Registering Your Domain Name

If you have ever wondered what the hell registering a domain is all about...you can probably guessed it by now.
Registering a domain name gets you an official address for your web site on the World Wide Web so that the rest of the Web can find you. Like your home address is unique in the real world, there also can't be any duplicate addresses on the Internet, otherwise no one would know where to go! In other words domain names are unique addresses on the web.

Registering the perfect domain name and choosing the right fundamental aspect of creating a web presence for yourself and for your company. Search engines are designed to find a site based upon content, meta tag data, domain name, and the number of other sites which link to your site as well as other factors. Your domain name represents your company. You could use your company name if it is available. Another way to get a high ranking for your website is by getting more traffic and that can be done by choosing an individual item and keep attention and then design your site specifically around that product.

If your site found in the major search engines (Google, MSN, etc.) which is very important and so we highly recommend you to register a name that contains your major keywords instead of your company name.

If you are just creating a website for a local business, getting traffic from all over the web may not be as important to you. This is because your customers will be local and you may want to grow your brand name in a specific area. If this is the case, it may make more sense to register your company name and create brand awareness locally instead of trying to capitalize on search engine presence.

NOTE: Keep in mind that the domain name is not the only factor weighted by search engines when deciding your rank. The content on your web pages and your site's popularity (inbound links from other sites) is very important too. However, it certainly doesn't hurt to make sure your name is optimized for maximum results.

Here are some tips to choose best domain name:

1. Don't register the domain name that are too long and have too many syllables if you can help it.Select an easy name so that everyone can easily remember it. It might be not so easy although lots of names are taken these days.

2. Use hyphens if your name is more than 3 words long (unless your name includes 3 short words).

3. Protect your name by registering with any extensions (.net, .org, etc.) This disallow people from copying your name. For example the site name is virtualsplat.com so other can have virtualsplat.net, org, etc.
You don't have to build a site on all the domains, but can overturn the others to keep people from registering them.

Why does registering a Domain Name cost money?

If you want to have your own unique address on the web, your own domain name, it will cost a few bucks for each year you want to 'own' the name. The cost of registering a domain name ranges from less than $10 USD to $30 USD per year and maybe more. You can register a domain from 1 to 10 years.

The reason it cost is because there is this central 'address book' of all the worlds domain names that needs to be updated and kept going - somebody's got to pay for that! You may have noticed That we have just affixed a little extra piece of information of the giant 'web address book' of domains.
That leads us to provide you with supplementary information. When you type in a web sites domain name or click on a link to that domain name, your browser starts asking servers where that particular domain name is sitting and the servers are able to tell the browser where to go by referring to the giant address book I mentioned above.

The two steps to getting your web site 'live' on the Web:
with a filter background details under our belts, we can now go over Two steps for going live on web

Register Your Domain.

Rent some Server Space.

1. Registering your Domain
There are many companies out there that allow you to register the domain name for your web site. Prices vary, as does the quality of service, but at the end of the day, they all handle the details of getting your domain name listed in the giant address book.

2. Renting server space to 'host' your web site

When renting space on a server so that it can serve your web site on the World Wide Web, it is often called 'HOSTING'. Companies that provide this service are often called 'HOST' or 'HOSTING COMPANIES'.

After you registered your domain, all you need to do is contact a hosting company and tell them you want to host you web site and that you have a proper domain name. They will guide you through the process and you should be live on the web in no time!