Friday, 14 November 2008

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  A domain name is an alias for an IP address. Now what is an IP address? An IP address is a numeric code that stands for where to search through the Internet for content. An good example of an IP address would be 22.226.141.25. Rather than typing in a long and easily forgotten IP address, a domain name helps you by typing an easily remembered name to access the same internet site.
  
  E.g., www.domainsuitcase.com is a domain name that directs to a specific IP address. People can remember a domain name such as www.domainsuitcase.com much easier than they can remember a long numeric code.
  
  Domain names are everywhere as many use it day-by-day. Think of search sites. Google and Yahoo both have corresponding domain names www.google.com and www.yahoo.com. If you have ever posted an e-mail you have applied a domain name. For example when sending an email to user@sympatico.ca, sympatico.ca is the domain name.
  
  COM, ORG, NET? Which one to choose?
  
  One ordinary question I find is from people who can't get the ".com" domain of their pick, but find the ".net", ".org" or other country-specific top level domains (TLDs) available (like .de, .nu, .sg, etc). Should they try out for these?
  
  The answer is not as straightforward as you might think. If your internet site or business provides to the local community, such as a pizza delivery business or recruitment office or the like, then it makes sense to get a country-specific domain. You actually benefit from having such a local domain because the people in your land know that they're dealing with a local entity, which is what they want. After all, if they stay in (say) the United Kingdom, they're not probably to want to attempt to order pizza from pizzaparlour.com, which suggests a US or an foreign site. You'll have better luck calling it pizzaparlour.co.uk, ie, with a UK domain.
  
  What if yours is a web site or business that can benefit from an international audience? There are actually many philosophies on this. I'll just bring up a few popular ones.
  
  The first school of thought goes on the premise that it is better to have a domain name of your choice "myperfectdomain" even if it has a TLD of ".net", ".org" or some other country specified extension, than to finish up picking out an obscure domain name for the simple reason you can't get your first pick. Thence they would settle for domain names like "myperfectdomain.de" or "myperfectdomain.net" or whatever. Against this is the argument that if you get a country specific domain, people might think that your business only provides to that country.
  
  Another school of thought finds that ".net" and ".org" extensions are actually quite acceptable domain names. For some, the ".org" extension actually describes the non-profit nature of their organisation. So, e.g., the well-known Apache web server can be found at "apache.org".
  
  Others settle for the ".com" extension and no less. As evidence for their arguments, they mention the browser algorithms used to locate a website when a user just types a name like "acme" into the web browser. Apparently, the browser searches for a domain name "acme.com" before attempting "acme.net", etc. As such, individuals who do that will be delivered to your competitor's site if you do not also own the ".com" extension. Indeed, even if people do not rely on their browser to complete their typing, many simply assume a ".com" extension when they type a domain name, so if your business is "Acme", they'll just assume your domain name is "acme.com" rather than "acme.net" or some other such name.
  
  As you can see, there are actually good grounds for accepting any of the above thoughts. My personal footnote to the above arguments is that if you get a domain name with an extension different than ".com", make sure that you promote your business or website with the full domain name. For example, if your domain name is "dogandcatfood.net", make sure that when you promote your site or business, call it "dogandcatfood.net" not "dogandcatfood". Otherwise people will accept a ".com" extension and travel to the wrong place.
  
  Now that we have a better understanding of domain names, we need to know which domain name to pick and where can we register it. The domain name opted for a website can be a really important decision of marketing your company on the Internet. Its quite easy to just say pick a catchy domain that everyone will remember to use and you are set. In most cases it is that simple and you are set on your way to register the domain. However, at times the domain name you want has already been taken. And then you must think of a secondary name that you wish to use that will be just as catchy as the first.
  
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