Get a Domain Name

Visitors can find your web site with its domain name. The domain name has two parts: the name + extension (com, org, co.uk, etc ...). A domain name that is meaningful and easy to remember is a great resource. With nearly all the 'good' domain names taken nowadays hard to find a good name.

As the title of this article suggests the name of the site should also be the site domain name. When people think of your website, think that with his name. If the site is also the name of your domain name, you will automatically know where to go. What happens if your site is called "HostingProfs", but the domain name because it is myhosting.com? Your customers, recalling that they visited a site called HostingProfs will hostingprofs.com type in the address bar of your browser and you will end up on another site and you will lose a sale.

There are a few tips to consider when choosing a website name (also known as the site address, URL or domain name):

1. Try to get a name that is related to your business, your products or services. For example, try to find a domain name that includes your company name or product name, because it's the first thing that people will try in their browser. This is also a good practice when it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Have a significant and popular keyword in your site name, will help your site rank higher in search results by keyword;

2. If you can not obtain the domain name you want, consider alternative forms of the name typed. For hosting.com for example, consider besthosting.com, myhosting.com, webhosting.com, thehosting.com and so on. But be careful here, as some alternative forms might alienate visitors. For example, if you consider the name cheaphosting.com site, some people might associate the site with offers of cheap hosting and just maybe not professional.

3. Very often there is the '. Com taken, but the domain. Net. Org domain extension or given free country. L '. Com domain extension is the extension of the most popular and most used, so it is best to get a domain name. Com But if you can get the domain name. COM that you want, then you might consider other extensions. It 's better to have, for example, a domain significant and easy to remember. Net of an obscure domain. Com that is not tied to your business, or it is not easy to remember. Country-specific domains, for example. Co.au,. We) are very popular within individual countries. If you are doing business in the United States, obtaining a. We will create a local brand and attract more visitors from the United States, but in the meantime could limit the flow of customers from other countries. The only draw back for a domain name extensions is that other people are so used with the Web sites ending in. Com that you may lose some visitors to your "colleague". Com website.

4. If you find that the domain name. Com you were looking for, consider purchasing multiple domain names for the same site. The idea is to protect themselves against competition. So if you have a site on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) bestseo.com called, you would be interested in getting the best seo.com, bestseo.us, bestseo.net and perhaps other similar URL that contains your keywords. In this way you can prevent other sites popping next to your name. The same idea goes with getting "URL typing errors" for your site. What is a URL typo? Here is a simple example: what do you think is the most common typo for google.com? You're right! And 'gooole.com. Try typing google.com and see where it ends. Some SEO experts say that this is not good practice, but it's ok to have multiple domains for your site until you are redirected to your main site using the 301 redirect code.

The conclusion is that you need to get your domain name first! Even before starting work on site. To register your domain, you must do so with an ICANN accredited registrar .......