YourWebReviewed.com has created a FREE Tool to help you picking, checking, and registering a domain name for your website. This utility is called the Domain Name Checker.
The following is the suggested 10 step-by-step method for determining, checking, and registering a domain name for your website.
1. Make a list of at least 10 domain names that you like.
2. Go through the list, and narrow it down to at least 5 that match the following criteria:
a. Is the domain name short and easily remembered?
b. Does the domain name represent the product or service that your web page represents?
c. Does the domain name contain a keyword that you would want visitors to find your website through search engines?
3. Take the remaining list and ask friends, family, associates their opinions about the names.
4. Once you have a strong list of at least 5 names, listing them in the priority order in which you would like to have them. The first being the one you like the best.
5. Connect to YourWebReviewed.com and open the Domain Name Checker utility under the FREE Tools section.
6. Enter the 5 domain names… DO NOT INCLUDE EXTENSIONS.
7. Click the submit button.
8. The utility will go out and check to see if the domains are available.
9. The results will tell you what is registered and what is available. You can check the WHOIS information or connect to the websites of those domains that are registered.
10. At the bottom of the page is a utility that will allow you to register the domain at GoDaddy. If you find that the domain name you want is available… register it… as soon as possible.