Are you an aspiring food blogger who’s dreaming about making a living by sharing your recipes with the internet? To make that dream a reality, you need to take the plunge and set up your own website. But how do you get started?

It might seem super complicated to start your own website but these days anyone can start a blog that looks professional and will attract a ton of traffic.

Let’s break it down. Here’s how to start a food blog, step by step.

1. Pick a Name and Buy a Matching Domain

If you’ve already been thinking about starting a food blog, you might have a couple ideas for names. If you haven’t decided on a name yet, start brainstorming. A good blog name is easy to remember, descriptive and short. For instance, She Simmers is a great example of a catchy name that includes a pun on cooking.

After making a list of blog name ideas and deciding on the best option for your food blog, you need to purchase a domain that matches.

You can purchase a domain from Parallax Hosting starting at only $9.45 per year. Before you purchase your domain, you need to make sure the name you chose is available. Parallax Hosting allows you to search a domain to make sure no one else has already taken it. If the name you want is available, you can go ahead and make it yours!

2. Choose a Hosting Platform and Install WordPress

After you’ve decided on a catchy name for your blog and purchased a domain that matches, you’ll need to choose a reliable hosting platform where your website will live. It might seem like a crazy, difficult task to create a beautiful website but it’s actually super simple and you don’t have to know a thing about code.

Step one is to purchase a hosting plan. Parallax Hosting is a great option for beginner bloggers because it’s affordable, it’s easy-to-use, and it’s fast.

After purchasing your hosting, the next step is to download WordPress which is very simple. After you sign up with Parallax Hosting and login for the first time, head on over to your Control Panel. There you’ll see a button called “One-Click Installs.”  or Softaculous

Click on it and then choose WordPress. Perform the simple steps that follow and then a progress bar will let you know when the download is complete. Once it’s finished, you’ve got a website for your food blog.

3. Pick a Gorgeous Theme

We eat with our eyes first and that applies to your delicious food blog as well, so you’ll need to pick a gorgeous theme for your site that will have your visitors wanting to stick around for a long time.

There are tons of free and paid WordPress themes that you can install with just the click of a button that are easy to navigate and mobile-friendly. Choose a theme specifically designed for food blogs so you’ll get all the features you’re looking for.

This theme from “Food Express” is a perfect example of a clean, minimalist design for food bloggers who want their recipes to be the center of attention. It offers six different color themes and a featured slider and carousel to showcase your best recipes.

4. Download Plugins

Next you need to download some WordPress plugins to ensure your website is fully stacked and optimized. There are a number of free plugins you can download for your WordPress site that provide value, including:

• Yoast SEO to make sure your site is optimized for SEO
• WPForms to create a contact me page
• MonsterInsights to connect your WordPress site with Google Analytics
• AddtoAny Share Buttons to enable your followers to share your content on social media

There are also some WordPress plugins designed specifically for food bloggers that can really step up your blog game. Tasty Recipes formats your recipes for search engine optimization, creates print-friendly recipes, adds star ratings, and more.

5. Start Blogging and Get Some Subscribers

Now that your website is all set up, you need to start blogging. Begin creating content that your visitors will love and will keep them returning to your site again and again.

You’ll also want to start growing your email list, it’s one of the most important aspects of any blog. Having an email list gives you the ability to reach out to your audience any time you want, whether you’re emailing them about a new recipe you posted or announcing a sale for your new cookbook.

You can easily gain more subscribers by adding popups to your site with OptinMonster’s lead generation software. OptinMonster provides numerous options for grabbing the attention of your visitors and enticing them into clicking that subscribe button, including an Exit-Intent popup that can track when a user is about to leave your site and send a popup at exactly the right time.

Start Your Food Blog

Starting a food blog isn’t as simple as just writing some recipes and posting them on the web but it doesn’t have to be difficult either. With these tips you’ll be able to start the food blog of your dreams that will have people salivating.

Congratulations on your new food blog. Now get out there and start blogging!

Softaculous is a one click application installer. It automates the installation of web applications to a website with predefined scripts. All installations are launched through the website admin area. Softaculous is run within the cPanel control panel and also through other website control programs like H-Spehere, DirectAdmin, Plesk and Interworx.

This is what a Softaculous interface looks like:

Through Softaculous you can equip your website with a variety of web applications like forums, blogs, eCommerce shopping carts, photo galleries and much more. Softaculous was established in 2009 and since then it became extremely popular in the web hosting industry due to the wide range of benefits it offers to the users.

Softaculous installation scripts comprise of a wide range of web applications. Softaculous categories include blogging, ad management, CRM, content management, customer support, eCommerce, ERP and more. At present, 325 Softaculous scripts are available.

The installation process of any application through Softaculous is designed to be just one click installation after entering all the necessary information. Applications can be downloaded through the install tab of the respective application.

Softaculous automatically organizes the database configuration, web server files, user permissions and installation.

First let’s have a look at the main highlights of Softaculous that determine its popularity:

• Easy to use
• One click installation of applications
• Over 300 scripts
• Scripts are updated regularly
• User friendly interface that is ideal for beginners
• All installation settings can be modified through user interface
• Backup and restore tool
• Demo scripts available before you install them on the server
• Great technical  support and community forums

Getting Started!

‘You can install any application through Softaculous with just a click!’

Does that mean installing Softaculous is also that easy?

Well not really, but Softaculous has strived hard in order to make its installation relatively straightforward.

If you are installing Softaculous by yourself, basic knowledge of Linux system administration will be helpful. With the Linux platform, installation of Softaculous can be as simple as entering three one line commands.

On the other hand, if Softaculous is provided by your web hosting company, you don’t have to worry about installation.

How To Use Softaculous For Installing Applications?

In order to start installing web applications through Softaculous, login to Softaculous through cPanel first. You will see a list of applications on the left-hand side of the screen, select one of them.

Softaculous has a policy of updating the applications so that the latest stable versions are reflected. User options in Softaculous enable the user to change the language, change the screen display of side menus and redefine the default time zone.

Many applications are associated with scripts created in the standard PHP language. Softaculous also offers Pearl, JavaScript and PHP class functionality for the technically sound people.

Let Others Know What You Think!

Softaculous goes beyond the installation of web applications:

• It provides demo screens ‘See the Demo’ of various applications so that users can get an insight on what the web applications look like.
• It enables the users to rate and review the applications and the users can also provide additional information to others which will help them chose the appropriate application.

If you would like to work with various web applications, then you must have Softaculous as it makes life easier! The one click install option saves a lot of time and effort spent on integrating the application in your website.

If you have a website, Google’s free webmaster tools are invaluable resources that you should be taking advantage of.

Chances are, you already know about and regularly use Google Analytics, but if you haven’t yet, you should add Google Search Console to your list of go-to Google resources to help you get more from your business website as well.

How to Set Up Google Search Console

To start, go to the Google Search Console. To access it, you’ll be required to log in with your Google account – make sure you use the same one here you use for any other Google Webmaster tools you use.

Once you’re logged in, look for the red button that says Add a Property. Enter the html for your website and click the button.

From there, Google may ask you to verify you’re the owner of the website. There are a few different ways you can do this. If you’re already using Google Analytics, then the easiest option will be to choose Google Analytics Tracking Code as your preferred method of verification. As long as your Google Analytics tracking code is in the <head> section of your homepage, you’ll be in with no problem.

When you’re on the homepage of the Google Search Console, notice a link on the top left that says “Try the new Search Console”. You currently have two options for using the tool: the old, traditional one which keeps more of the functionality; and the newer version Google’s rolling out that has a more intuitive visual design, but fewer of the features and functionality of the older version. Over time, Google plans to move all the Search Console’s features into the newer version, but for now, a lot of the benefits of the tool remain in the traditional version.

In the images below, the old version is on the left and the new version is on the right:

10 Ways to Use Google Search Console

With access to the Google Search Console, you can now get to work accomplishing a number of different tasks. Here are some of the most important ways to use it.

1. Submit a sitemap.

While Google’s web crawlers can learn a lot about a website and its individual web pages on their own, you can give them a little extra help in learning the information they need by submitting a sitemap to Google.

A number of websites will automatically generate a sitemap for you. Once you have it, loading it to the Google Search Console is extremely easy.

In the traditional version, while on the main page of the dashboard, look on the right side of the screen to see the Sitemaps section. Click on the gray bar that says Sitemaps.

Then find the red Add/Test Sitemaps button in the top right corner of the screen. Click on it and fill in the URL for your website’s sitemap.

In the new dashboard, click on Sitemaps in the menu on the left side of the page, then fill in the sitemap URL where instructed.

2. Learn common keywords people use to find you.

Anyone that finds your website through search used a specific search term to get there. Google Search Console shows you the most common keywords bringing people to your website.

In the traditional Google Search Console view, you’ll find this information by clicking on the Search Analytics bar in the middle of the page in the main dashboard.

A little bit down the page, you’ll see the list of all the keywords people found you with and the number of times someone has clicked on your link after searching each keyword.

By clicking on a particular keyword in the list and using the filter options in the top menu, you can go a little deeper to learn which pages show up for the specific keyword, what countries people are coming from when they search the keyword, and what devices they’re using. And you can see how different keywords fare in terms of clicks, impressions, and click-through rate.

In the new Google Search Console, you’ll find the same information by clicking on Performance either in the left-side menu or in the top box in the main dashboard.

In this version, Google shows you both the number of clicks each keyword earns you and the number of total times your website shows up in search for that keyword (impressions) on the main page, and you can view the other categories (CTR, position) by clicking on the upside-down triangle above the list.

This information shows you if you’re successfully attracting people based on the keywords targeted in your SEO strategy. And it will reveal any keywords people find you with that you weren’t meaning to target at all.

3. Identify your most popular pages.

Every website will have pages that perform better in the search engines than others. Google Search Console will help you determine which of your web pages is bringing the most people to your website.

You can find your most popular pages in the same section you found the keywords, and filtering and viewing different subsets of data works pretty much the same.

In both versions of the site, in the same Search Analytics section you viewed the keywords in, select Pages in the menu.

You’ll see a list of all the pages people have seen and clicked in descending order of popularity, with your best-performing pages right at the top. The default view in the old version shows you the most popular pages in terms of clicks; in the new version, clicks and impressions. You can also see which perform best in terms of click-through rate and position as well.

4. See where your visitors are coming from.

If your business serves a particular part of the world, then it’s more important to get traffic from visitors that live in a set geographic area than anywhere else. Google Search Console will also provide you data on where your visitors are located, so you can make sure you’re reaching the right people.

This is in the same section as the keywords and pages data. In both versions, select Countries in the menu.

You’ll see the number of clicks your website receives from each country, with the highest numbers at the top of the list. As with the other categories, you can also switch to view the results based on impressions, click-through rate, and search ranking position.

5. Learn which devices they use.

By now, every business should have a mobile-friendly website. But even if you’ve already taken steps to make sure your website looks good on mobile devices, it’s still good to know what portion of your visitors are interacting with your website on each different type of device. The Google Search Console has you covered there. This is the last piece of data we’ll find in the same section as the last three.

In both versions, select Devices in the menu.

You can see here the distribution of how many clicks you get on each type of device and you can switch over to see the number of impressions, click-through rate, and average position as desired (you know this song and dance by now)

Note that this is the last item on our list that you’ll find in both versions of the product. For the rest, at least at the time of this writing, you’ll be sticking with the traditional version of the Google Search Console.

6. Check that your website works well on mobile.

While it’s a good idea to do mobile testing on your website on your own, you can also use the Google Search Console to confirm that your website passes their mobile usability standards.

In the Search Traffic section on the left-side menu, select Mobile Usability. If everything about your site looks good to Google based on their standards for mobile usability, you’ll see a green checkmark telling you that no errors are detected.

If it identifies something about your website that doesn’t work well on mobile, such as the use of flash or a small font size, you’ll get a message in this section letting you know what the problem is so you can work on fixing it.

7. See which sites link to you.

For anyone focused on SEO, this is important information to have access to. Backlinks are one of the biggest ranking factors, so every time another authoritative website links to you it increases your website’s authority in the eyes of Google’s algorithm.

Under Search Traffic in the left-side menu, select Links to Your Site.

You’ll see a list of websites that include a link on their website back to yours, as well as a list of the pages on your website that other sites link to the most.  Under the section labeled “How your data is linked,” you can also see the anchor text other sites use most often when linking back to yours.

You can find more information on each backlink by clicking on the website, and then clicking on the link listed. From there, you can see specific pages that include the link and visit them yourself to see how it’s used.

8. Check for broken links.

Broken links provide a bad experience for your users and lead people away from the functioning pages you want them to be on. As if that wasn’t bad enough, they also make you look bad to Google and can have a negative effect on your rankings.

In the Crawl section of the Google Search Console, you can find details on any errors Google found when crawling your website, including all URLs that returned a 404 error.

If you click on each entry, you can find information on what the problem with the link is and where the link is located both on your website and others.

This is valuable information you can use to improve your website experience and cut out any frustrating errors your visitors may be dealing with now.

9. Identify website security issues.

Big website hacks are in the news every day lately it seems. Even if your business isn’t big enough to make the news if you get hacked, it can still cause you serious problems. And that goes double if you have an ecommerce site that collects sensitive customer data like credit card information.

The Google Search Console provides a quick and easy head’s up if your website has a security flaw you should be aware of. Click on the Security Issues option on the left-side menu. If you don’t have anything to worry about, the Console will let you know.

If Google does spot an issue, you’ll learn the details you need to figure out how to fix it here.

10. Confirm your schema markup or structured data is working.

Finally, if you use schema markup or other structured data on your website, Google can confirm for you whether it’s set up right to work in the SERPs.

Under Search Appearance, you’ll find categories for Structured Data, Rich Cards, and Data Highlighter, all of which are methods you can use to communicate more information to Google’s crawlers about how to display your web pages in the search results.

The Console provides details on whether or not you have all your coding set up right for these categories, or if you need to make changes.

Conclusion

The Google Search Console is entirely free and, as you can see, thoroughly packed with useful information for any business website. If you care about where and how you show up in the search engines, this is your best resource for digging into the data available and making an action plan for how to improve your SEO moving forward.

Follow This Checklist for Starting Your Blog

You’ve decided to join the ranks of the world’s bloggers.

That’s a great idea. A blog can increase your website rank. But now you have to figure out how to get started.

Here are the main steps you need to take to start a blog.

First, do you already have a website?

If so, jump to the next section. If not, you need to start your website first. There are four things you must have to launch a website:

1. Domain Name

Your domain is the main address for your website on the web. It’s what people will type in to reach your website directly.

A  domain name should be as close to the name of your brand as possible. If the .com for the name you most want isn’t available, brainstorm alternative names or variations on the one you have that will be easy for people to remember.

You can buy a domain on its own, but in most cases, you can get one for free when you buy the next thing you need.

2. Web hosting

All websites must have web hosting. It’s what keeps your site on the web and accessible to visitors. Most web hosting plans include at least one free domain name and many include helpful add-ons that make creating your website easier, like templates or website builders.

Some hosting plans are especially suited to working with popular blogging platforms, so if the blog is the entire reason you’re starting a website, look for a plan that’s designed to support that particular need.

3. Web design

Once you’ve claimed your space on the web, you have to actually create the site itself. If you’re not skilled at web design, you can still easily put together your own website with the help of a website builder.

If you want something that looks more professional or unique, look into hiring a web designer to create your site for you. If you want the blog to be the main focus of the site, make that clear going in. Your website should be designed to drive people directly to your content.

4. Copy

When people land on your website, they’ll want to know where they are and what the site is all about. Before you launch your website, you’ll need to figure out the best words to use to explain to people what your website is and why they should stick around.

It’s worth considering a professional copywriter for this part, particularly if you want your website to encourage people to take a specific action – like buying a product. If your goal is mostly just to share your ideas with the world, then you might not need to hire someone for this, but be sure to spend some time researching online copy-writing if you do it yourself so you do it right.

The 5 Things You Need to Start Blogging

With all the website basics in place, you can start thinking specifically about the blog now. There are five main things you need to create a blog.

1. A blog strategy

Chances are, you want your blog to accomplish something. Otherwise, why not just put your writing into a personal journal? For your blog to be effective at achieving whatever your goals are, you’ll need to take time before you start writing to clearly define a strategy.

Determine what your main goals for your blog are and brainstorm a specific plan for how best to achieve them. Think about things like:

• Who you want to reach
• How often you want to publish new posts (be realistic here!)
• The types of content you want to create
• How you’ll measure success
• How to reach the audience you want
• How to keep the audience you find

Blogging isn’t easy. You’ll get more out of it for the time you put in if you spend a little time upfront deciding exactly what you want to get out of it and how.

2. A blogging platform

You have a number of blogging platforms to choose from. WordPress (pictured below) is by far the most popular and is designed to be easy to use, even for brand new bloggers learning the basics. But some other platforms provide benefits you may appreciate, like more customization options or simpler functionality.

Review your options and determine which one is right for your needs.

3. A content schedule

And now we reach the hard part – the nitty gritty of keeping a blog going. Creating new content regularly takes time and energy. If you’re going to keep up with it, you need to consistently commit time to getting it done (or hire someone to do it for you).

Brainstorm topic ideas in advance and have a calendar planned out for what you’ll be publishing when – before you start writing. Devote time on your schedule daily or weekly, based on how often you plan to publish. Set separate deadlines for writing, editing, and publishing.

Your schedule (and your ability to keep it) is one of the most important parts of keeping a blog going. Without it, you’re likely to let it fall off soon after starting.

4. Images

At this point, readers expect blog posts to include images. They’re 80% more likely to read your posts to begin with if you add an image to it. Plan on devoting some time (and possibly budget) for finding at least one image to go with each post.

You can find high-quality images for free on a number of websites, or even better, make your own. Original images tend to perform better than stock photography, but they do take more time to create.

5. A promotion plan

Blogging is competitive. If you’re going to get people to pay attention to your blog posts out of the many, many others out there, you have to do something to get their attention first. That means content promotion is a necessity.

Look into different online marketing tactics for increasing awareness of your blog. Consider getting involved in social media, guest posting on other relevant blogs, and teaming up with influencers. You’ll probably need to try out a few different types of promotion tactics to get a feel for what works best for your audience and blog. Pay attention to your analytics as you go so you can measure what promotion efforts get you results.

Conclusion

Several of the things you need to start a blog are simply a matter of getting the structure into place, but some of the most important parts of the process are ongoing. Be prepared to commit real time and energy to the process.

For your blog to be successful, you have to put the work in. But if it connects with the audience you most want to reach, it will be well worth it.

What to Do After You’ve Bought Your Domain Name

Purchasing your domain name is the first step towards getting started online. With your domain in hand, it’s time to start building your online presence.

However, there’s a lot that needs to be done before you have your own piece of online real estate.

Below we highlight five different things you can do once you’ve purchased a new domain name.

1. Sync Your Domain and Hosting

If you’ve purchased a domain name for the purpose of creating a website, then you’ll also need a hosting account. Depending on where you purchased your domain you may be able to purchase hosting from the same source. Parallax Hosting offers a great plan for beginners that will make hosting and setting up your site a breeze.

Regardless of where you decide to purchase your hosting, you’ll need to transfer your nameservers, so they point to the location of your host. If that sounds a bit technical don’t worry, the process is incredibly straightforward.

To start, login to your domain name registrar where you purchased your domain and locate your nameservers. Then, you’ll want to copy and paste the nameservers provided by your host into the box where your existing nameservers are located.

2. Setup a Domain-Specific Email Address

Chances are you’ll also want a domain-specific email address to go with your new domain name. This will help your site appear more professional. The total number of email addresses you can create will depend on your hosting plan. Typically, you’ll be able to create at least one without an added charge.

You’ll be setting up your branded email address from within your hosting account. If your host offers a control panel like cPanel for managing your hosting account, then you’ll look for an app called Email Accounts. Here you’ll enter your email address and select the associated domain name from the drop-down box.

3. Secure Matching Social Media Handles

Getting social media handles that match up with your website will help to establish your brand online. Even if you don’t plan on using the social media platform right away it can be helpful to lock down specific usernames.

If the branded version of the username is already taken, then trying adding a qualifier to the end of it. Getting an exact match isn’t the most important thing, but try and get it as close as possible.

For every social media profile, it can be helpful to try and match your usernames across various accounts. This will make it easier for your fans to find you across different platforms.

4. Create Goals for Your Website

Before you start building your website it’s important to create an actionable plan for what you actually want to accomplish. After all, there are numerous directions you can take with your new site.

• Are you building out a personal blog?
• Are you creating a site for an online service business?
• Are you starting an e-commerce store?
• Are you creating a news style website?

The type of website you create and the end result your looking for will help to establish your direction. It’s important to sort this out beforehand as it will determine the style of site you end up building.

5. Start Building Your Website

Your website is the center of your online presence. Now, with your domain and hosting setup, it’s time to start building your website.  If you’re choosing to build your own website, then you’ll have numerous directions you can take. If you’re using Parallax Hosting, you can even use the included site builder.

If you prefer to build out a site that allows for greater content development, then consider using a CMS like WordPress. Most hosts, including Parallax Hosting, offer one-click installs that will install WordPress on your site with the click of the button. Then, all you have to do is choose a WordPress theme and customize it to your liking.

Hopefully, the tips above will help you take your brand new domain name and start to lay the foundation for a successful website.

Best Practices For Buying A Domain Name

Buying a domain name isn’t something you’ll want to rush. Sure, it seems simple. It’s just the little URL that you type in to access your website.

However, your new domain needs to contain certain elements if you want it to be a valuable addition to your site. Choose the wrong domain name and you’ll make it that much harder for your website to succeed, or you might even have to migrate to a new domain name down the road.

To avoid this fate, keep the following best practices in mind throughout your search for the perfect domain name.

1. Choose the Right TLD

There are thousands of different TLDs available, with new ones springing up every day. It can be tempting to choose a new TLD, however, don’t choose a TLD at the expense of your domain being memorable.

Overall, .com’s are the most common TLD and carry the most authority. Choosing something like a .info or .biz will only make your website look spammy.

Choosing the wrong TLD won’t kill your business, but if possible it’s always a good idea to go with a .com, as they’re the most recognizable and trustworthy.

2. Go for Simple Spelling
The easier your domain is to spell the better. Don’t include slang words or add additional letters to your domain. Your goal should be to make your domain as memorable as possible.

Also, don’t include words that are commonly misspelled, this will lead to people guessing your domain name and ending up on a broken site. Technically, you could pick up all of the misspellings of your existing domain as well, but you’re just creating more unnecessary work for yourself.

3. Don’t Add Hyphens or Other Elements
Adding numbers and hyphens to your domain name is going to make it much more difficult for your visitors to remember. You want your domain name to stick in the mind of your visitors, not be something they have to write down to get it right.

Plus, you run the risk of your visitors navigating to the non-hyphened version of your site, and losing traffic over the long-term.

4. Shorter Is Better
Keep your domain name as simple as possible. The more words you use the harder it’s going to be for your visitors to remember. Plus, having too many words in your domain name can make it look spammy and just plain weird.

In the old days, people would purchase domain names that were comprised of long-tail keyword phrases. This little trick used to help with rankings, but today it won’t really help your online efforts.

5. Spend Time Brainstorming
There’s no need to rush the domain selection phase. Set aside some time to brainstorm as many unique domain names as possible.

The bigger list you have to start with the greater your chances of finding a domain name that hasn’t been taken.

Feel free to get creative at this point. You’re not making your final selection yet, so let your creativity run wild.

6. Let Tools Help You Out
If you’re stuck in the brainstorming phase, then let the following online tool help make the brainstorming process easier:

• Impossibility: This tool lets you enter a variety of verbs, nouns, and adjectives, and it’ll combine words to find available domains.
• Panabee: This tool will offer you dozens of different variants based on your chosen domain name.
• Lean Domain Search: This tool will add popular words and phrases to the beginning and end of your chosen domain.

Parallax Hosting’s own domain search tool will also suggest related, available domain names.

Hopefully, the tools above will help you uncover a unique domain name that highlights what your business is about while remaining memorable.

7. Think About Keywords
In the past keyword stuffing your domain name was common practice. Getting an exact match domain name would help improve your rankings.

Today this little trick isn’t as valuable. But, you still might be able to include keywords to let your visitors know what your website is about.

For example, think of domains like, “fitnesscopywriter.com” or “realtorwebsites.com”.

8. Include Locally Relevant Terms
If you’re a local business, then it might be helpful to include locally relevant keywords in your domain. Again, this isn’t a chance to keyword stuff your domain, as you’ll still want it to be memorable. But, if you can find a match it could be beneficial to your business to pick up the domain.

Think along the lines of, “losangelesdentist.com”, “topekachiropractor.com”, and so on.

You can also pick up domain names that have local keywords and forward those to your main domain name as well.

9. Stay Away From Trendy Phrases
Don’t include any trendy words in your domain. Sure, it might look good at the moment, but think about 5 or 10 years down the line. This will only make your business seem dated.

For example, when Apple was releasing their first iPhone a lot of companies either branded themselves or picked up domains with a similar aesthetic. For example, “iCreative.com” or “iConsultants.com”. At the time it might have looked good, but now it looks out of touch.

Always think long-term when making a domain purchase.

As you can see, buying a domain name is a process you should take seriously. Hopefully, the tips above have been helpful in giving you actionable advice to find the best domain for your new business.