subject: A Short Introduction To Domain Name Registration [print this page] Ok so a website is a vital part of any business these days, and giving it a suitable moniker and registering it can be headache. First off a careful consideration with regards to how the title will affect any future search engine rankings will have to be made. It is vitally important that exactly what is required from the website is known before any domain name registration is carried out.
Settling on a particular handle for any website is ideally the first important decision that needs to be made in fact. The important point is to try and pinpoint exactly what the business actually does.
It is certainly by no means an easy thing to attempt a summary of everything a business does in just two or three words, but it can be worth it. The right decision having been made here before commencing to register a domain name will ensure that any further decisions will be so much clearer.
Basically what the website is called should be both relevant and easy to remember. Besides this, it is vital that it reflects the keywords linked to the relevant industry. This can have an enormous impact on the search engine rankings once the website is up and running. However care should be taken not to overdo this as it has been claimed that search engines such as Google actually prefer two-word titles.
Which extension to use at the end can be quite complex, especially as more and more extensions are appearing all the time. The fact is that one is often, at least in part, limited to what is available. But important points that should be remembered are that generally extensions such as co.uk, for example, are naturally seen by search engines to be based in the UK, whereas a .Com extension, to take another example is seen as more international.
In reality a hosting company should be able to register a domain name for their clients, and it is probably worth while keeping in with them. However, there are numerous websites out there that can do this instead, except this will entail getting the hosting company to have the name transferred.
Perhaps the most important point to check before going ahead with domain name registration is to ensure the website owner does in fact own the title. Because the fact is some registrars will insist on maintaining a control over the domains they register. In general, registration will take up to about a couple of days, after which time the site will appear online.
