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.

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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

USA TODAY

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Hawaii Reporter

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Hawaii Reporter

University of Hawaii urges state lawmakers to deter fraudulent use of domain names The Republic Greenwood's written testimony asks the committee to consider amending the bill to include fraudulent use of Internet domain names. She explains that UH has been victimized by unknown attackers who have been maliciously using the domain name to ... University of Hawaii Threatens Lawsuit Over .XXX Porn SiteAVN News (press release) all 5 news articles »

UC Berkeley spends $1300 to purchase x-rated domain names Daily Californian By Chloe Hunt UC Berkeley may be known for its academics, athletics and the occasional protest, but the campus administration has paid about $1300 thus far to stop pornographic websites from buying .xxx domain names associated with the campus.

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