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By Guest Writer Harvey Segal
"Dear Sir,
We are sorry to advise you that we are no longer trading
as your ISP and your web site name
'www.localisp/~business/retail/videorecorderland.com'
is no longer active".
Consider the effect this would have on your business.
Think of all the locations where your Url is recorded, both online - with customers, adverts, search engines and all
the web sites that link to yours, and offline - your company stationery, business cards,
letterheads, envelopes, newspaper ads, brochures,
shipping labels, catalogs, etc.
All these contacts are now lost to you - they will
visit your site only to be met by the 'Url not recognised'
message.
This is a 'Domain' name - a unique name which will always
be yours, independent of an ISP.
If this alone was the only benefit of a domain name it
would still be a must for any business. But there are many
more advantages and this article will review them, explain
how to choose and obtain a domain name and how to move from
an ISP based web site name to a domain web site.
In our example above the domain name could be simplified to
the very impressive www.VCRworld.com, gaining all the
advantages which will be explained below.
2.1 It should convey effectively the nature of your business
A name such as golfnews.com will immediately give the reader
an idea of what the site contains, with no further
description.
It will also be easy to recall from memory at a later time.
But, a warning, you must also plan ahead for any future
diversity.
Suppose you then decide to provide news about other
sporting activities. It would make no sense to set up new
names such as
The name of your site should be generic in order to allow
for future variation.
If you had chosen the more general "sportsnews.com" this
gives you the flexibility to add:
2.2 It should be easy to remember and to spell
Can you recall the web address at the start of the article ?
I doubt it.
(It was www.localisp/~business/videorecorderland.com)
Can you remember the new name ?
Probably yes.
(It was www.VCRworld.com)
Think of the situations when you need to convey the spelling
of your Url. It could be in spoken format (during a
conversation, a phone call, in your voice mail) or printed
format (on all your stationery). You want to make it as
easy as possible for your customer to record it and to
recall it later and, hopefully, to communicate it to others.
You need to avoid a name that is too long or one with
confusing characters such as '~' or '-' or mixing 'I'
with '1'
(And just how do you explain the tilde sign '~' over
the phone ?)
A domain name means that you are free to move to a
different web host or ISP and leave the name unchanged.
Why would you want to move ?
Some of the reasons could be:
Whatever the reason you are no longer tied to your old ISP.
3.2. A professional image for your company
Would you feel comfortable about ordering goods offline
from a company based at
Flat 4a, Dodgy Street, Cheaptown
or about sending an order online to an Email address of
perkins23@localisp.com, where there is no way of finding
any information about the company such as the postal
address.
Contrast this to ordering from sales@VCRworld.com where you
have the option of obtaining company details through their
registered domain name
(via http://rs.internic.net/cgi-bin/whois).
Think of the credibility it lends to your company to have a
name based on the business: contrast this to a cheap
sounding name possibly hosted on a free site.
3.3. Ease of use for your customer
A well chosen domain name will be shorter to enter into
a browser and easier to say over the phone or appear on
a business card. In addition a customer may guess that
your site name is www.[yourcompany].com and reach it
successfully.
3.4. Submission to search engines
Some search engines may not accept submissions from free
(non-domain) sites
4. How to register a domain name
Domain names are issued by a central organisation called
InterNIC. Most Web Hosting companies will handle the
registration process for you, but make sure that you are
properly listed as the owner of the domain when it is
registered.
Although a domain name will simplify your move to another
provider if you are not happy, it is best to choose right
the first time. Technical features apart here is a useful
rule for choosing any company which provides a service:
ensure that their level of support is first rate.
Do not tolerate automated messages with false promises to
respond in 24 hours. Ignore what they claim to achieve and
prove it for yourself. Send in questions and observe the
quality and speed of response.
Such traffic is coming from, for example:
First, you change the individual pages on your old site to
point to the new site.
For example,
"We have now moved to another site. Click here to visit
new site".
You can find which sites are linking to you, if they are
registered in a given search engine, by searching for
"link:old address".
You will then need to make contact with these sites and
inform them of the new name.
However it is likely that there will still be unidentified
sources conveying visitors to your site. What you can do is
to ask the visitor where he heard about your site prior to
redirecting him. A free gift may provide the incentive
which provides this information.
Ideally you should have counters to tell you how many times
your old pages are being accessed. Once you feel that no
more traffic is reaching your old site or that it does not
justify the cost of maintaining it you can cancel the
original site.
A final tip - depending on your relationship with your
old provider there is no need to announce your intention to
move until you are ready.
Article by Harvey Segal. Harvey's free book "The SuperTips Book of Internet Marketing" and more great articles, ideas and tips at the SuperTips web-site Supertips
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Why your web site must have a domain name and how to get one
1. What is a domain name?
How would you react to this letter in your post ?
So can this be avoided?
Yes, simply. You can have a name which never changes.
2. What makes a good domain name?
The key elements of a good domain name are:
3. What are the benefits of a domain name?
3.1. Portability
5. How to choose a web host
If you have a business site on the web then you should aim
for nothing less than a professional hosting site providing
24 hours support, who will give you a domain name - not one
which incorporates their own name.
6. How to transfer to a domain site
If you are moving from a non-domain site to a domain site,
typically with a new provider, you will not want to lose all
the traffic currently visiting your old site.
Domain name related
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