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auteur: Sage Kalmus
Your domain hosting name is not something to be chosen lightly. Your domain hosting name is your front line in your branding campaign for your online business (or your offline businessâs online
presence). Careful consideration needs to go into choosing just the right domain hosting name to represent your business. The following are some key points to consider:
The Right Extension for the Right Site
Each type of site you want domain hosting for may serve a different market. Make sure the extension you use -- .com, .net, .org, .biz, etc. -- is the right extension for your market. If you are a
business and there is no reason you cannot do it, get domain hosting for a .com. If you are a non-profit organization, consider .org. If you are building a personal website and are on a budget,
consider .us or some of the other lesser-known extensions. When in doubt, however, go for .com. The part of a URL people most often first forget is the extension. And when theyâre in doubt,
.comâs what they type in: .biz and .net should only be considered if youâre completely attached to a particular domain hosting name and the .com variant isnât available. But our best
suggestion for that scenario is to vary the domain hosting name and get the .com extension.
The Shorter the Better
When picking domain hosting names for your website consider that people have to remember it to visit it. Not everyone is going to get to your website by clicking on a listing or an ad or a
reciprocal link. Word of mouth leads increase when your domain hosting siteâs name is short and sweet. And people make less spelling mistakes and typos when trying to type in your URL
directly.
Stay Away from What Doesn't Belong to You
Big companies with trademarked names seem like tempting targets for domain hosting names that generate loads of free (albeit unintentional) traffic. Heck, you could even sell the domain hosting
name back to them for a hefty sum. More than likely, however, youâll just get sued. And chances are, if youâre reading this article, they have better lawyers than you.
The More the Merrier
Admittedly this catchy tag line is a little misleading. Considering registering a group of domain hosting names in order to cover yourself for the inevitably of interested visitors typing in the
wrong URL is an excellent idea. Try, if possible, to get the .com
and .net variant of your domain hosting name, or a variant with hyphens as well as the one without (always go for without
hyphens first). But donât buy more than you can afford or more than you need. Once you own the domain hosting names, whatever they are and of whatever number, you still have to get people to
visit them.
U R a *, but Your Domain Name Canât Be
You can use neither symbols nor spaces in your domain hosting name (our apologies to âthe artist formerly known as Princeâ). And URLs are not case sensitive. So donât waste your time.
Do it Now
Have you ever heard the concept that if you have an idea then at least one other someone else somewhere else in the world is having or has had the same idea? Well thatâs certainly the case with
domain hosting names, which is why you need to make all due haste in nabbing your ideal domain hosting name. Otherwise, you may wind up compromising with an alternate far inferior.
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