Give an Example of a Domain Name and How to Maximize a URL

The Domain Name - An Example and How to Find One

What features and attributes make good Internet site names? This short tutorial will cover an explanation and reference some websites to help you understand the meaning of terms.

Getting started. One example of a choice for your domain name that really works would be, say, whitehouse.gov. It clearly tells what it is about. --- a gov (note the end extension) website for the U.S. White House.

If you plan to be involved in finding more info about the executive branch, this web site will help you find out what's going on. It is simple to remember and covers everything the url is about in one simple name.

In fact, there are website url's on the Net that have become icons themselves. For example, when is the last time you Googled something? Is this really a verb? It is now with the tremendous exposure and amount of traffic this site receives on a daily basis. But remember, "Google" wasn't a verb until after google.com came along. Other iconic Internet sites and url names include:

• microsoft.com
• amazon.com
• cnn.com
• drudgereport.com
• littlegreenfootballs.com
• salon.com
• petsmart.com
• yahoo.com
• dailykos.com

Some of these Internet addresses belong to entities that were big before they became big online; they were already commercial giants in their own right. Yet, others are for blogs or online news outlets ( like fox.com ) that have become popular on the basis of their content. Still another example of domain name choice is the kind specifically created for an online service or online marketer, such as amazon.com. And, ever bid on anything from Ebay?

Now, your first thought is most likely, "I do not intend for my url address to become a giant such as Ebay.Com." Well, maybe you don't -- but on the other hand, it's not an impossibility. To meet your expectations, you want your domain name to do a couple of things. You want it to:

• Be easy and simple to remember
• Be unique and not become confused with other similar domain names
• Be on or near the top of a search engine listing such as Google or Yahoo

And, you'll want people to easily be able to type in your website name. For that reason, avoid using the hyphen if you can at all help it. If motorcycles.com is already taken, that doesn't mean that registering motor-cycles.com is a good idea. In fact, it's probably not... not only is the second choice more difficult to type, it's also more difficult to remember, and will almost certainly drive traffic to the wrong website, i.e. not yours. Take some time doing your ownership search so that you'll find a good, unique url from the long list you'll find.

It's common when describing a domain name composed of two or three words compressed together as "all one word." So if someone was telling about their favorite blog site, they'd say "That's little green footballs -- all one word." This is a good example of what your url should look like.

There are many other ways of getting online including using expired domains or doing url redirects but these are the subject of other tutorials to come. And yes, alloneword.com is a registered domain name... yet another domain name choice that works. This is as good as it gets when it comes to an explanation and example but you will be able to find other combinations just as viable for your business when you learn how to build a website.

Where to Find an ISP ( Internet Service Provider )

Many new website personal or business owners sometimes fail to consider the quality of ISP service provided. Learning and finding an example of a domain name doesn't really matter if your Internet host is not working when you need it.

Do a little research to find a good ISP which offers benefits for personal Internet sites or things like ssl for a homebased business, etc. Doing an extensive search online will help you find some answers and maybe a great hosting company.

Domain Name Lookup Service - The absolute place to go if you want to lookup Internet addresses. You can do an ownership search at http://www.internic.net/alpha.html