Friday 16 September 2011

Steps On Choosing A Domain Name

By Jake Hills


Are you ready to jump into the wonderful world of the world wide web? If you're game to build your first website, there are a number of tips and tricks that can help make it a smooth process. First of all, you will need to decide on a domain name for your site.

Your domain name should be as close as possible to the name of your website. For example, the department store chain Target has Target.com as a domain name. You should pick something similar to what your entity is named as well.

The key to making a memorable domain name and website is the same as doing almost anything in life: Keep it simple. In domain names, you can use hyphens, underscores and the like. But each one of these obfuscates your name and makes it harder on users.

Keep your name short and sweet and you will be rewarded with traffic and high page search rankings. Try to avoid the mixing up numbers and letters, though you can throw in an occasional dash if absolutely necessary.

This is do or die time. If you've figured out what you're going to call your website, you need to reserve your domain name. There are numerous domain name registrars out there to help you with this step.

Reserving the domain name should be an inexpensive and relatively painless process. You shouldn't have to pay much more than $10 for a domain name registration, depending on what type of domain name you are registering. Org domains, for example, tend to cost a little more than others; .Net addresses tend to be pretty cheap.

So, you can see that choosing a domain name doesn't have to be a chore. It can be relatively simple, especially compared to the more monumental tasks involved in establishing a web presence. However, it is a step that must be done and maintained over time.

Once you have reserved your domain name, you are good to go. You will need to preserve your ownership from year to year, but the hard work is out of the way.




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