| I have been receiving emails or private messages on | | | | in the order of.com,.net etc. And most of people who |
| many small business forums about where and how to | | | | only remember the domain name will type something |
| start a small business or home based business. They | | | | like example after that while he/she meant to type |
| often asked me how to find their business name and | | | | Not many people remember to type.net,.org,.info or |
| register a domain name for their small business. Does | | | | anything else. So get a dot com domain! |
| domain name matter to their business? What a | | | | 4. Find a good domain registration company to stick |
| domain name can do to help them gain more | | | | with. It's easy to get a domain, but not so easy to |
| business or drive their business forward? | | | | get your domain transferred. |
| The answer is simple. Domain name does matter. A | | | | 5. If you can't find a good domain name close to |
| good domain name will attract visitor and help the | | | | your business name, think about something sharp and |
| web site to be indexed and searched easier that just | | | | easy to remember. Yahoo and Google are both very |
| some weird domain name. I registered all my domains | | | | easy to remember. |
| at GoDaddy. They are the largest domain and web | | | | 6. Try not to make your domain more than 12 |
| hosting company in the world. Now, what domain | | | | characters long. Most people will not remember long |
| name should a small business owner get? Here is | | | | domain or just forget the.com,.net part of the |
| some guide lines. | | | | domain. A long domain will also make your email |
| | | | address hard to remember as side effect. A long |
| 1. First of all, don't try to get a domain with a big | | | | domain name might not fit your newly design |
| brand name in it. For example, or GoogleMe.com, | | | | business card of advertisement materials. Can you |
| which has Google in the domain name. You might get | | | | remember this email address? You get the point. |
| sued by those big shops when your site is getting | | | | Does domain matter to your business? Domain is just |
| some traffic. | | | | like your company name, it's part of your business |
| 2. Try to find a name close to your business name. | | | | plan and success. Without a good domain name, you |
| 3. Get dot com (.com), if you can. Most search | | | | won't represent your business in a good and wealthy |
| engines will look for your domain to find if there is | | | | way. |
| such a matched domain. The search engine will list it | | | | |