Is the "S" Helpful or not?

[IIIIIIIIII]

i want to make a forum, and i was going to register a name such as...

blahblahforums.com

is it best to leave the S because it sounds better, or leave it off?? I am not sure which is easier to remember/communicate to another person....

Any advice would be great

 

[hawkeye]

well, is it for one forum, or for multiple forums?! One, no s. Multiple, yes s.

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

well i mean, it would be a forum, with multiple different sub-forums


I mean...go to steroid.com or moddedmustangs.com

something like that

 

[lzy]

get both.

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

hmm...good point

 

[hawkeye]

get both.

There you go. Can't go wrong that way.

 

[Eggspit]

I was faced with a similar dilemma whilst registering my last domain name..,
I've played safe I took both endings (with and without the S ) as you run the risk of losing potential visitors to your site and someone else will only register the name you didn’t it if your site becomes popular.

Best..
Egg

 

[montsa007]

The guy who says get both is correct
i have an Idea
order both at godaddy, ask np people and cancel the 1 they say "is waste" get your refund :D

 

[pb]

If you get only one version and develop a nice website, it is likely that someone will monetize on your traffic by parking the other. So yeah, get both and redirect one to another.

 

[htmlindex]

well i mean, it would be a forum, with multiple different sub-forums

I'd say, go for the singular version of the name

 

[nstalk]

It most often depends on the name itself whether to use the singular or plural version. For instance, if you had a car lot the name MyCars would be better than MyCar. I would use the singular 'forum' for a forum website but I would also register the plural version if its available and point it to the other one.

Sometimes it's hard to determine which is better but the single is better for a forum website even tho you may have many sub-forums on the main forum site...IMHO.

 

[James]

get both then probably use blahblahforums and redirect blahblahforum to blahblahforums :P

 

[cache]

get both, but I like the forums better

 

[raceway]

If they are both available then just get both, that way you never have to think back on it.

 

[lzy]

It most often depends on the name itself whether to use the singular or plural version. For instance, if you had a car lot the name MyCars would be better than MyCar. I would use the singular 'forum' for a forum website but I would also register the plural version if its available and point it to the other one.

Sometimes it's hard to determine which is better but the single is better for a forum website even tho you may have many sub-forums on the main forum site...IMHO.

mycarforum.com's developed.
mycarforums.com's parked.

The guy should have gotten both. :lol:

 

[pb]

mycarforum.com's developed.
mycarforums.com's parked.

That's exactly what I was writing about! A few bucks a year is not a big price to pay to keep your visitors to yourself and maybe gain a bunch of new ones.

 

[montsa007]

Well what did the thread starter do at last?