| Along with selecting your web host, the domain | | | | longer ones. |
| name can be one of the most important parts of | | | | Try to register a .com or a .net address. The other |
| building your website. For instance, a website like | | | | extensions smack of lower quality. |
| won't work for a website selling water fountains. | | | | If the domain you've selected has already been |
| If you have a company name, that should be your | | | | chosen, you can either try to buy it from the current |
| domain name, without a question. Register your | | | | owner, or select a similar name. Try hyphenating the |
| company dot com name, and call it a day. It's also | | | | domain name (Changing to bobs-stuff.com), changing |
| important to register the other TLDs, such as .net, | | | | pluralization, or selecting keywords that are |
| .org, and .info. Simply point those to your .com | | | | synonyms to what you're currently using. |
| website. If you don't, someone could register those | | | | When you select a service to register your domain |
| and pose as your website, causing problems ranging | | | | name, it shouldn't be expensive. At the absolute |
| from security issues to massive profit loss. It's just | | | | most, you should pay $10 per year, but you can find |
| bad news. | | | | them registered for a lot cheaper. |
| If you're planning on making a web-only business | | | | Selecting a domain name, just like any other kind of |
| (particularly a blog or a forum), it helps to make your | | | | name, can be a bit stressful, but take your time and |
| domain name relevant to your content. If you have a | | | | you'll find one that fits. A lot of my websites start |
| discussion forum on wine, you could register | | | | out with a relatively generic name, but that name |
| wineforum.com, or something of the like. | | | | makes more and more sense as people start talking |
| You should also keep your domain name short. Short | | | | about it. |
| domain names are much easier to remember than | | | | |