One of the hardest tasks when you build your website today is getting the domain name that suits your website perfectly according to purpose. Considering that the investments made over the web today have become evident, chances of getting typical domain names today may not be as easy and cooperative.
Domain name preferences have been […]
A domain name is a part of a web site’s address. For example, google.com, or yahoo.com. The choice of a domain name for your web site can have a big effect on the success or otherwise of the venture.
Branding, as in Google and Yahoo, and offline as in Coke and Nike, for example, is all […]
The choice of domain name for a eb site is very important. It can make or break the web site’s chances of success, in some cases. Often a domain name is the same as the main keyword that a web site is targeting. In this way, if properly chosen, the domain name will also help […]
Can domain names affect your SEO efforts? Yes, it probably can, but perhaps less so than most people think. You can use your main keyword phrase in the domain name - it won’t hurt - but it probably will have a much less overall effect than you imagine.
Keep your domain name short. It’s a myth […]
Most people understand domain names to be synonymous with a web address. It is in a way, but it’s actually more than that. When you purchase the product from a domain name registrar you receive a registered domain name.
The component of a web address that relates to the registered domain name is the hostname. That’s […]
There are many factors that all combine to make up effective search engine optimisation, or SEO. One that is sometimes overlooked is the domain name of the web site. Some businesses, presumably thinking in terms of offline brick and mortar stores, encorporate the business name into their domain name. It looks good, it seems right, […]
If you are thinking of setting up a web site, you will need a domain name. We have all become familiar with the dot com concept, and can probably reel off lots of our favourite web sites addresses. These incorporate the domain names of the web sites.
There are a number of domain name registrars. In […]
Choosing a domain name is easy, but choosing the right domain name is not always quite so easy. There are basically two approaches; choose a name that reflects the company name, or choose a name that reflects the company’s product.
The first approach is fine for branding purposes, but you will need to do a lot […]
Whether you call them cybersquatters or typosquatters, you’ve seen the pesky annoyances. You’ve likely tried typing in a familiar domain name and typed in a wrong letter or two only to be misdirected to a strange URL similar to the one you were hoping to land on. That URL likely had a Google search box […]
Do not switch your domain unless you have no other choice because no matter how popular your website is domain switchovers are far from enjoyable. After all, even losing a single week of significant traffic for a popular site could cost many thousands or even millions of dollars. On the flip side of the coin, […]