Good Domain Names

•Registering a domain name
by Clare LawrenceRegistering a domain name By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. If your planning your own website, then your really need to consider getting your own domain name. They aren't free but if your serious about building your own corporate or on line presence the a domain name is one of the best investments you can make. The Domain Name System or DNS allows for computers to translate a series of...

•Detagged domains
by Clare LawrenceDetagged domains. By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.What is a DETAGGED domain name? We get asked this question regularly. Only UK domain names can be detagged. A domain name that has been DETAGGED is no longer hosted on valid name servers.What happens if there are no longer valid nameservers showing against a domain name? If no valid name servers are showing this means that any services...

•An Alternative to the COM Domain
An Alternative to the .COM Domain?    by Clare LawrenceAn Alternative to the .COM Domain? By Clare Lawrence CEO Discount Domains Ltd, March 2003 Small countries such as Tonga, Turkmenistan and Niue are offering an alternative to customers that have been squeezed out of the Internet as .com domain names have been registered. It is sometimes the unhappy task of a Domain registrar company, such as Discount Domains to tell clients that their preferred names in the .com domain are already...

•Tips on Domain Name Choice
by Clare LawrenceTips on Domain Name Choice By Clare Lawrence 3rd November 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. Before buying your domain name, give some thought to the followng:- 1) If possible use your sites name as the basis of your domain name e.g www.discountdomainsuk.com for Discount Domains UK. This might seem common sense but not every site follows the convention. If you use your name in your URL it will be much easier for your...

•Choosing a Great UK Domain Name
The first, and most critical, step for registering your domain name is choosing the right one. The perfect domain name is memorable, unique, easy to spell, and will rank high in searches. Here's what to do. 1. Keep it simple. The shortest and most direct domain name is always the best. You'll have to get creative to find it, though, because almost every single word in English is gone. Most of the best domain names being registered today are a company name, a person's name, or two-word...

•UK Domain Names Alternatives
If you've tried to register a domain name recently, you've noticed; all the really good .com names are gone. Try it. Choose any animal, any generic medication, any sport, any mode of transportation, even emotions or silly names. You have very little chance of finding any of them free in the .com listings. Fortunately, for businesses that do business primarily within the United Kingdom, Central Nic offers the alternative of the uk.com domain extension. You might think that this isn't an...

•Web Site Basics
   by Clare LawrenceBy Clare Lawrence 8th June 2004 The web or internet is an exciting place, but can seem very daunting to the novice web designer. You want to get a web site up and live, how is it done, and how can it be done cheaply? Domain Names The first step is to select a domain name, try and choose a name that is easy to remember, short, and if possible one that describes your website. Nearly all the obvious domain name have gone, so you may need to use your imagination! There are many...

•Domain Names
by Clare LawrenceDomain NamesBy Clare Lawrence 11th May 2004 Domain names are relatively straightforward! Or at least that’s the theory!! The domain name is also, but technically not quiet correct, known as the website address. Using an ISP’s domain name can look amateurish in an e-mail addresses, it is much more so with websites, giving the impression of hanging on another’s coat tails. The only exception being when a firm wants to re-inforce a local or professional affiliation by appearing...

•Which TLD
   by Clare LawrenceWhich top-level domain (TLD) to choose?By Clare Lawrence 10th March 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.I am often asked this question. Is it possible that search engines such as google give preference to the .com TLD? Or are TLD’s all treated equally?As a test I picked a random phrase “Technical services” and did a search on Google.com. The results:1. .org 2. .com 3. .com 4. .net 5. .co.uk Trying the phrase again...

•Global Domain Sales
by Clare LawrenceGlobal Domain SalesDomain name growth 1992 – 2003 March 2003, updated December 2003 By Clare Lawrence CEO Discount Domains Ltd Domain name growth is starting to recover, but we are a long way from the rapid growth we saw in 1998 –2000.I am confident that the market for domain names will move back into a growth phase in the next two or three years time, its true that the dot com boom was a “bubble”, but we are now seeing a maturing in the market with more businesses...