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Choosing a Domain Name for Your Domain Hosting
Choosing a Domain Name for Your Domain Hosting
Your domain hosting name is not something to be chosen lightly.
Your domain hosting name is your front line in your branding
campaign for your online business (or your offline business's
online presence). Careful consideration needs to go into choosing
just the right domain hosting name to represent your business. The
following are some key points to consider:
The Right Extension for the Right Site
Each type of site you want domain hosting for may serve a
different
. Make sure the extension
you use -- .com, .net, .org, .biz, etc. -- is the right
extension for your
. If you are a business
and there is no reason you cannot do it, get domain hosting for
a .com. If you are a
-profit organization,
consider .org. If you are building a personal website and are on
a budget, consider .us or some of the other lesser-known
extensions. When in doubt, however, go for .com. The part of a
URL people most often first forget is the extension. And when
they're in doubt, .com's what they type in: .biz and .net should
only be considered if you're completely attached to a particular
domain hosting name and the .com variant isn't available. But
our best suggestion for that scenario is to vary the domain
hosting name and get the .com extension.
The Shorter the Better
When picking domain hosting names for your website consider that
people have to remember it to visit it. Not everyone is going to
get to your website by clicking on a listing or an ad or a
reciprocal link. Word of mouth leads increase when your domain
hosting site's name is short and sweet. And people make less
spelling mistakes and typos when trying to type in your URL
directly.
Stay Away from What Doesn't Belong to You
Big companies with trademarked names seem like tempting targets
for domain hosting names that generate loads of free (albeit
unintentional) traffic. Heck, you could even sell the domain
hosting name back to them for a hefty sum. More than likely,
however, you'll just get sued. And chances are, if you're reading
this article, they have better lawyers than you.
The More the Merrier
Admittedly this catchy tag line is a little misleading.
Considering registering a group of domain hosting names in order to
cover yourself for the inevitably of interested visitors typing in
the wrong URL is an excellent idea. Try, if possible, to get the
.com and .net variant of your domain hosting name, or a
variant with hyphens as well as the one without (always go for
without hyphens first). But don't buy more than you can afford or
more than you need. Once you own the domain hosting names, whatever
they are and of whatever number, you still have to get people to
visit them.
U R a *, but Your Domain Name Can't Be
You can use neither symbols nor spaces in your domain hosting name
(our apologies to "the artist formerly known as Prince"). And URLs
are not case sensitive. So don't waste your time.
Do it Now
Have you ever heard the concept that if you have an idea then at
least one other someone else somewhere else in the world is having
or has had the same idea? Well that's certainly the case with
domain hosting names, which is why you need to make all due haste
in nabbing your ideal domain hosting name. Otherwise, you may wind
up compromising with an alternate far inferior.
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