Have you finally decided to take the plunge and build your own website? It isn’t as hard as at first it may seem. The first step, of course, is to come up with a domain name. There are several keys to keep in mind when picking a name.
Tip number one is to pick a domain name that is easy for your website visitors to remember. Many businesses, schools and organizations have websites these days. Most try to come up with a domain that is close, if not exactly the same as their entity name. For example, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo has a website: www.wmich.edu. It’s not exactly the same as their school name, but it’s close enough for many people to remember.
The key to making a memorable domain name and website is the same as doing almost anything in life: Keep it simple. In domain names, you can use hyphens, underscores and the like. But each one of these obfuscates your name and makes it harder on users.
Keep your name short and sweet and you will be rewarded with traffic and high page search rankings. Try to avoid the mixing up numbers and letters, though you can throw in an occasional dash if absolutely necessary.
Once you’ve settled on a name, you should register it with a domain name registrar. This is one of the more important steps in the process of building a website.
Reserving the domain name should be an inexpensive and relatively painless process. You shouldn’t have to pay much more than $10 for a domain name registration, depending on what type of domain name you are registering. Org domains, for example, tend to cost a little more than others; .Net addresses tend to be pretty cheap.
Reserving a domain name isn’t rocket science, but it does have to be done and paid attention to. Much of it is automatic; however, so you can take much of the stress out of the process.
Clearly, there is nothing complicated about the process. And, unlike most things in life, once you have your domain reserved, it is yours for as long as you decide to keep it.
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