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A domain name is an alias for an IP address. Now what is an IP address? An IP address is a numeric code that signifies where to look through the Internet for content. An good example of an IP address would be 22.226.141.25. Rather than typing in a long and easily forgotten IP address, a domain name helps you by typing an easily remembered name to access the same website.

E.g., www.domainsuitcase.com is a domain name that points to a unique IP address. People can remember a domain name such as www.domainsuitcase.com much easier than they can remember a long numeric code.

Domain names are everywhere as many use it everyday. Think of search sites. Google and Yahoo both have corresponding domain names www.google.com and www.yahoo.com. If you have ever sent out an email you have applied a domain name. For example when sending an email to user@sympatico.ca, sympatico.ca is the domain name.

COM, ORG, NET? Which one to choose?

One common question I encounter is from individuals who can't get the ".com" domain of their choice, but find the ".net", ".org" or other country-specific top level domains (TLDs) available (like .de, .nu, .sg, etc). Should they try out for these?

The solution is not as straightforward as you might think. If your website or business supplies to the local community, such as a pizza delivery business or recruitment office or the like, then it makes sense to get a country-specific domain. You actually gaining from holding such a local domain because the individuals in your land know that they're dealing with a local entity, which is what they want. After all, if they stay in (say) the United Kingdom, they're not likely to want to try to order pizza from pizzaparlour.com, which indicates a US or an international site. You'll have better chances calling it pizzaparlour.co.uk, ie, with a UK domain.

What if yours is a website or business that can benefit from an international visitors? There are actually many philosophies on this. I'll just refer a few ordinary ones.

The first philosophy goes on the premise that it is best to have a domain name of your choice "myperfectdomain" even if it has a TLD of ".net", ".org" or some other country specific extension, than to finish up opting an obscure domain name for the simple reason you can't get your first pick. Thus they would settle for domain names like "myperfectdomain.de" or "myperfectdomain.net" or whatever. Against this is the argument that if you get a country specific domain, people might think that your business only supplies to that country.

Another school of thought finds that ".net" and ".org" extensions are actually quite acceptable domain names. For some, the ".org" extension actually identifies the non-profit nature of their organisation. So, for instance, the well-known Apache web server can be found at "apache.org".

Others settle for the ".com" extension and nothing more. As evidence for their arguments, they mention the browser algorithms used to locate a website when a user simply types a name like "acme" into the browser. Obviously, the browser searches for a domain name "acme.com" before attempting "acme.net", etc. As such, people who do that will be delivered to your rival's site if you do not also possess the ".com" extension. Indeed, even if people do not rely on their browser to complete their typing, many simply assume a ".com" extension when they type a domain name, so if your business is "Acme", they'll just accept your domain name is "acme.com" rather than "acme.net" or some other such name.

As you can see, there are actually good reasons for accepting any of the above thoughts. My personal footnote to the above arguments is that if you get a domain name with an extension other than ".com", make sure that you boost your business or website with the full domain name. For example, if your domain name is "dogandcatfood.net", make sure that when you advertise your site or business, call it "dogandcatfood.net" not "dogandcatfood". Otherwise people will assume a ".com" extension and travel to the wrong place.

Now that we have a better understanding of domain names, we need to know which domain name to select and where can we register it. The domain name picked out for a web site can be a really important decision of marketing your company on the Internet. Its quite easy to just say pick out a catchy domain that everyone will remember to use and you are set. In most cases it is that simple and you are set on your way to register the domain. However, at times the domain name you want has already been taken. And then you must think of a secondary name that you wish to use that will be just as catchy as the first.

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