Register a Choice Domain Name
A Web Hosting Article Contributed by Frances Rhea
What Domain Name(s) Should I Register?
To register a choice domain name(s) involves a very simple process. Your choice name is as open and fresh as your imagination. It could be your dog, your street, even your own name!
Some of the types of names being registered are full name, family name, pet name, team or club name, the name of books, poetry, music, movies, literature or art that people creat or plan to create, a name that will be used for marketing a business, toll-free phone numbers, or a name that protects a brand.
People register the .com, .net, and .org domain name for their companies to prevent cybersquatters from taking advantage of their success.
Your Domain Name is an Electronic Business Card
In this digital age of computers and Internet, your company's web site is like an electronic business card. When you register a strong domain name, it is the key to your Internet presence and contacting the entire world. The domain name you register should be easily recognizable and relate to you, your business name, brand, product, and/or activities making it memorable. Even though 67 characters are allowed, make sure the domain name you choose fits on a business card. It needs to be easy to remember whether someone sees it in print or mentioned to them over the phone.
You should use the name that your friends, customers, and potential customers know you by. Do not abbreviate the domain name unless the abbreviation is you or your company's trademark.
A good way to determine what domain name to register, ask your employees, your customers, your friends, and your family what domain name they would expect you or your company to have.
Remember to include your domain name in you or your web site's logo. Make sure you put your domain name on all of you or your company promotional materials such as business cards and stationary. You never know who will see it and remember it.
Domain Name Length Matters When You Register
Conventional wisdom indicates that you should register a domain name that is easy for customers to remember, easy to spell, and short. With that in mind, it is becoming increasingly difficult to register a short domain name among top level domains such as .com, .net and , org. Since this is true, it is preferable to choose a meaningful statement such as bestinternetservice.com" or bestfloridaguests.com, " rather than bis.com or bfg.com.
Register a Domain Name That Gives a Good Impression
Everyone knows that first impressions are crucial even though it is also said that "You can't judge a book by it's cover". This makes it important to choose what domain name you register carefully. A domain name does not allow spaces. This makes it necessary to pay careful attention to the total impression. As an example, consider the word patternsexchange as compared to patterns-exchange. Without the spaces the first word could be interpreted as pattern sex change which would leave a bad impression.
