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Useful Tips - How to Choose, Register o r Transfer a Domain Name
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Every professional How to Choose a 1. If you are
business should be Hosting Company transferring your
keeping up with the domain name to
demands and needs How Much Hosting another web host,
of its customers, Space Do You Need? download (copy) all
if it is to files to your
survive. One of the Hosting from computer from your
essential tools of $30/year old host.
any business these Sometimes files may
days is to have a 2. Register your be stored on your
professional web domain name in your host but not on
site. This begins own name, not your computer, so
with choosing and someone else's. doing this will
registering a Sometimes your host ensure you
domain name that may do this for downloaded the
will clearly you. This could whole site.
identify and brand cause you problems
your business in the future, Keep a copy of your
online for many should you decide files on the old
years to come, so to transfer your host, while you
you need to choose domain to another transfer to
wisely. hosting company. another host, so
you won't
How to choose a 3. Renewal - you experience any
domain name have had your site downtime of your
1. If you want your on the Web for a web site.
web site to have an year, sales are
added advantage in pouring in when 2. Open a new
the search engines, suddenly, your site hosting account.
think of a domain disappears - it
name that includes won't show up 3. Change the DNS
keywords visitors anymore! What (domain name
would search for in happened? Well, you system) or Name
the main search forgot to renew Server information
engines. your domain name. on the current
Hopefully this will domain name to the
2. Make a list of never happen to new hosting company
all the possible you! name servers. You
names that would can find this
suit your business When you sign up information by
(i.e. for a new domain going to the domain
isitebuild.com name, make sure name registrar (the
contains resources your domain name place where you
for building your registrar will send registered your
own web site or a reminder when domain name).
getting one built). your domain name is
Use www. about to expire. Your domain will
nameboy.com for take some time (24-
researching domain 4. When asked about 72 hours) to
names. NameBoy will DNS server (domain propagate over the
generate domain name system) or Internet, before it
names based on the Name Server appears on the new
keywords you enter. information, insert hosting company
If the dotcom name your Primary Name servers.
you want is not Server and
available, create a Secondary Name 4. Upload all files
longer name that Server information to the new host.
describes your - ask your future
business or use Web Hosting service 5. Amend and test
names that include for this your web site.
hyphens (i.e. ihost- information, if you Check that all
websites.com) don't have it files have been
handy. uploaded from your
3. If possible, computer and that
keep your domain What is the DNS your web site
name short so it is system? It is the appears exactly as
easy to spell and computer action of it did before.
easy to remember. changing domain
Take into account names into numeric 6. Cancel the
someone may Internet protocol previous hosting
remember the name (IP) numbers which account when you
but forget there is enables computers are satisfied with
a hyphen in it - to locate web sites the transfer of
you then miss out and e-mail. your domain name to
on those potential the new host.
customers. If you haven't
chosen a Web Host, A Great Tip for
4. If the dotcom then park your registering several
name is not domain name with domain names. Since
available, try the your domain name domain names are so
other new registrar (this is cheap these days
abbreviations such a temporary (they used to cost
as .BIZ .US,.INFO, location to store $35/year), you can
.TV. These are not your domain until afford to own
as popular as .COM, you are ready to several domains.
however you may get have it hosted). Each domain can
closer to the name have its own web
you want. How to transfer a site. Most small
domain name. There sites use less than
How to register a may be several 5MB of hosting
domain name 1. Any reasons why you space, so you could
company that sells would want to host several sites
domain names must transfer: for a small price.
be registered and
accredited with -Renewing Domain What are the
iCann - The Names There is a benefits of doing
Internet good chance that this? Linking each
Corporation for you could save of these web sites
Assigned Names and money on domain together and
Numbers name renewals by submitting them to
(http://www.icann.o transferring them the search engines
rg). You can get a to a different will increase your
domain name for registrar. Check sites search engine
under $10 from out the prices from rankings. It will
Godaddy.com. Read different also broaden the
carefully what's on registrars at places visitors can
their site as you NewRegistrars.com. access your
go through the business.
registration Before renewing a
process. It's easy domain name, make Generating a
to inadvertently sure you know which continuous traffic
sign up for other registrar the flow leads to more
services you don't domain name is sales. You have
need. actually registered now implemented and
with. solved one of your
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