Is It OK to use ONLINE as a verb for domain name?

[Aboutdomains]

Hi all,
In our @ life, We often say "online now", in this case, "online" is used as a verb right??? so my question is: Is It OK if I use "online" as a verb to connect with an adverb to creat a domain?

English is not my mother tongue langue, so I am not sure.
Thanks for your help

 

[thelensboss]

i would thnk so

 

[Sparhawke]

Do you mean BooksOnline.com or FilmsOnline.com?

I guess it would all depend on how it sounds, I would have no problem with visiting those two sites I said just now, they look natural and just like what you might find, just like ShoesOnline.com however OilrigsOnline.com or ApacheGunshipRotorBeltsOnline.com might be a tough sell :p

 

[Aboutdomains]

Do you mean BooksOnline.com or FilmsOnline.com?

I guess it would all depend on how it sounds, I would have no problem with visiting those two sites I said just now, they look natural and just like what you might find, just like ShoesOnline.com however OilrigsOnline.com or ApacheGunshipRotorBeltsOnline.com might be a tough sell :p

I mean somethings as: OnlineSecurely.com
Thanks

 

[Domainace]

"Online" is not a verb, but it can be used with an adverb. Your example, "onlinesecurely" is not good, though. "Securely" (or whatever adverb you choose) should be the first word. If you want to keep "online" first, then just change the second word to a noun, like onlinesecurity.com (wish I had that name...)

If you're not confident about the wording, just use Google's keyword tool to see how many exact searches it gets in the US. If it gets more than a hundred or so a month, it's probably a natural sounding phrase.

Be sure to use "exact" and be sure to select the US only (or UK, Australia, Canada, if targeting those countries). If you select worldwide search numbers, you might get an English phrase that's widely used in the Philippines or India, but not in your target countries.

 

[Erdy]

I mean somethings as: OnlineSecurely.com
Thanks

No. 'Online' is not a verb. If it was it would have the infinite form 'to online' which it doesn't have. However it is an adjective and adverb. This means you can use online before and after nouns as an adjective as well as before and after verbs as an adverb.

 

[Aboutdomains]

Thank you all. It is clear for me now.

 

[Archangel]

"Online" is never a verb or adverb. But it is used as an adjective often. Technically, it's a noun, by default.

Hi all,
In our @ life, We often say "online now", in this case, "online" is used as a verb right??? so my question is: Is It OK if I use "online" as a verb to connect with an adverb to creat a domain?

English is not my mother tongue langue, so I am not sure.
Thanks for your help

 

[alien51]

Attaching an adjective, verb, adverb, or noun, next to a "keyword", is a clever way to snatch a domain if the root keyword-domain itself is already taken.

Based from my experience, Google will still match the keywords inside your domain no matter what attachments you put in it. And it appears you still get the benefit of "added points" in the ranking algo for exact keyword match whether your domain contains "online", "best", "elite", "the", etc.

Of course, it's one thing to make sense to a machine like Google. It's another thing to make sense to a human. So "onlinesecurely" probably will not make any sense for people.

 

[SiberForum]

"Online" is possible to be used in this context. AS the noun and a preposition "on line" from the point of grammar. Anyway I think people will get the meaning by intuition.

 

[the_poet]

Online is an adverb when it's at the right of the word "to buy things online" and an adjective when it's at the left "to play online games".

 

[enlytend]

Online is an adverb when it's at the right of the word "to buy things online"

In your example, it's a noun. (The location where you are going to "buy things")

 

[the_poet]

In your example, it's a noun. (The location where you are going to "buy things")

It's an adverb, online is meaningless as a noun. For a noun, you need a preposition (on the Internet, at Sedo, etc.). Adverbs are single words that can express ways to do things, frequency, etc.

When used as an adverb, it's the adverb corresponding to the phrase "on the Internet".

 

[Archangel]

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. So 'online' can be used as a noun, depending upon usage ie "I'm going online."

 

[the_poet]

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. So 'online' can be used as a noun, depending upon usage ie "I'm going online."

Sorry, Randy, but it's not a noun when used like that, it's an adverb.

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/online

 

[Archangel]

I knew someone would say that When using the sentence "I'm going online," online is the THING you are going on to. So yeah, many ppl lapse on that. But it could reasonably be considered an adverb. The word 'online' is a tricky one.

Sorry, Randy, but it's not a noun when used like that, it's an adverb.

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/online

 

[enlytend]

To get really picky about it, in this case it would probably be considered an adverbial noun.

 

[Archangel]

The word 'online' is used in a billion ways, I know lol

To get really picky about it, in this case it would probably be considered an adverbial noun.

 

[alien51]

It may be a noun, adjective, verb, adverb, or past participle... but it's also redundant, right? I mean, if something is on the "internet", naturally it is online?

 

[Archangel]

Exactly lol Reps added

It may be a noun, adjective, verb, adverb, or past participle... but it's also redundant, right? I mean, if something is on the "internet", naturally it is online?