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Using the examples you offered, I see plenty of branding opportunities: WindowDoctors, CaliforniaWindows, etc. It's up to you but hyphens in a domain name is something to be completely avoided for your main site.

I know I'm a little behind the times on this one, I'm thinking of using headway for my next site and seems to have some really nice SEO features.  Built in meta-description fields (this doesn't come with WP), a SERP preview,  easy nofollow, noindex....  All kinds of stuff. Maybe I'll write full review once I've tried it.

If you're unable to accomplish what you need with Artisteer, then Headway may be an ideal solution for you. I agree wholeheartedly on Yoast's SEO package, BTW.

Thanks Ryan.

Also available is SEOmoz' http://www.seomoz.org/popular-searches

Thanks Ryan

Thanks Ryan

is there a better alternative... Just opinion here... I would not use any of the three alternatives. Honestly... If I really wanted Name1Name2.com I would pay whatever they want to get it. Get on the phone and track them down.  Hire a broker to track them.  Go to domainer forum at last resort and offer $xxxxx... your best offer for the domain.  Accept no substitue. If you can't afford that then go with a brandable domain like twitter, google, digg, etc