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How to Buy Domain Names

May 23, 2008

Domain Names are essential for your online presence. They are the address which your target audience will use to find you online. Domain names are actually pretty cool, they make it easier to locate a website you are looking for. For example Google.com basically points to 216.239.37.99. You can imagine how hard it would be to remember all those numbers!

Domain names are available at many online sites through registrars. If you are paying more than $9.00 for a domain name I HIGHLY SUGGEST checking out one of these vendors below.

These are some of my favorite domain companies…

Private Registration
One thing I also recommend is to order private registration for your domains. It helps keep your personal data private i.e.: Name, Address, Phone and email address. If you don’t unsolicited mail or email definitely add privacy when buying a domain name. Spammers are known to target people who do not.

TLD’s (Domain Extensions)
.biz - for business use
.com - for commercial organizations, but unrestricted (also the most sought over)
.edu - for post-secondary educational establishments
.gov - for governments and their agencies in the United States
.info - for informational sites, but unrestricted
.jobs - for employment-related sites
.mil - for the US military
.mobi - for sites catering to mobile devices
.name - for families and individuals
.net - originally for network infrastructures, now unrestricted
.org - originally for organizations, now unrestricted

There are many more types of domains for more info consult wikipedia.

Written by M · Filed Under Tips 

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