relevance never hurt anyone to cut the time to the top 10 down to a fragment vs. a non relevant URL.
Who knows how long this metric will survive, but keyword rich or keyword relevant domains are still a force to be reckoned with (no tens inpunded on "the force" analogy).