| If you are about to start a website business, one of | | | | 3- Short |
| the first steps you must follow is finding the most | | | | 4- Hard to misspell |
| appropriate domain name for your website. A domain | | | | 5- Make it Brandable |
| name is a unique name that will identify your website | | | | 6- Make it Keyword Rich |
| over the world wide web. It must be relevant to the | | | | Don'ts |
| content of your website. There are several suffix or | | | | 1- Don't use trade marks name |
| extensions followed by certain domain names. | | | | 2- Don't use "2" for "to", "4" for "For", or "u" for |
| These are: | | | | "you" |
| .com - This extension is used for business | | | | 3- Don't use apostrophes nor ampersand "&" |
| .net - This extension is used for Commercial | | | | 4- Avoid to register domains containing the digit "0" |
| Networks | | | | since it is often confused with letter "O" |
| .org - This extension is used for Non Profit | | | | Where can you buy domain names? Well there are |
| Organizations | | | | several "Registrars" companies online. These |
| .edu - This extension is used for Educational | | | | companies have a "Domain Name Search Tool" that |
| Institutions | | | | helps you find available domains. The cost per domain |
| .gov - This extension is used for government | | | | name usually starts from $9.99 to over $25.00 per |
| agencies | | | | year. In case that the domain name you are |
| Take a look at the Do's and Don'ts when choosing a | | | | interested is taken, then you can see the "whois" to |
| Domain Name: | | | | find out who is the owner and try to buy it from him. |
| Do's | | | | Usually the cost using this method could reach over |
| 1- Must be memorable | | | | $500++. |
| 2- Easy to remember | | | | |