Words You Avoid When Choosing Domain Names

**Bec** · 12-01-2009, 10:46 AM

I find I avoid certain words when picking out a new Adult domain name. I usually skip past domains beginning with:
1. dirty (I don't view sex as something "dirty")
2. naughty (just doesn't fit Gay -- kinda ok for Str8)
3. nasty
4. my (ex: my cocksucking boyfriends)

Do you have ones you avoid, or ones you think really rock for a domain title?

**DEVELISH** · 12-01-2009, 10:57 AM

"boy" - namecheap has issues with renewing domains that carry that wort/part of word in the domain name, but not issues with registering them.

Words like boycott, flamboyant, boysenberry trigger their filters according to namecheap...

**Lee** · 12-01-2009, 11:26 AM

See, im actually the opposite of you with 'nasty' and 'dirty' LOL

Lately i have been using a lot more words such as those in domain names, especially when registering 3-word combo names, i think it just makes the domain sound more explicit and taboo.

Regards,

Lee

**Bec** · 12-01-2009, 11:43 AM

Two others I usually avoid:
5. The (starts with)
and
6. young (anywhere in name)

**longboardjim** · 12-01-2009, 05:06 PM

most definetly I avoid boy/underage/etc. and/or anything racial/social/etc. derogatory ( n*gger/nazi/etc. ) , I try to keep clear of other people's names though one of my "twilight type" sites has a vampire character name. ( interpreted: it was available so I took it! ) I also try to keep clear of xxxtreme language ( interpreted: I'm too much of a gentleman to even type them here! ) though I do have some xxxtreme content.

jim

**PUMPaul** · 12-01-2009, 06:56 PM

Agree with a few of you
I avoid boy and young as well

Only recently did I even start promoting sites as an affiliate that had boy or young in domain name or g**gle site description

I wouldn't use a domain name with the big 7 either

shit
piss
fuck
cunt
cocksucker
motherfucker
tits

(RIP GC)

**MiamiB** · 12-01-2009, 09:40 PM

I am not a big fan us puss.

Like "suck my cock puss"

Not hot for me.

**tim460** · 12-02-2009, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by MiamiB

I am not a big fan us puss.

Like "suck my cock puss"

Not hot for me.

Barf! I never heard of that.

Domains should be concise and potent, and I perceive "hot" as rather generic and meaningless. That said, I'm a hypocrite and used it in my main blog hotsmoothdudes (which I can't wait to show you, should be up within this coming month. so excited!). But it enabled me to get a .com and keep "smoothdudes".

Lee (owner of GWW), you once mentioned "stop"(?) words or something, to be avoided in domain names. They're mostly prepositions, like the, and, by, etc.. I prefer not to use them as rule. One exception is if somehow it pulls the domain together into a highly memorable name.

Glad I read this thread, didn't know some of the issues everyone is discussing.

**Bec** · 12-02-2009, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by PUMPaul

I wouldn't use a domain name with the big 7 either

shit
piss
fuck
cunt
cocksucker
motherfucker
tits

(RIP GC)

Oh yea, definately not into using any of these words, and not even ones I'd think to say I wouldn't use! (like it's a given - at least for me it is!)

**Gin** · 12-03-2009, 06:10 AM

I also don't like this list:
shit
piss
fuck
cunt
cocksucker
motherfucker
and also i never use young.

**DEVELISH** · 12-03-2009, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by Gin

shit
piss
fuck
cunt
cocksucker
motherfucker

any reason besides personal preference not to use these words?

**attis** · 12-03-2009, 04:24 PM

Actually all these "nono-words" are only personal preferences. From a business point of view any of them could be used, because there will be always enough people, more or less, who find even the "worst" word attractive and would jump on a site using it. It's our morals and ethics why we are avoiding them.

**tim460** · 12-03-2009, 06:37 PM

That's true.

The only other thing is search engines. I was once told that Google doesn't like domains with certain words, puts them lower in the search results. I was told that one of those words was "cock." Either that wasn't true or Google changed its opinion because there are definitely adult "cock" domains showing in the Google search.

Originally Posted by attis

Actually all these "nono-words" are only personal preferences. From a business point of view any of them could be used, because there will be always enough people, more or less, who find even the "worst" word attractive and would jump on a site using it. It's our morals and ethics why we are avoiding them.

**Bec** · 12-04-2009, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by tim460

That's true.

The only other thing is search engines. I was once told that Google doesn't like domains with certain words, puts them lower in the search results. I was told that one of those words was "cock." Either that wasn't true or Google changed its opinion because there are definitely adult "cock" domains showing in the Google search.

Now I haven't actually seen any articles, etc that verify certain words getting a lower ranking. Mostly it's an accepted or banned situation I do believe. Anyone have any sites, articles to support either theory?

Yes, of course, the choice to use or bypass certain words is based on personal preferences for the most part, while a few can be forced upon us to not use by Visa and/or CCBill.