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[W723]Who Owns A Domain Name

by Aftab Aslam, Aft

Choosing the right domain name can be critical to the success of your website and business flourishing. Your domain name should be a key to your web site. Most Internet users remember websites by their domain names; the rule of thumb is that when people think of your web site, they'll think it by name. If your name is also your URL, they'll automatically know where to go.

You should have a domain name, which sounds solid to the core values and ethics of your business. It should also reflect the personality of your target customer. Make the combination the words that are memorable and should not be confused. Try to register the identical name that your customers and visitors will associate with your Website. you have to keep in mind that people need to be able to remember it, and easily type it into their browser.

Here a question arises if one can not get the same domain name as per expecting website name. One may also add suffix to the name. This strategy may cause confusion. One might attempt to access a web site missing suffix.

Your domain name can also affect the anchor text of inbound links; and your ranking in search engines. So try to have a very much relevant domain name.

The other way is lookup with ?whois? and have the domain owner information to motivate them to sell the domain name. The other option, that is followed commonly to purchase a domain name first and then naming your website the same as your domain posses.

Your brand name could be the first word visitors will type in search engines and it would be the easiest name for them to remember, so you should use your business name or brand name. For example use www.handbags.com.

How long should I make my domain name? Technically a domain can be up to 67 characters. But it is universally accepted that short names are better for a number of reasons. 1) They are Easier to remember. 2) They are less susceptible to mistake. 3) They are good for online or offline marketing. 4) They are visually pleasing.

Adverse to the above, advantages of long domain names cannot be ignored. Search engines explore it because of the Long domain name having the keywords to the web site.

A similar setback is whether to choose .com, .net or.org etc. Many people not obtaining .com domain but they can have .net, .org or other country specific top level domain such as ?de,? ?nu,? or ?sg?. People get simply confused whether they should go with one of these available extensions or not.

If your website is aimed at people in a specific country, having a country-specific domain, visitors will recognize right away that the business has a presence in the country of the extension. They might comfortable to buy. Some country-specific search results include sites with the relevant country-specific domain extension even if the site isn't hosted in that country.

In spite of this, country specific domain could work against. Especially the case when you are promoting your business in international market. People from international market may be less inclined to buy if the business looks foreign to them.

How ever, for international visitor .net or .org or any other country specific extension works also well. Still this might others to mislead that you are promoting your brand to that particular country only.

A school of thought found that ?.net? and ?.org? are equally acceptable. Actually ?.org? extension was intended for non-profit making organizations.

As far as I am concern, .com extension is for commercial web sites that have adopted all over the world and still the most sought after. In some circumstances we can use another domain extension like .info, intended for informational portals.

Thus there exist many good arguments for accepting other extension when you go with the need of a particular name and unable to get ?.com? extension other extensions are equally acceptable.

Now let me reiterate the case in a glance that is ?Get the name registered before naming your website.?

Expired domain name is just a common status in the place of domain names. This certain status of the domain name takes place when the domain name holder forgot to renew the registered domain name, and so when a certain domain name is given as “expired domain name”, it is understandable that such expired domain name is on the way to deletion from the domain name registry.

So when you receive a note from the domain name registrar that you have an expired domain name and you still want to renew such expired domain name, you should then know the basic process that the domain names go through when they are noted as “expired domain names” and on their way to deletion from the registry.

On the first stage of the domain name prior to becoming an “expired domain name”, of course you undergo for a domain name registration. It is often considered that a domain name may only be registered with a maximum of ten year period. Even upon the domain name renewal, the domain name registration period can not extend past a ten year period, so are the domain name registrars have no authority to offer a domain name registration for over ten years. However, it is interesting to know that a top level domain name like the .uk can only be registered for two years at a time.

After that, when a domain name becomes an “expired domain name” or shortly after the domain name goes past its expiration date, the expired domain name will then be deactivated. With the deactivation process, the domain name services involving the web page and the email will no longer function. However, the expired domain name may still be renewed during this period but it will take for 24 to 72 hours before the domain name services will be reactivated.

When the expired domain name reached at the said “domain name grace period” with approximately 40 days after it becomes noted as “expired domain name”, the domain name will not be active and may be renewed without paying any additional fees. And after such period for the expired domain name, here comes the next domain name expiration period which is termed as the “domain name redemption period”. This is a period for a domain name which involved a 30 day redemption period. In this case, the WHOIS contact information such as the name, address, telephone numbers, and others will be deleted and the domain name will still be inactive. Accordingly, the domain can be renewed during this time by its original holder with $105 plus renewal fees. And since it is a manual process for the registry to add the name, address, and other contact information back to the domain registry records, the process will really take much time.

Finally, after the domain name redemption period of the expired domain name, there comes a final period known as the “domain name deletion period”. So five days after the end of the redemption period for the expired domain name, the domain name will be totally deleted from the registry and will then be made available by anyone who wishes to register for a domain name.

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