Thread: 'Bad English' in domain names

Originally Posted by keynes

But it's also fairly common to see '4' being used instead of 'for', and 'u' being used instead of you.

Other example of use of number in domain is '2', for e.g www.go2abc.com.

I think this is not a bad idea to get.com domain with short name.
One of our multinational client is having this kind of domain.

Just thought of a few examples:

Google- when they registered the google.com name, were they focusing on having 'Good English' in their domain name? No, they practically made up that word (although it is similar to a googol)

Veggie Boards- I am a member of this forum too. This is the top forum in this niche and veggie and a shortened version of vegetarian. vegetarianboards.com is much longer and harder to type in than veggie. And there is also a hidden benefit, by abbreviating it to veggie, they are also appealing to vegans at the same time. (thought this one was a great example)

As for shortenings of words like to = 2, the = da and other crap like that it doesen't really appeal to me that much. Infact, I am not a huge fan of numbers in websites, for example, I believe the domain name of retireat21.com is colding the site back.

The number in domain may be wrong with the point of view of SEO or any other reaso.
I think it depend on the personal taste.

Originally Posted by GameOver

I think there are some really good domains that use bad english and others that are really bad. It really depends on who is visiting the site and the other words included in the domain name.

Only in exceptional situations as in this contest. Sulumits-retsambew is better than sulumitsretsambew.

Originally Posted by GeeOne

The number in domain may be wrong with the point of view of SEO or any other reaso.
I think it depend on the personal taste.

Only if you want to invest a lot of money in the brand name domain. The market has no value. Try to sell it...