| Your website's domain name will become your | | | | something suitable. Many people choose to use |
| internet "name" so it's important that you give it | | | | hyphens in their domain names. |
| some careful thought. A good domain name will help | | | | This can make it difficult to verbalize your domain |
| you get more visitors to your website, and better | | | | name. If you're telling someone about your site or |
| results from them. | | | | advertising it on the radio, you'd need to say "pool |
| The ideal domain name is something that is easy for | | | | dash filters dot com". Again, it creates an opportunity |
| people to remember. If you can make it short and to | | | | for error that you probably should avoid. |
| the point, while related to what your website offers, | | | | Using numbers in your domain name can also make it |
| that's the ideal situation. | | | | easier to find a suitable domain, but don't resort to |
| Long, complicated domain names create too much | | | | "cute" names like In this case, you'll again have |
| chance of people misspelling it and ending up on the | | | | problems trying to verbalize the domain. "Pool filters, |
| wrong site. | | | | the number 4, you (y-o-u) dot com" is a mouthful |
| Your domain name should be relevant to what you | | | | and just begging for mistakes to be made. |
| offer on your website. If you're selling swimming pool | | | | Use a Domain Registrar or Register Through Your |
| filters, something like would be a good option - easy | | | | Web Host? |
| to remember and relevant. | | | | Ideally, you should use a separate domain registrar |
| Using your company name as your domain is not | | | | and register your domain name yourself rather than |
| always the best option. If you want your offline | | | | doing it through your web hosting company. |
| customers to be able to find your website, it's a | | | | Most web hosting plans include a free domain name, |
| good idea to use your company name. | | | | but domain registration is inexpensive and paying a |
| If you're looking for new customers on the internet, | | | | little more to do it yourself can save you a lot of |
| a domain that is more descriptive of what you offer | | | | future hassle. |
| will be a better choice. | | | | If you ever want to change web hosts and your |
| After all, which would you be more likely to visit if | | | | domain is registered through your host, it can be a |
| you were looking for pool filters - or | | | | lot of work to get them to transfer it to the new |
| Most short and simple domain names are already | | | | host. Plus, some less-than-honest hosts will register |
| taken, so it can take some searching to find | | | | the domain in their name instead of yours. |