Domain Name Guides

Domain Names are key components of your site, they are the first thing someone sees and generally the thing they remember the most. Learn everything there is to know about Domain Names here.

What's In a Name?

With the World Wide Web gaining wider and wider acceptance, the battle for catchy, easy to remember domain names is heating up. A domain name can be one of the most important parts of developing your Web presence; as your “address” on the Web, your domain name is the primary way that individuals will locate your site. Sounds like a simple principle, right? Yes...and no! Reserving, using, and managing a domain name can be a complicated process. However, there are companies who can help, but in many cases be prepared to pay a fee for these services.

The New Dot-Biz TLD compared to Dot-Com

How much is a .biz domain worth? This article explains to role of the new .biz tld with respect to its .com predecessor.

Domain Registration - Think First, Grab Later!

When starting any new venture online, whether it's your first try or your twentieth, you'll begin with a name for your new idea. This name usually translates, when doing business online, directly into a domain name for the website that will follow.

The Domain Name Gold Rush

All the good ones are taken. The really good ones, that is. But they don’t always stay taken. Domain names often come back onto the market. Even before they do, domain name prospectors are sifting through them to find the gold domains among them.

Domain Names and Longevity

It begins as an idea -- a company name, a business venture, a personal project. You research available domain name options, choose the one you want, and finally register it. Or perhaps the perfect domain was in use before, and you register it after it completes the domain deletion cycle.

Information Highwaymen and Your Domain

You go to work every day at the store you own, and one morning, your key to the door doesn't work. You look in the window, and the display items have changed. A stranger is behind the counter. But when you call the police, they can't do anything because the company papers now indicate that the store belongs to the stranger.

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Any new website venture online will include a domain name. Sometimes the domain is purchased from a domain broker - someone who specializes in reselling domain names. The majority of the time, however, it will be registered through a domain registrar. No matter how it is purchased, in all cases, the domain name (or names) for a website should be carefully considered. The basis of the marketing for the website will be the domain name chosen.

Blurring Boundaries: The Future Of Web Hosting

The most successful businesses make resolving their customers concerns their top priority. If a web hosting provider can easily help customers tap in to that pool of keyword searchers, they can expect commensurate returns in the form of a more loyal customer base and true competitive difference. Right now, the technology exists to enable just that web hosting companies assisting domain owners in generating greater traffic through the use of smart, dynamic content simply and affordably. Detailed below are a few thoughts on how web hosting companies could approach this process.

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