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Ten Good Reasons To Register A Domain Name Today
ots of people will tell
you that you either don't 2. MOVING WEB HOST
need a domain name or all
the good ones are already taken. When you have the type of long
I don't agree, I find (and URLs I referred to in point 1,
register) good domain names on your URL is tied to your web host
your regular basis, and I think or ISP. What happens if you
they're more than worth the money change hosting company? What
(you can register domains for happens if your hosting company
less than $20 per year). goes out of business (it
happens)? Answer: Your URL
1. LONG URLs changes, which means you may have
to reprint your stationary and
If you don't have a domain name any promotion efforts that you've
for your web site, you'll have a already done and most likely
long URL, something like wasted.
http://members.yourisp.com/~yourc
ompany or perhaps On the other hand, if you get
http://yourcompany.yourisp.com/ your own domain name, you can
take it with you (and make it
Now that doesn't look good on a point to your new web host), if
business card! What's more, your you change hosting companies.
customers and prospects probably
won't be able to remember it. 3. EMAIL ADDRESSES
On the other hand, if you get When you get your own domain
your own domain name, you'll have name, you can set it up so that
an easy to remember URL, that you have email addresses
looks professional and is easy containing your domain name. For
for folks to remember. example, yourname@yourcompany.com
engine results - or even
Doesn't that look a lot more disappear from search engines
professional that an ISP, hotmail completely!
or yahoo address?
On the other hand, if you have
4. SEARCH ENGINE POSITIONING your own domain, you won't have
these kinds of problems: you're
If you get a domain name contains responsible for and only affected
keywords that describe your by your own web site's content.
site's topic it can help boost
your search engine rank (and thus 6. DIRECTORIES
help you get more visitors).
Lots of folks don't consider a
5. SEARCH ENGINE INDEXING site serious, if it doesn't have
its own domain name - and that
Search engines can sometimes be includes some directory editors.
sensitive beasts. For example,
they don't like being spamdexed Go look for yourself in Yahoo!
with lots of junk pages, and to and see how many commercial sites
stop it they either penalise you can find which don't have a
sites which contain junk pages, domain name... Answer: Not many.
or may place limits on the
maximum number of pages that can 7. CREDIBILITY
be indexed per domain.
When new people encounter your
If you don't have your own domain business through the web, they
name, other people's web sites only know you from what they see.
who simply share the same hosting Do you really want to look some
service with you, can cause your fly-by-night who can't afford $20
site to drop down the search per year to register their own
domain name? end-up at your site (ask your web
host if you need help with
8. PROTECT YOUR IDENTITY setting this up).
When you register a domain name, 10. INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE
it identities you (or your
business). Do you really want Some people have made a lot of
somebody else grabbing domain money registering and trading in
names that identify you, your domain names. There's absolutely
business, your products, or (if nothing wrong with that provided
applicable) your trademarks? that they don't infringe others'
trademark or proprietary rights
Sure, if somebody else does ("cybersquatting").
register a domain name that
infringes your rights, you might So there, exactly as promised,
be able to call the lawyers in, are the 10 good reasons to
and perhaps get it back... but register a domain name... but
wouldn't it be easier and cheaper I'll add one more, and it's a
to avoid this hassle in the first reason that you should act today:
place by registering the domains
yourself? 11. GET IT FIRST
9. TYPOS AND MISSPELLINGS As already mentioned, domain
names are being registered at a
When people type in URLs, they truly incredible rate. You know
sometimes can make typing errors what that means? If you wait, the
or misspell the URL. You might domain name you want could soon
consider registering the most be taken - so register it today.
common spelling errors of your
URL, so that these people still This article is Copyright (C)
2005, Answers 2000 Limited.
About the Author:
This article was written by Sunil Tanna of Answers 2000. For more
information about domain names, and several advanced (and free)
domain search tools, please visit http://www.domaincavern.com/
Read more articles by: Sunil Tanna
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