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Introducing Blogging and WordPress
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Appetizers
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Try for a Unique Name
Take these steps to increase your odds of having a
unique blog title:
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Type your proposed blog title into a Google search
box along with the word blog. Review the search
results to see blogs that use your title in full or in part.
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Type your proposed blog title in your browser’s
address box followed by wordpress.com. For
example, you could type mythoughts.wordpress.
com, and any WordPress.com blogs by that name
will pop up in your browser.
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Type the proposed title in the address box followed
by blogspot.com, as in mythoughts.blogspot.com.
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Do the same thing but use the domain typepad.com.
All the Good Names Are Taken!
So many sites are on the Web these days that it may
seem that all the good names are taken, but forge
onward. You can try alternate spellings, whimsical
expressions, or combinations of your name and your
interest. If you can make the title memorable and
easy to spell, all the better.
If someone else has a Web site or blog with your
preferred title, you can still use that title, but it is a
bad idea. Besides the potential for legal conflict if
someone decides to trademark the title, the bigger
issue is that readers may get your blog and the other
site confused.
Narrow the Options
Settle on a handful of blog titles, and then find out
whether another site has that name. You may have to
try lots of options before you find one not in use. See
“Try for a Unique Name” on this page to find out how
to check what is being used.
Brainstorm Names
Your blog topic is the place to start your search for
blog titles. Write as many words and phrases as you
can think of associated with your topic. If it is a
personal blog, you may simply want to use your real
name. Even your real name may not be as unique as
you think, however, so write down many options.