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[H744]How Do I Buy A Domain Name

by Rob Parker, Rob

All over the world, there are dozens of people starting up their own web sites every day. The Internet is a huge area with room for everyone, but in order to avoid confusion each web site must posses a unique domain name. This refers both to the title of the page and the address visitors will type into their navigation bars to get to your web site.

You have to make sure that your domain name is unique; otherwise you just won't be able to use it on the Internet. There are thousands of domain names already spoken for, so the first step in naming your site will be finding out if someone else has already registered that name.

All you need to do for this step is go to a web site that keeps track of registered domain names. You are going to have to use a domain name registration company at some point, so you might want to find one now and use their database to do your search. If you have not decided on a company yet, then there are non-company sites out there for the purpose, such as VeriSign.

Type in your chosen domain name in the search area; if it's not already taken you are in luck and can keep going. If not, you will have to come up with a new name.

Now it's time to decide on a domain name registration company. There are lots of them on the Internet, and you will have to come up with your own screening process to determine the best choice for you. Price and reliability based on information from previous clients are two important factors.

Once you decide on the company, just go to their site and enter your contact information, the number of years you want to pay for the domain name, and the domain name itself. You can usually decide whether your domain name is going to be public or private; private registration means you might pay some more money but the information attached to the domain name will not be available for public viewing.

Finally, point the domain to the Web server that you are running your site on. That's it, now you just have to wait for everything to become active.

The simple answer to this question wouldn't be easy, a domain name can determine how easy or hard it is to get your website successful. A targeted domain name will be more effective for a number of reasons but don't worry if you already have a domain which isn't targeted ? it can still rank well for any keyword, you just have to know how to go about it.

A targeted domain name will give you the benefit of being able to connect to the niche you site is about therefore eliminate any rubbish traffic who isn't even interested in your niche. For example you wouldn't visit a site called bathrooms.co.uk if you were not interested in buying or seeing information about bathrooms would you?

The first thing that a search engine looks at is the domain name itself. If you were to have your keyword included in your domain name then you get a natural boost from the very beginning and are on a good start getting traffic from the major search engines. This doesn't mean that you wont be able outrank a site with your main keyword in its domain, you will just have to put more effort into getting back links and using quality content rather then duplicate.

If you run an online company it's vital that you have something in your domain name that describes the business as this will help people identify what you do and how you can help them. By choosing a domain name you can often create a good company logo based on the words used in the domain itself as many people use that to create a company theme, logo and site design.

By spending the time getting the perfect domain will save you lots of time and money in the long run so it's vital that you find the perfect one before you do anything else. You can spend a lot of time finding an available domain that you like, decide what extension you prefer because there are many available. The commonly used ones are .com, .co.uk, .net, .org, .edu and .gov. If you're targeting people in the UK then you are suggested to invest in a .co.uk whereas if you're going for a general audience go for a .com, .net or .org. Some domains are not freely available to register, these are .edu and .gov, and you have to apply for them as these have great authority.

Article Source : ebusiness 2005

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