Choosing A Great Domain Registrar

If youve decided your business need a website

, then one of the first things youll need to do is complete the domain registration. This is done through a domain registrar and you can easily complete this process online. The key to the success of any website begins with choosing the right domain name and in some cases, this can prove somewhat difficult. There are a few tips to follow before you complete your domain registration to make sure youre going to benefit from your website.

The best domain name usually begins with your company name. If some is looking for your company, they will usually type the business name in the search engines. If it matches your domain name, then it should pop up on the first page of the search results, as long as you have created and promoted your website properly. The domain registrar will let you search to see if your preferred name is available and will usually offer some suggestions if it is not. Before you get your heart set on .com address and find out someone else has it, you should consider a .net, .info, or .org TLD (Top Level Domain). Since the internet has 233 billion websites as of December 2009, its easy to see why someone else may have the domain you want. When youre search through the domain registrar online, youll find some excellent alternative choices and some that arent so good. Its up to you complete your domain registration with a name that will help people identify with your company.

One you have chosen your domain name, youll start the domain registration process. You will be asked several questions, such as whether you want web hosting, how long you want your name registered for, and how you would like the website information to be displayed. Google seems to frown on websites that are only registered for one year, so if you can, register it for two. This helps the search engines see your site as something more than just a spam site. When you have completed the domain registration process, the domain registrar will give you the rest of the information youll need to start to build your websites. You can have a professional web designer take care of this or some of the hosting sites provide web building tools that can make it quite simple. However, if youve never done any of it before, you may feel more comfortable with a professional designer.

The domain registrar you use will let you know when your domain registration is almost up. Youll need to either pay the next year or more registration costs or the website will revert back to being available for sale. If you dont complete the domain registration, your website will not be available any more. Most of the domain registrar companies have an automatic payment option, so you wont have to worry about this. This will make sure your website stays live, so you wont miss any of the customers that search for your company.

by: Vikram Kumar

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