Blog domains

[M.Y]

a friend asked me what domain they should register for their new blog and gave some examples. do you think they should register a domain in their name e.g. firstname-secondname(dot)com or related to the topic e.g. topicname-blog(dot)com ?

 

[Name Trader]

I'd avoid the hyphen if possible. topicblog.com would be better.

 

[DU]

Something creative or fun.

If your name has BLOG in it I know im not likely going to want to read it and names only work if its a real business identifier.

The whole world is your oyster why be so boring?

 

[iowadawg]

Any good keyword(s) can be used as a blog.
I would not use names as a domain for a blog.

 

[LEGO1221]

Avoid using hyphens where possible. EMD's are sometimes good, as long as they are readable and present value.

 

[cameronlee]

I would mirror what everyone else has said and avoid hyphens. If it is a personal blog about what that person does then a name is better however if the blog has a specific topic/subject associated with it then you are better with topic name as it will be picked up better by search engines.
I would also say that there is no need to have the word blog, people will work out that it is a blog once on the website. It is not a bad thing to have 'blog' though but in general shorter domains are better.

 

[M.Y]

Something creative or fun.

If your name has BLOG in it I know im not likely going to want to read it and names only work if its a real business identifier.

The whole world is your oyster why be so boring?

interesting. i would probably go along with this as well as general feedback - using keywords without numbers, hyphens and typo's.
thanks!