The Importance of Having a Great Domain Name… or not?

Whenever I start a new web site, I always spend a lot of time on the domain name and the name of the site. We it’s very important to me to come up with a great name, or brable domain name, is it really that important?

Let’s take a look some of the most popular web sites and companies t have branded themselves off of an “exact match” domain name:

- FreeCreditReport.com
– Money.com (CNN)
– Dictionary.
– Cars.com
– Weather.com

Now let’s take a look at a few amazingly successful companies thatarted off with domain names that really mean nothi or not relevant to their overall business model all.

- Travelocity.com
– Amazon.com
– Facebook.com
– MySpace.com
GoDaddy.com

I ran through the list of top 100 Alexa US sites and it waurprising how many of the top 100 sites were NOT et or generic word domain names.

Before stressing o the idea of trying to get an exact match domain n or something close for your new site, just remembit all comes down to the content, brandability andd product/service of your site.

What other exact mh and crazy non-relevant domain names can you thinf that have turned into mega million dollar compan?

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