How to btain your own website and domain name

How To Obtain Your own Website

The first step to hosting your website is choosing your domain name and getting it registered. Choosing the right name depends on a number of factors. If you are a business with an already established presence, it would make sense to use your company name. if you’re promoting a particular product, it may be a better idea to use that product’s name. If it’s a personal website, you could use your own name, and so on. Your domain name shouldn’t be too long. It should be easy to remember and difficult to misspell.

Like the site name, the last part of the domain name—which ends in .com, .net, .org etcetera—is also important. The choice of what domain extension to register your site under should be driven by your target audience. Registering with a .com extension is the default consideration. You can also consider registering the name in country level domains. For example, if you are a business in India, the .in extension will communicate an intrinsic message to your web audience.

Also, you will need to have at least two to three possible candidates for your web site name, as there is a good likelihood that most of the obvious ones will already be taken.

Having decided on the possible names for your website, the next step is to find a domain registrar. Many hosting companies include domain name registration as part of their hosting packages. It may seem simpler to use their service; however, it could become a potential bottleneck if you want to switch hosting companies later on. The administrator account for the domain registration will default to the hosting company, and getting that information out would be like pulling out a tooth. Since you are dumping them and moving to another host, they will feel less than obliged to provide you with the necessary information in a timely manner. Whatever service you choose, make sure the process is completely transparent and under your control, and that there are no hidden costs.

For those of you still undecided about spending money on setting up your own website, there is still the option of going in for a free site. Free sites have some limitations. Your site will be a sub-domain of the free site provider. But there are hundreds of companies that provide free hosting. The catch, though, is that they will reserve space on your screen to serve advertising banner ads and other links. Also, they might disable certain features that are processor intensive, and only allow you to have limited interactivity on the site.

If you are new to webpage design and not too keen on getting your fingers dirty by delving into HTML coding, most of these free websites (and also some paid sites) offer template-based interfaces that enable you to design your website using nothing more than your mouse and keyboard. You can choose from themes and color combinations that can give you a fully-functional website in an hour or so.

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How To Obtain Your own Website