~Tips For Making A Website: Deciding On A Name~
After finding a good host, the next important step is choosing a name. What's in a name? A whole lot. No one wants to come to a site that's named... uh, "Brown Mustard Seeds Dot Com" or something. Visitors will be initially attracted to your site by the name, even the domain name will say a lot. If they find a link to your site somewhere and the name seems pretty cool, they'll check it out. If the name is, oh, bland, and "been done before," they may not waste their time. Besides that, you'll be identified with your site's name and it'll soon be your trademark. You'll want to choose a site name that isn't too long, easy to say and type, but really catchy. And, if the name is longer, you'll want to be able to use the letters as an acronym. A long site name can be shorted when reffering to it, just like we reffer to Stareon's Hideout as SH.
Just to help you along, here's some ideas. You can start your site name with a Pokémon's name, like Pikachu or Rhyhorn or Stantler. Then add a location name, like Beach House or Cave or Forest. Put 'em together and you've got a pretty decent site name--Pikachu's Beach House, Rhyhorn's Cave, Stantler's Forest. Make sure the Pokémon goes with the location you pick. Obviously, Staryu's Volcano doesn't sound right and neither does Entei's Underwater Cavern.
Or, you may decide to combine two Pokémon's names to make your own Pokémon or Poké Fake. Like combining Espeon and Armaldo to get Espaldo. Then you add your location name to get Espaldo's Paradise. Or you may choose the name of your Pokésona. My Pokésona is named Silva, which actually means forest, so I could have a site called Silva's Forest. The basic rule is you choose a name, make it possessive, and add a location name. This makes it seem like that Pokémon owns the site, which can make it interesting and can aid to the site's theme. But, you can also make it seem like a particular Pokémon owns the place. Like for instance, Glalie Ice Cave or Misdrevous Abyss.
Another thing you can do is add adjective before the location name.These describing words can take a boring name and give it some flair. For instance, say you name your site Togepi's Cloud. That's cute and definately a decent name. But, add a word with pazazz and it's even cooler. How about Togepi's Magical Cloud or Togepi's Twinkling Cloud? If your site is cute and cuddly, that name just might fit! (The examples I used above were simply fictional. If a site has one of those names, it is purely a coincidence I choose those names.)
The following is a list of location names you may want to use as a part of your site's full name. Over 100 location possibilities are listed below, but you can probably think of a bunch more. Keep in mind what you want your site's theme to be when you read through this list. Are you going for peaceful, exciting, spooky, dark, or magical?
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And, don't forget some words that instantly add some sparkle to your site name. Use creative words. Like cellestial words always seem to have more appeal. Cellestial, dusk, dawn, moon, star, solar, lunar, eclipse, etc. are always popular. But, really, always keep your site's theme in mind.
Don't forget that you can change a plain name to a really cool one by converting it to another language. Especially animé sites can get away with this. Your site can be named "Beautiful Star," which is pretty. But, convert that to Japanese and you get "Migoto Hoshi." Totally increases the cool-ness! So, when deciding a name, you may want to reffer to a reliable online translator to get the perfect name. Otherwise, you come up with a name that works just fine in English. Don't knock the Japanese language, though!
Anyway, I hope this helped a little bit. If you are somewhat indesisive, going through a list of possibilities with someone else may also prove helpful. I hope the list of partial names can you some assistance, too. If you have anymore questions or need my help, don't hesitate to ask!
- Already have a website started? Need a new layout, background texture, or splash page? See Things For Your Website.
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