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Domain Name Registration
Your Domain Name is your unique online brand, and the address for your website (www.example.com) and e-mail (name@example.com. This is an important first step, because you want a Web address that makes it as easy as possible for potential customers to find you.
So, how do you select a domain name? Here are some tips to help you get started:
- Choose a domain as close to your company name as possible. If the web address you want is taken, you have a variety of alternatives. You can use a domain name that describes your product or services, or try a variation on your company name, like a hyphen or abbreviation.
- Try several variations on your desired name. Avoid overly long or complex names that will be difficult to remember.
- Names can include up to 67 alphanumeric characters, including hyphens. Names cannot begin with a hyphen, but they can begin with a number. Also, names should be at least 4 characters long.
- The extension ".com" is the most common, but you could also use .net, .org, .biz or .info. Some businesses register their name with all available extensions so their business is not accidentally confused with another, and to ensure their business is the one customers find first when looking for them.
Domain Name Extensions
Extensions are categories of Internet domain names. There are several of them to choose from:
- .com represents the word "commercial," and is the most widely used extension in the world. Most businesses prefer a .com domain name because it is a highly recognized symbol for having a business presence on the Internet.
- .net represents the word "network," and is most commonly used by Internet service providers, Web-hosting companies or other businesses that are directly involved in the infrastructure of the Internet. Additionally, some businesses choose domain names with a .net extension for their intranet Websites.
- .org represents the word "organization," and is primarily used by non-profits groups or trade associations.
- .biz is used for small business Web sites.
- .info is for credible resource Web sites and signifies a "resource" web site. It's the most popular extension beyond .com, .net and .org.
- .us is for American Web sites and is the newest extension. It has the largest amount of available names in inventory.
- .cc was originally the country code for Coco's Keeling Islands. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
- .bz was originally designated as the country code for Belize, but is now commonly used by small business who can't get the name they want using the .biz extension. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
- .tv is for rich content/multi-media Web sites, commonly used within the entertainment or media industry.
- .gs is the country code for the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
- .ms is the country code for Montserrat. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
- .tc is the country code for the Turks & Caicos Islands. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
- .vg is the country code for the British Virgin Islands. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
- .ws was originally designated as the country code for Western Samoa, but is now commonly used as an acronym for "Web sites." It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
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