[slawn]

I guess its about time I started thinking about a web site. The domain name I wanted for my company has already been taken. My company name is smith lawn service, somebody already has smithlawnservice.com. I could do .biz or .net, but not sure, it seems most people perfer .com. I could do something like smith-lawn-service.com, again not sure how that will go over, most people would probably forget the hyphen's. Give me some ideas.

thanks

 

[Jb3NH]

I did a quick search on http://www.whois.net/ for http://www.smithlawnservice.com

Its not scheduled to expire until..
Expiration Date: 19-may-2010
the contact person listed probably has it set to auto-renew.

Smithlawnservice.net might be your best bet if you don't want hyphens.
Smithslawnservice.com might be worth lookin at.

But on the other hand, most people don't really enter addresses the ole fashion way, more often than not its a click.

 

[CedarStore]

May 19, 2010 is really not very far away. Could you contact the owner and offer it to buy it?

SmithsLawnService.com is another good option. But, you may want to consider putting the name of your town, region, or state in the domain name. It may seem clunky, but SEO (Search Engine Optimization, or the process used to try to get your site as high on google's search results as possible) takes the url name into account more than anything else on your site. With a lawn service, if people are looking for a contractor or business in their area, they will probably google-search something like, "Mississippi Lawn Service " Or, even better, a more specific location. If your url reflects that, hopefully your lawn service will appear first and ahead of your competition.

What do you think?

 

[Jb3NH]

Did you decide on a www.name?

 

[mdvaden]

What about something that folks will never forget like

*****slapthatgrass.com

(*****-Slap-That-Grass-dot-com)



Now seriously, how about something a bit different from having "lawn", like maybe "cuts"

www.smithcuts.com ???

That one was available.

 

[Green' Go]

The shorter the better I say. I did not realize that when I picked mine and I wish I had.
Try saying "go to www.greenfarmranchhome.com " then have someone look at you like "DUUUUUHHHH" "how do you spell that?".:hammerhead:

 

[mdvaden]

The shorter the better I say. I did not realize that when I picked mine and I wish I had.
Try saying "go to www.greenfarmranchhome.com " then have someone look at you like "DUUUUUHHHH" "how do you spell that?".:hammerhead:

I saw one on a tailgate out here. Allmost all the way across.

My wife thought it was original, but I said we would never remember when we got home. And we could not remember.

It was something related to roof and long like this ...

CallRoofRestoreTodayAndHelpSaveYourRoofLife.com

 

[BearWise Landscapers]

Did you make a decision on this?

I like the www.smithcuts.com domain name.

 

[Inspira]

I always tell my clients they need to be able to verbally give someone the domain name quickly and easily. There should be no need for explanations - different spellings, hyphens, etc. Length isn't as big a deal, as long as it's easy to remember.

.net is okay - I would shy away from .biz, it doesn't carry the credibility yet.

 

[mr.q]

Try using your states abbreviation at the end such as smithlawnservice(tn,ca,ny...).com whatever state you are in.

 

[steveparrott]

I am also a big fan of including regions in the domain name. Also to include other keywords. Google values both quite highly.

I'd advise that your main domain be something like www.mslawncut.com. I also suggest you purchase www.smithlawnservice.net. That would have an autodirect to your primary domain. This will cover you in case someone does a search on "Smith Lawn Service". The autodirect won't rank in Google, but Google probably will recognize the redirect when the exact name is entered.

Another thought, if you go with mslawncut.com (or similar), you might want to file a DBA (doing business as) for that name (include the .com) attached to your business.