KingDon said:
How do I choose a good name to register?
If you can find 5 people you strongly believe would have an interest in the name, then it's worth a shot. Know who your prospects are before you buy the domain name. The object is to buy something you can sell, not because it sounds nice. This is what separates the collectors from the sellers. Only buy what you think you can sell, and always go with reason over emotion when uncertain.
Nice post!
I would like to add few more things regarding this questions.
If we think of the other aspects of domain name which plays
a very important role in SEO. Then choosing a good keyword
for a domain name is also very improtant.
So waht makes a good keyword?
You can choose a good keyword by doing a bit of research using
google, wordtracker, and overtune.
Using wordtracker & some other SEO tools you can check the traffic
of that particular keyword. The more traffic that keyword has the
more profitable that keyword becomes and so the domain becomes.
Then if the cost per click of that keyword is high, then it can pay
you some good bucks if you are parking them.
But again these tow factors are secondry the main point which one
should take care that your main aim is to sell that domain name,
so the name must attract the buyers.
Now a days most of the general names are registered so you should
think of some innovative names. But then again you should take care
of the fact that you are buying the domain name for selling.
agasonex said:
PR-
Google Page Rank (or PR as it is often referred to as) is simply an indication of the number of websites that link to a specific website. It also attempts to indicate the quality of those links. PR ranges from 0 to 10 (with 10 being the 'best' PR and 0 being the 'worst'). The vast majority of small business websites will usually find they have a PR of between 0 and 5.
To calculate a particular sites PR, Google uses a fairly complicated algorithm based on the number of web links that it is aware of that link to the site in question. This algorithm will also take into account the PR of the page that is providing the link, thus a link from a web page that has a PR of 7 will be considered more valuable than a link from a page with a PR of 4.
For more details on PR and DMOZ see this thread-
http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/107116-terminology-library.html#post712182
