Create your Online Identity
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The Internet is the fastest growing marketing and communications medium
in the world today.
Establishing your business on Internet is a great way to help it grow.
Customers will remember and use your address to find your Web site, your
products or your services.
A Domain Name is your address on the Internet. When your domain name is
typed into the address bar of a web browser, it will connect that browser
to your web site allowing the visitor to view your web pages. Each unique
name identifies a different website online. The domain name must be registered.
A Web Hosting Package is necessary to upload your own web pages to a server.
Domain names are attached to DNS (Domain Naming System) servers, which
are used to translate numeric addresses (known as IP, or Internet Protocol,
addresses) into words. Each site you visit on the net has a numeric IP
address behind its name, which represents the site's true address on the
Internet.
Obviously, the first step in purchasing a domain is to think of a name.
It is generally the name of a business or a word combination that is easy
to remember and spell. Once you've picked a domain, you will need to decide
how long to purchase it for. While shorter lengths of time can initially
appear cheaper, they also require more frequent renewals.
Domain
Name Extensions
Each domain name ends with what’s known as an extension. A domain
name extension is another tool of identification. An extension or TLD
(Top Level Domain) consists of the last few letters following the final
period or “dot” in the name itself. The extension /TLD for
almocomputer.com is “.com.” There are a host of top-level
domain name extensions available today, such as:
• .com (Commercial Organizations)
• .net (Networks)
• .org (Not-for-profit Organizations)
• .info (Information)
• .biz (Business)
Country Extensions
Domain name extensions can even be indicative of location. Location oriented
domain name extensions are always two letters in-length.
Examples of such extensions are:
• .fr (France)
• .it (Italy)
• .es (Spain)
• .de (Germany)
• .be (Belgium)
• .nl (Netherlands)
There are currently over 240 different countries and territories represented
with such available extensions.
So, how can you get your own domain name? Simple! Choose an available
domain name and extension, register it, and that’s it!
Expand your business out of your home town or city into the emerging worldwide
market place.
For more information please contact us
and we will be pleased to advise you.
