Choosing A Domain Name

--About Domain Names--

Choosing a domain name for your web site is a major step for any individual or organization. You need domain names that are sticky, short, meaningful, easy to remember and at the roll of your tongue!

It is very easy to choose a domain name but difficult to find a good name, simply because of the fact that most of the good domain names are taken up by organisations. These domain name organisations take up hundreds of thousands of domain names and treat them as investments. It is not as easy to choose a good domain name. Sometimes, even web professionals spend hours at their computers to find good domain names!

Domain name registrations are cheap to maintain and subscriptions typically last a year. The subscriptions are renewable and paid to registrars by the design companies.

The most common domain names end with .com, .net, etc. Country specific domain names will end with com.au, co.uk, .co.jp, etc. For organisations, domain names will end with .org or be country specific- .org.au, .org.uk, etc.

Not sure about domain names and web sites? Seek web professional help.

Lester Boey works in an Australian SEO and Web Design company (Australian Search Engine Optimization and Web Designs Company). His life revolves around SEO; providing full-time and freelance seo services to US and Australian businesses. Email: projects@definiteweb.com


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Nominet registers over 7 million .uk domain names
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 11 hours ago
UK domain name registry Nominet has announced that there are now over 7 million .uk domain names, with one million .uk domain names added since July 2007. ...

EstDomains, Inc: .MOBI Domain Name Promo Action Prolonged
PR Web (press release), WA - 13 hours ago
.MOBI domain name is the first and the only specific domain for mobile devices which certainly pays its role in the development of mobile technology as the ...

OFFLINE: your_domain-bulgaria.com
Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - 13 hours ago
Over the years, a constant source of fun and teasing for me has been the type of domain names that Bulgarian companies and organisations have a tendency to ...

Renew Domain Names Before October Price Increases
Domain Name Wire, TX - Aug 28, 2008
It’s that time of year again — time for VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and other registries to increase their wholesale price of domain names. ...
GoDaddy Hikes Price of .Net and .Org Domain Names to $13.19 Domain Name Wire
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Social Site - Social Network. Social Domain Names at 200Best.com
Emediawire (press release), WA - Aug 28, 2008
"My favorite Social domain name is SocialMagazine.com. It can be the ideal domain name to cover the Social Networks. SocialMagazine.com is the right domain ...

Domain Name Wire

Moniker Offers $7.49 .Mobi Domain Names
Domain Name Wire, TX - Aug 27, 2008
If you want to get your hands on any unregistered .mobi domain names, now may be a good time. Moniker just announced $7.49 per year pricing on new .mobi ...

BG Radia Unveils New Website and Domain Name
eCoustics.com (press release) - Aug 27, 2008
... NV August 27, 2008 -- BG, the world leader in planar loudspeaker technology, announced the launch of an all new website as well as a new domain name. ...

KENIC embarks on aggressive .ke marketing campaign
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 5 hours ago
... in noncommercial domains will lead to an increase in uptake of sc.ke, ac.ke and go.ke domain names, which cost 500 Kenyan shillings (US$7.58) per year. ...

Deadspin

OKC's NBA team to disclose nickname, colors, logo
NewsOK.com, OK - Aug 28, 2008
Thunder has been believed to be the nickname for more than a month after KOCO reported the company the NBA uses to file domain names purchased ...
Oklahoma City Gets Set To Unveil Its New NBA Nickname. Oh, The ... Deadspin
Oklahoma City's new NBA team to get name next week The Associated Press
Six Oklahoma City nicknames trademarked National Post
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Fake charities spawn new warnings
Calgary Herald,  Canada - Aug 28, 2008
They're trying to predict when the next big natural disaster will hit, and are scooping up domain names that sound like charitable donation sites dedicated ...
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