Creative
Domain Names
The
best way to find higher placement in the search engines with
good repute is registering your own domain name. People will
also find your site with ease. So instead of joining a free
hosting service, use your own which will pay you a good dividend.
You can opt any word or series of words that you like and
use it after the http:// in the URL with a .com or .net, or
something else, at the end as long as it is available.
Choose
A Name for your Site
Choosing
a right domain name for your Web site is the primary thing
on your success path. The name should be explanatory and unique
to your product or what your site contains and also more importantly
it should be a common word so that people can remember it
with ease. It will be more advantageous if a name that will
also serve as a keyword for the site is chosen because the
search engines will show up your site when people search for
sites like yours. For instant, if your site is for your widgets
from your workshop younamewidgets.com is probably your best
bet for a domain name.
When
people are looking for your service or products they usually
look at the search results of some search engine. The first
thing they see is the domain name. So if they are looking
hammers the site that will catch their attention first would
be one with the name http:///hammers.com if it is in the results.
Then they look at the site title and description. You will
want to come up with creative domain names
related to your products and services. This is tricky because
everyone almost wants a dot com name. There are millions of
people with web sites. Some companys even buy up popular words
as domain names just to make a profit. I usually go to http://register.com
and use their service of locating available names. They are
expensive as a registration company but this tool is very
useful in locating a suitable name. You type in to their site
the name you wish to have and they will return you with a
set of results and a whole lot of suggestion similar to your
name. They will tell you if it it is available or not.
Most
4 letter words have been taken up by someone already. But
people hardly ever are just looking for a site with 4 letters.
For example, if you are a travel agency and can't get travel.com
, you might be able to reserve something like air-travel.com
You can also reserve a name with a .net, .org, or many other
extensions, but the "dot com" is still the most
well-known and accepted extension for business domain names.
Ipowerweb
includes the domain registration with the hosting package.
Network Solutions is currently still charging $35 per year
for the same service.
