Introduction to domain names

In the case of a business domain, think of purchasing your domain name with either the businesses name in mind or a well know aspect of the business or a service you provide. Domain names are an important factor in search engine rankings, if your thoughts are along the lines of how your business will be found within the seach engine results of Google, Yahoo, and MSN, this needs to be well researched and well thought out.

Domain Name Registration

Domain name registration is the purchase of your websites identity, the who you are of the Internet. As mentioned above, it's important to choose a domain name that is relavent to your websites subject, so it should be both easy to remember if that's possible, and have a relationship to your business, product, or service. Registering your domain is easy using SarJen Web Hosting , just search your domain for availability on the home page, and purchase it. The catch to doing this, well, not really a catch but rather another choice to make, do you want to purchase a .com domain, a .net domain, a .org domain, or a host of others to choose from? See Common domain extentions defined below:

Common domain extentions defined

• .com denotes the word 'commercial,' and it is an unrestricted global domain name extension. Many businesses prefer a .com domain name because it is a highly recognized symbol for having a business presence on the Internet. However, the number of available .com domain names is shrinking as more and more businesses go online.



• .net represents the word 'network,' and is an unrestricted global domain name extension most commonly used by Internet service providers, Web-hosting companies, or other businesses that are directly involved in the infrastructure of the Internet. Additionally, some businesses choose domain names with a .net extension for their intranet web sites.



• .org represents the word 'organization,' and is an unrestricted global domain name extension that is primarily used for non-commercial sites. However, many commercial entities register the .org extensions corresponding to their .com domain names in order to protect their brands.



• .biz is a restricted-use global domain name extension used for business web sites. As a relatively new type of domain, .biz offers a company the opportunity to get the domain name it really wants and enhance its presence on the Web with a domain name that means business.



• .info is an unrestricted domain name extension that creates an opportunity to reach a worldwide audience with information about your business and ideas. .info is growing in popularity, but still has many great names available.



• .us is a restricted-use country code that may be used by any individual or organization with residence in the United States or its territories, including foreign organizations that do business in the US.

There are many more domain extentions such as .mobi, .asia, and more but the ones listed above are probably the most used. If you are going to register a .com domain name, you may want to think about registering multiple domains using a main domain name for the web site and point all other to that domain, that choice is yours and could be an intellegent move on your part.