On the Internet, you need a World Wide Web
Identity, and that's what a domain name is. You can think of a domain name
as being much like a street address. In order for web browsers to locate
your website, it needs a cyber address, or domain name such as;
www.thisismydomainname.com.
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You must first
register & purchase a domain name
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to own one. Costs to register and buy a domain name for your website can vary
from $3.95 to as high as $55.00 per year. Prices vary- depending on the TLD (Top
Level Domain such as; .com, .net, .org, .biz, etc) you choose and the services
they provide. Remember, cheap isn't always better- especially when it comes to
your on line business identity.
Buyers beware... there are a whole lot of unscrupulous domain name companies out
there, that can easily create a "nightmare" domain name game with your cyber
property.
Domain name scams and ploys are rampant on the web- you should take precautions
to learn and understand the domain name register process before you buy.
Domain Names- Why you need one to own your own
website.
by: John Gibb
You could be forgiven for not knowing what domain names are. You use them every
day, but it's a technical term, and not one that you really need to do unless
you plan to get one of your very own. Put simply, domain names are website
addresses, although in reality it's a little more complicated than that.
You see, a website address is made of more than just the domain name. First
there's the http:// (which means we're using hypertext, the web), then the www
(which means you're using the web part of the site you're on, not email or
anything else). It's the part just after that, including .com, .net and many
other TLDs (top-level domains), that makes up the domain name.
So what does this mean? Well, google.com is a domain name. So is ebay.com. On
the other hand, news.google.com (that's Google news), isn't a domain name- it's
a sub-domain, part of google.com. In the same way, google.com/about isn't a
domain name either- it's just a section of Google's website.
At this point, many people wonder what the .com thing is all about. To answer
quickly, .com stands for commercial. Originally, the idea was to keep the
for-profit part of the web separate from the rest, but the growth of web
business has long since caused this idea to fall by the wayside.
If you want to start your own website, then one of the first things you want to
do is register yourself a domain name. Once you've chosen one, you can make as
many sub domains and sections within it as you like. Having your own domain name
(as opposed to having your website in a section of someone else's) makes people
more likely to take your site seriously, both in a professional and a personal
sense. It shows that your website isn't just some fly-by-night operation, and
it's also likely to get you a higher ranking on search engine results pages.
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