Pick Up Your Own Domain Name

       Think up a name and check if yourname.com is available.
Personally, I like to use http://www.whois.com to check if a domain
name is available. You may also check the registrant contact
information using “whois” service if you want to negotiate about
purchasing the domain you like from people who registered it
first.

      To register domain name for our customers we use: http://www.godaddy.com We are not affiliates
with Godaddy in any way, but I think this is the best online
company which provides this service. Their rates are low and you
will have 24 hours access to your control panel to change the
domain name information in case your office moves or phone
number changes. This is very convenient.

      If you can't get that exact name as a dot-com, choose
another name. Your site title MUST be the same as your domain
name. People won't remember your domain name, but they will
remember your site title if they choose to add your website to
their favorites. It will also help to provide better place in
Google listings. There are several rules to follow when you
choose the domain name: 

1.It must be as short as possible but don't make it something
like abc.com only because this domain is available. Be
reasonable.

2.Make it memorable. It must represent your company and it is
not a bad idea to make your company name as a domain name.

3.Make it include your keywords, something like allwebdesign.com
if your website is about web design. This advice is related to
search engine optimization issue. Most of search engines like to
get "main" keywords in the domain name, title and website
description. 4.The domain name must be first level domain, not
the sub domain of a bigger website. For example, it is not a
good idea to use http://mydomain.somebigsite.com as your website
name. The first level domain costs about $ 9 dollars and it not
an excuse to have business website on a free sub domain. Search
engines also do not like such domains and you automatically will
be placed lower then your competitors in the search engine
listings.

5.5.It is better to buy a domain name separately from the
hosting plan. A domain name is much more important then a
hosting provider. As I noticed, the average duration of a web
hosting company life is one or two years. If your hosting
provider disappears from the web, it may be a problem to get
your domain name transferred to your new hosting provider.

      It is not difficult to buy and register a domain name at
all. You will be given a number of questions related to your
location, position and contact information. All this information
will be used during the domain name registration and any person
who uses “whois” service will have access to that information,
so it will be wise to enter only your business information and
not to use personal data. When you buy a hosting plan, your
hosting provider will send you the letter with the name server
ips. You will need to send those numbers to your domain name
registrant.       Now you are ready to select a web hosting
provider and buy a hosting plan.

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Oleg Lazarenko

Production Manager of

Metamorphosis Web Design Studio – Flash templates and Web
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