Domain Name Information

Choosing A Domain Name


--About Domain Names--

Choosing a domain name for your web site is a major step for any individual or organization. You need domain names that are sticky, short, meaningful, easy to remember and at the roll of your tongue!

It is very easy to choose a domain name but difficult to find a good name, simply because of the fact that most of the good domain names are taken up by organisations. These domain name organisations take up hundreds of thousands of domain names and treat them as investments. It is not as easy to choose a good domain name. Sometimes, even web professionals spend hours at their computers to find good domain names!

Domain name registrations are cheap to maintain and subscriptions typically last a year. The subscriptions are renewable and paid to registrars by the design companies.

The most common domain names end with .com, .net, etc. Country specific domain names will end with com.au, co.uk, .co.jp, etc. For organisations, domain names will end with .org or be country specific- .org.au, .org.uk, etc.

Not sure about domain names and web sites? Seek web professional help.

Lester Boey works in an Australian SEO and Web Design company (Australian Search Engine Optimization and Web Designs Company). His life revolves around SEO; providing full-time and freelance seo services to US and Australian businesses. Email: projects@definiteweb.com

  


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Internet domain name project relaunches after software bug
Reuters
In the most ambitious expansion of the Internet so far, the body that oversees domain names has now given organisations until May 30 to apply for their own Web address endings - for example .london, .eco or .canon - provided they have a legitimate ...
ICANN Domain Name Application Process Re-OpensRedOrbit
Internet domain name programme back on trackVertical Leap News (press release)

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InsuranceQuote.com Domain Name For Sale Exclusively with DomainAdvisors
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Top Insurance Industry Domain Name Now Available. Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 DomainAdvisors, a leading broker of ultra premium domain names, announced today that the multi-billion dollar insurance industry's defining domain name, ...

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LegalSupply.com Lost To eLegalSupply.com: “The Transfer Of A Domain Is ...
TheDomains.com
by Michael H. Berkens At the time there was no indication who filed the UDRP seeking control of the domain, but the decision has just been issued and the complainant is eLegalsupply.com, LLC. eLegalSupply.com just took the generic domain name ...



Could the .secure domain make the Internet safer?
InfoWorld
By Robert Lemos | InfoWorld Most calls for new TLD (top-level domain) names seem like little more than real estate developers proposing the creation of entire new continents just to lease the land. The creation of .name, .pro, .xxx, and even .biz, ...

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InsuranceQuote.com Domain Name For Sale Exclusively with DomainAdvisors
Albany Times Union
DomainAdvisors, a leading broker of ultra premium domain names, announced today that the multi-billion dollar insurance industry's defining domain name, InsuranceQuote.com has been listed exclusively for sale with their firm. Whether it's auto, home, ...

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Internet domain name project relaunches after software bug
Reuters
In the most ambitious expansion of the Internet so far, the body that oversees domain names has now given organizations until May 30 to apply for their own Web address endings - for example .london, .eco or .canon - provided they have a legitimate ...



The Challenge of Classing Up Go Daddy
BusinessWeek
“Everybody gathers around to watch,” says Elizabeth Driscoll, a spokeswoman at Go Daddy, which helps businesses register domain names and run websites. “It's pretty exciting.” When the whirlwind ends, participants usually exit with a few hundred bucks.
BusinessWeek Covers Godaddy.com: “The Challenge of Classing Up GoDaddy”TheDomains.com

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Researchers Propose TLS Extension to Detect Rogue SSL Certificates
PCWorld
A more static implementation of this system already exists in Google Chrome for particular domain names, including Google's. TACK is based on the same public key pinning concept, but instead of pinning CA public keys to particular domain names, ...

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Mayor arrested after illegally accessing GoDaddy account and cancelling domain
Domain Name Wire
Register your domain names with Searchen Networks Inc., Check domain name availability. Search for domain names. Domain Name Wire is the Domain Name Industry's News Source. Mayor and his son accused of hacking into email and then illegally accessing ...

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Using Nigeria's domain name for economic growth
The Nation
By Adline Atili 12 hours 51 minutes ago Of what use is the country code Top Level Domain name, .ng to the economy? It can boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP), drive broadband growth and stimulate economic development, say experts, ADLINE ATILI reports ...


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