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Domain names are critical to websites for a number of reasons.
First of all you have to consider rich keywords. There are a number of software packages which will indicate the most popular keywords. This helps you indentify your market for whatever reason you purchase the domain for. If you are selling the domain or establishing your own site SEO (Search Engine Opitimisation) is critical.
As previously mentioned domain names can be a source of income, and it is always a good idea to research indepth to get ahead of the game.
But if you are really clever you will do searches in different languages. The whole world opens up to you. You research and sell in a global way. In some countries you may be able to identify a trend and get right on there from the beginning and watch as your domain portfolio increases in value.
There are a number of ways to make money from domain names, one of the key methods is purchasing domain names that can become valuable to certain businesses or brand names. For want of a better word a form of investment.
If you have purchased a domain name like www.google.com at the very beginning of the search engines life how much would it be worth now? At this stage of the dot com scene its not as easy as before, but none the less there are still lots of potential way to make money!