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Thread: INTRODUCTION TO REGISTERING A DOMAIN NAME
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admin
Advanced Member Joined: Jun 14, 2003 Post Count: 2933 Status: Offline |
INTRODUCTION TO REGISTERING A DOMAIN NAME CATEGORY: BEGINNERS THEORY - APRIL 2005 For some people, registering a domain name is a little bit of a mystery. In this article I will try to answer the common questions and (hopefully) make registering a domain as easy as pie! WHAT IS A DOMAIN NAME? Just like your home address (in the real world) is unique, domain names are simply unique addresses on the Internet. Every domain name has to be unique; otherwise no one would be able to find the website they were looking for! So when you register a domain name, you are getting yourself a unique address on the web. IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXTENSIONS? Extensions are the last letters that appear after the period (.) in a domain name. For example: For the website www.killersites.com, the extension is: .com There is really no practical difference between extensions, although, some people still value .com extensions over the others, since it was the first type available. These days, you have a wide choice of extensions when registering a domain name. Some of the extensions that are now available:
TIP: when registering a domain name, you will be asked to choose an extension. Fortunately, many domain name registering services will automatically provide alternatives, should you find your first choice is already taken. DOMAIN NAMES ARE BECOMING HARDER TO GET There are a limited number of names out there and it is getting harder to get the exact domain name you might be looking for. Long gone are the days when you could get single-word domains like: � Business.com � Sale.com � Pet.com A LITTLE STORY: Being among some of the first people on the web, I actually had an opportunity (yet failed to act!) to buy many of these names (for only $50 each) before the web became the crazy place that it now is - many of these names were later sold for millions! Lesson to be learned: strike while the iron is hot! A FEW TIPS ABOUT REGISTERING AND PICKING A DOMAIN NAME You will probably have to come up with some combination of words or pseudo words to get a decent domain name ? you will need to be inventive. For example: Killer + websites became: Killersites.com Why not: killerwebsites.com? Killerwebsites.com is pretty good but Killersites.com is shorter and to the point AND that makes it much better. TOP 4 RULES OF REGISTERING DOMAIN NAMES
A FINAL NOTE: Domain names are not case sensitive: Example: Killersites.com = killerSites.com Comments anyone? ---------------------------------------- Stefan Mischook Video Tutorial Store | Web Templates ---------------------------------------- [Edit 12 times, last edit by admin at Jan 4, 2006 9:31:06 AM] |
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Broc
Advanced Member U.S.A. Joined: Mar 28, 2005 Post Count: 962 Status: Offline |
An explination of whois services and maybe a tid bit on backordering might be a nice addition. I dunno... just a thought. ---------------------------------------- Broc High Tide Web Services High Tide Templates |
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admin
Advanced Member Joined: Jun 14, 2003 Post Count: 2933 Status: Offline |
A good idea Broc. I think that mentioning country specific extensions would also be a good addition: .us, .ca, co.uk et cetera. I will put together another piece on that. ---------------------------------------- Stefan Mischook Video Tutorial Store | Web Templates ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by admin at Apr 20, 2005 8:48:28 AM] |
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tpattison
Advanced Member UK Joined: Dec 29, 2004 Post Count: 1662 Status: Offline |
One thing that has always bugged me is who owns the domain names in the first place? It's like those silly deals where you can buy an area of the moon - who owns the moon? Who owns the web to be able to sell domain names? Tim ---------------------------------------- Pavonis Mons | Listen of the week: "Residue of Desire" by Acumen |
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admin
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A recognized central body controls domain names and as long as you keep your registration up to date, it's your domain name. It works in the same way the ownership of your house is determined by a record in city hall.  ---------------------------------------- Stefan Mischook Video Tutorial Store | Web Templates |
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Broc
Advanced Member U.S.A. Joined: Mar 28, 2005 Post Count: 962 Status: Offline |
Well, I think it's kind of obvious. They're God's domain names. Same as it's God's dirt. You just borrow it and build a house (or a website) on it.  Hmm... never though about the similarities between domain registration and real estate.... I was thinking of becoming a reseller. I dunno... ---------------------------------------- Broc High Tide Web Services High Tide Templates ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Broc at Apr 20, 2005 2:06:19 PM] |
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LSW
Advanced Member USA Joined: Nov 27, 2003 Post Count: 6287 Status: Offline |
Also special characters are allowed now, for instance we could have bought achterh�fen1.net instead of achterhoefen1.net Also ofcourse you should stick with the correct domain ending, so maybe list what they mean. .org - Organizations, basically non-profit. .net - non-profit again, killersites could use a .net as it is for helping others. .com - Commercial .info - informationon a subject, company, not really commercial. .tv - Multimedia, for webdites made with Flash for instance, or lots of Video. .name - for private persons, two part, kyle.lamson.name Then those planned, here are a few: .xxx - for adult web sites .areo - reserved for airports .church - reserved for churches Might just want to mention that peple should really choose the right catagory. Alsomany courts have given name rights to VIPs and large companies. You may be named Joe Ferrari, but Farrari has the right to all names and can force you to change it. Same for people, for instance a German named Gehard Schr�der lost in court to using his name as a web site as it is also the name of the German Chancellor. ---------------------------------------- Gu.aal kwsh� yak'�i it�akw ijeet wugood�k LSW-WebDesign.com |
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admin
Advanced Member Joined: Jun 14, 2003 Post Count: 2933 Status: Offline |
Good post.  ---------------------------------------- Stefan Mischook Video Tutorial Store | Web Templates |
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Srivvy
Stranger Joined: Feb 15, 2005 Post Count: 11 Status: Offline |
Hi guys It might also be worth mentioning the importance of domain names on search engine rankings. It seems that search engines are looking for key phrases within a domain name. It would make sense that if your site is called buy-widgets.com there is a fair chance that your site sells widgets, so search engines would give you a ranking boost accordingly. Anyone interested in purchasing widgets is also likely to remember a web address containing the name of the product they are interested in. Srivvy ---------------------------------------- Web design Cornwall - web sites Jobs in England - Jobs UK Hearing tests - UK hearing tests |
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irka_hcmc
Advanced Member Somewhere in the Pacific Joined: Dec 31, 2005 Post Count: 156 Status: Offline |
You read the articles of Steff well thats good young padawan ---------------------------------------- Website Promotion Guide |
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