April 8, 2020

Domain name

Looking to build a new website? First things first—you'll need to register a domain name.

Your domain name is how visitors easily find you online. It is often the first step in getting your website started because it is like establishing your website's street address on the internet. If you did not have a domain name, you would have to give out your IP address to everyone who wanted to visit your website, which would get confusing and be easily forgotten.

Domain name is the name of your blog or website.  Every domain name has an IP address assigned to it.

A Domain name is online address of your blog or website.
Domain names are created to make IP addresses easy to remember.

An IP address means a set of number, and it is very difficult to remember. To easily remember IP address, IP address numbers are replaced with domain names so we can easily remember them.

When you enter a domain name into your web browser, the browser simply uses that domain to locate its corresponding IP address and then shows you the website associated with it. It is easy to get a domain name for your business. It is easy to link domain name with web hosting through DNS Settings.

How to get a domain name?
Choosing a domain name can be one of the most important steps in establishing your brand or business. Your domain name is often one of the first things someone sees, and it can affect their impression of your website and your brand. A carefully chosen domain name may increase user interest and drive web traffic, while a carelessly chosen one might do the opposite.

Ready to find a great domain name? List of platforms were you can buy custom domain name:

1. Bluehost
2. DreamHost
3. Siteground
4. Hostinger

Initially for the first year domain name registration you will get huge discounts,and from the next year when you renew, you have to pay standard rates.

Go to the above mentioned website as per your choice >>>>  Look for the option "Domain" Click on "Domain" A new page will open, with a "search box " option.

Enter the domain name you wish to use in the search box and then click Search. If your domain name is available you will be taken to a page to review and purchase it. If your domain is not available, you will get alternate options and other extensions for you to choose from.
If you don't want to choose from the alternate options, choose another name and search again.

Steps to choose a good domain name:

Length
When it comes to a domain name, less is more. Shorter names are easier to remember and to type, which means users are more likely to find you. It’s also easier to stand out when there’s less to read. It’s a good idea not to exceed 2-3 words.

Simplicity
You want people to remember your domain name and type it accurately. Complicated or uncommon words or names may be hard to remember and spell correctly.

Keywords
Relevant words help users find you in a search and recognize what you do at a glance. Keywords can include what you do or offer (like “blogging” or “eCommerce”), or even your location. Including your location (like “India”) in your domain name might also help you target local customers and users.

Brand name
Your domain name should reflect your brand. Brands can take time to develop and to become popular, and including your unique brand name in your domain name can help you stand out, gain recognition, and increase visits to your website. When creating your brand name and domain name, just be sure not to use any existing brand names or trademarks. Do research if that brand name or similar domain name available.

Website or blog name
Your domain name should be the same as your brand name, or as close to your website content. You don’t want to confuse people who type in your domain name and get to a website with a different name.

Misspellings: Try to avoid to many double letters in domain name.
Example- www.bloggerssite.com  In this case there are two letters "SS" in the middle of name. There is a chance of confusion and typing the name wrongly. So try to avoid this type of mistakes.

Select perfect domain  name
Many people trying to choose the perfect name, when that time could be spent building a great brand around a perfectly good domain name. Don't let choosing a perfect domain hold you back from starting your  blog or  website to project your business.

Choose a better domain name. Going beyond .com
The most popular domain ending or TLD (top-level domain) is .com, but there are now a wide variety of TLDs  extensions, ranging from .info to .online to .xyz and many more. You can find the full list of new TLDs  from domain registrars during domain search.

With many TLDs to choose from, brands now have more options to create a distinctive domain name that quickly communicates the purpose and value of their offering. Because new TLDs haven’t been around that long, short and memorable domain names are often still available. Another plus: they don’t adversely affect your search ranking.

A lot of people by default, they will type .com with domain name, this is the main reason why  maximum website URL's end with .com's. People purchase the .com version of their domain name and then point that domain to their main website address.

Registering your domain name is the first step in establishing your online presence and reaching your customers..The domain name search tool will help you to get domain name and also assist you by offering suggestions and alternatives to any domain you search.

Your domain name is what people type into their browser to get to access your website. Pick a domain that both represents your brand and makes it easy for people to find you.

There are so many web hosting companies which provide domain name. Search for the domain name in the search option. If the name is not available look for alternate name.

Your domain name should be as short as possible. Try to avoid symbols and numbers. If you keep any symbols or numbers in your domain name, it is very difficult for you readers to remember. These characters are hard to type and remember  and might impact negatively on your website and business.You should always choose a memorable domain that is targeted to you niche and market.

Once you finalize the domain name, Signup or login into the domain registrar company with your credentials and register you domain name. Once you purchase the domain name, you can link your domain name with the hosting platforms.

In many cases if you are purchasing premium web hosting plans you will get minimum one domain name free. So choose the best web hosting plan that provides free domain name. Purchasing Domain name and web hosting together will reduce your work load and it is easy to integrate both.

You can purchase domain from one company and hosting from another company.

There are two types of domains - that looks like this.
Custom domain (Paid). www.Hostinger.com. or  www.bluehost.com  or  www.siteground.com
Subdomain (free of cost). https://mygurublogger.blogspot.com/

If you create a free blog with free blogging platfroms like blogger, wordpress.com, you will get sub domain for free.  The sub domain name looks so lengthy.

To give a professional look to your free blog or website buy custom domain and integrate your domain name with your blog. It is very easy to integrate you domain name with free blogging platforms.

Create a blog or website with custom domain name which match your content and publish your blog or website. So when you are searching domain name try to select the name that almost matches with you content (Niche). You may not get what name you want, try to get alternate name. Keep a list of names to choose, and if available register the domain name.


 

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