Domain name Search
Registering your own domain name is the best way to personalise your web presence and put across a professional image on the Internet.
You can use your domain name as the address for your website, and for all of your email addresses.
All prices are for one year, excluding VAT. Most domain names have a minimum registration period of two years.
Domain names are web addresses. For example, in the following web address - www.sitedomainnames.co.uk - 'sitedomainnames.co.uk' is the domain name. In order to have a website on the Internet, you need a domain name!
Search for available domain names by typing into the box below and clicking 'Go'. We'll tell you what extensions (.com, .co.uk) are available and how much they cost for the registration period.
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Tips for registering your new domain name.
You never register your domain name through your web hosting company however attractive the deal might appear. The reason for this is one day you may wish to transfer your domain name to another web hosting company and your current web host may not like this. It is not unusual in such cases for the web host to charge a transfer fee.
Make sure the domain name you choose does not infringe on someone else's trademark rights (you could be sued). To make sure your domain name has no trademark infringement issues, after conducting a search for its availability on your domain name register's website, you can also check at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) http://www.uspto.gov.
Always register your domain name for more than one year. The reason being that, other than the usual discounts you get for multi-year registrations from most domain name registers, Google (and perhaps the other search engines) consider multi-year registered domains as less likely to be spam sites. Consequently, right off the bat your site will have a search engine advantage (at least with Google), such as a shorter evaluation period in the Google Sandbox.
Domain name registration prices range from as little as £1.99 a year up to £8.99 per year and beyond. Generally there is little point in opting for the more expensive registers because you more or less get the same service. In fact some of the cheaper domain name registration companies provide better quality service.
Make sure that your domain name is registered in your name. Some less scrupulous domain registration services have been known to register new domains with their own information. You can verify that your domain is registered with your particulars at: http://www.internic.net/whois.html.
The Domain Name Game
So what kind of domain name do you want? Do you want to pick a domain name incorporated with a targeted keyword, or do you want to take the memorable-brand route that the likes of Google, Yahoo and Amazon (to name but a few) have done with astounding success. Well, if your website is going to be business related or involved in some form of commerce it makes sense to have a well-searched-for-keyword incorporated within the domain name. The majority of online businesses are still found through search engine queries. By and large though, a good rule of thumb is to incorporate the most searched for term (for your market) in your domain name.
The shorter your domain name the more memorable it's going to be. One alternative you've got is to hyphenate your targeted keyword with another word. The jury is still out about hyphens though, but most SEO experts concur that hyphenating a string of words makes a long domain name more search engine friendly. The downside is that when it comes to word-of-mouth dissemination most folks won't bother including those pesky hyphens, with the resulting consequence that intended referrals to your domain could end up on your competitor's doorstep. So as you can see, the whole process of naming your domain is a fine balancing act.
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