• Do not use any part of your name or login name. Not even reversed.
• Do not use your birthday or year of birth.
• Are you a fan of something? Do not use that or parts of it. So Michael or Jacko, Lady Gaga or similar things are off limits.
• Change it frequently, at least every 3 to 6 month. You can modify it slightly to make it easier to remember. So instead of Fihs42@Usa you will use Fihs84@Ger.
• Just fell in love? That name of her or him is too easy to guess or crack.
• Make your password at least 8 characters long, 12 would be great. Do not use words from a dictionary.
• Put in numbers and characters, such as -,;.ß?=)(!? … you know what I mean.
• Uppercase and lowercase letters please.
• Do not repeat yourself. ttTT6655!! looks good, but is too obvious.

Try to make your password complicated but easy to remember for you. Build yourself a bridge to remember it. For example: “Lady Gaga is extremely 6y, even before 7 am.“  can be turned into LGie6y,eb7am. Of course, now this password is useless, because I explained it here. But you hopefully got the idea.

Do not forget to test your ideas with Yet Another Password Meter.