I plan to start up a new website offering ebooks exclusively. I have two choices before me with respect to domain names:
ebooksi.com: It is short, memorable, brandable and keyword rich.
bookscriber.com: It is very memorable and brandable but slightly longer with not the main keywords.
Though Google has now started giving keywords in domains less importance, I am still tilted towards the first one. What would you pick for a domain and why?
The first domain mostly just looks like a jumble of letters and is harder to remember.
Personally, I like the second one because it’s easily readable, memorable, and is made of actual words, rather than a jumble of letters. The length of the domain is negligible. When you start getting past 12-15 characters, then length starts becoming an issue (unless you have a memorable domain like thebestebookpageintheuniverse.com). But, there’s no hard and fast rule about length unless you are running a URL shortening service.
Even my vote goes for the second one - bookscriberDOTcom
Easy to remember and market. I hope you are the owner of the domain since it’s not available for registration else you will have to consider some other option
Absolutely the second one. “ebooksi.com” doesn’t mean anything actually, where “bookscriber.com” is a much better and easy to remember option. I also noticed that “ebookscriber.com” is available, it is also a good option. Maybe you can purchase it as well.