Okay, I’ll let you be the judge. I just took the domain name analysis test for my domain scorecard at networksolutions.com and it turns out that jetpacked.com is not the ideal domain name for my blog. Well, okay. That’s not exactly what the scorecard depicted but let’s just say my score wasn’t great. You see, there are a number of things that make my choice for jetpacked.com a bit vulnerable. While I love the name and would never change it, I do find a lot of logic in their recommendations and would definitely test out any future domains before launching a new site.
The main problem with jetpacked.com is that it doesn’t contain any descriptive keywords. Sure, it contains the keyword jetpack but as my tagline suggests – the site really doesn’t have anything to do with jetpacks (I still think they’re cool though). A good domain name should have at least one keyword having to do with what your site is about. Another problem is that some of the other extensions for jetpacked (such as jetpacked.net and jetpacked.org) are already taken which leaves me vulnerable to people taking over my brand. Network Solutions makes a great point in recommending website owners to register all the available extensions (at least the most important ones) for their domain name and not just focus on the .com extension. If you have your own site, I highly recommend you take the survey and find out what your domain scorecard looks like.