Which domain would you choose?
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This is more of a survey than anything.
If your name was Jeremy Parker, and you were to start a personal blog/site. Assuming jeremyparker.com was not available, which domain would you go with?
3. jerpark.com
4. Other.
From an SEO standpoint it would be unlikely to make a difference.
But from a branding standpoint. Which one would you perceive to be best?
Thanks.
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Thanks for the advise. Seems most would prefer the dot net,
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i vote for JEREMYPARKER.NET
but if you are in a specific field, perhaps something like:
also, have you checked abbreviations?
heck, make up a middle name letter and use that:
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EITHER JEREMYPARKER.NET OR 4) JEREMYPARKER.NAME. I DON'T THINK I HAVE SEEN A .NAME THOUGH.
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My vote goes for jeremyparker.net as well.
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I prefer the top 2. 1 because it's the actual name together, 2 because it's the name with a dot com. I don't prefer 3 and without knowing what's available, 4 is possible but it depends. (I'd take jparker, I wouldn't take JeremyParkr, etc.)
parkerjeremy.com maybe?
Plenty of options depending on the use, as well. I've seen things like j-parker work as well.
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jeremyparker.net would be best from an SEO standpoint.
jerpark.com could work, if that's what you want to brand yourself as (JerPark). It's short and easy to type.
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