How To Choose A Domain Name & How It Affect Your Business

Choosing a domain name seems easy task but when we go through this situation then we realize that how difficult it is, it is difficult not only because we need name according to our company or business name, but also it affect your traffic directly or indirectly.
Choosing a domain name is similar to choosing a company name — it requires a lot of thought and consideration. Your domain name is your identity on the web; you want to make sure you choose a name that not only fits your business, but is also easy to find and promote.

The steps given below can help you pick the perfect domain name for your website.

1. Keep it short (6 to 15 character is good) 

If your domain name is long and complex, you risk customers mistyping or misspelling it. Short and simple is the way to go.

2. Use keywords is a good practise

Using keywords that describe your business and the services you offer. For example, if you’re a glass replacement business, you may want to register GlassChange.com or GlassReplacer.com.

3. it must be easy to type

looking for a domain name that’s easy to type is critical to online success. If you use slang (u instead of you) or words with multiple spellings (express vs. xpress), it might be harder for customers to find your site.

4. Target your area

If your business is local, consider including your city or state in your domain name to make it easy for local customers to find and remember. Example: MaharashtraGlassChange.com.

5. Avoid numbers and hyphens in domain name

Any thing like numbers and hyphens are often misunderstood — people who hear your website address don’t know if you’re using a numeral (5) or it’s spelled out (five) or they misplace or forget the dash. If you need these in your domain, register the different variations to be safe.

6. Build your brand and protect it

To build and protect your brand, you should purchase various domain extensions, as well as misspelled versions of your domain name. This prevents competitors from registering other versions and ensures your customers are directed to your website, even if they mistype it.

7. Acting fast is better bet

Domain names sell quickly. Thankfully, they’re also inexpensive, so register your favorite domain names as soon as possible. If you’re having trouble finding an available name, domain registrars like Bigrock will suggest alternate names during your domain search to help you find the perfect domain name.

8. It must be memorable

There are millions of registered domain names, so having a domain that’s catchy and memorable is essential. Once you’ve come up with a name, share it with close friends to make sure it sounds appealing and makes sense to others.

9. Research on it many times

Make sure the name you’ve selected isn’t trademarked, copyrighted or being used by another company. It could result in a huge legal mess that could cost you a fortune, as well as your domain!

10. Domain name extension must be appropriate

Extensions are suffixes, such as .com or .net, at the end of web addresses. These can have specific uses, so make sure to choose one that works for your business. The .com domain extension is far and away the most popular, but it can be tough to get a short and memorable .com domain name because it’s been around for so long.

A bevy of new generic top-level domains — like .photography, .nyc and .guru — offer a great opportunity to register short and highly relevant names. And here are some other top extensions and how they’re often used:

• .co : an abbreviation for company, commerce, and community.
• .info : informational sites.
• .net : technical, Internet infrastructure sites.
• .org : non-commercial organizations and nonprofits.
• .biz : business or commercial use, like e-commerce sites.
• .me : blogs, resumes or personal sites.

Note: You don’t need to build a website for every domain. Just forward any additional domains to your primary website.

Also See: How To Use Custom Domain Name With Bloggers Blog

Now go ahead and grab a cool domain name for your future brand, Good Luck!

How to Create Own Email Id With Domain Name (Eg: admin@domainname.com)

With the help of google app, we can create out own email id, this stuff will work with most of the common domain registrar.

Follow The Given Steps: 

1. Firstly, go to google apps Sign up Page, click on start free trial (You would be paying later, but it’s good to enjoy first one month without paying anything)
   
2. Now just click next, and on the next page, you have the option to buy the domain from Google or use any of your existing domain. If you have a domain, use the option which says “Use a domain name I have already purchased” and if you need to buy a domain name, use the second option.
   
3. Now on the next page, you will need to create your first Google Apps user name. My suggestion would be, create only those email address which you are more likely to going to use. As Google Apps charges /user/month, using fewer Email address will ensure that your business monthly expense will be low.
   
4. Just click signup and it will automatically redirect you to admin dashboard of your newly created Google Apps account.
   
5. The thing which we require at first here, is to verify domain ownership which could be done in multiple ways. The easiest way is by adding the meta tag if you already created your website, or you can add Txt record to verify domain ownership. In my case, I have added meta tag into my WordPress site to verify domain ownership. (as proof that i own the domain)
   
6. After verifying your domain ownership, next step is to set up email for your domain. Click on next step after verify, and you will be back to admin console where you can click on setup email to start setting up Google Apps Email service. The great thing about Google Apps setup tool is, it’s very smart and makes it easy for any non-technical user to setup and get running in no-time. For example, in my case, Google apps detected that my domain is hosted on Bluehost, and it gave me instructions to quickly setup Google Apps email service via Bluehost. After this you have to delete all existing MX record.
   
7. At this point, delete all existing MX record in your Bluehost hosting account or other web-hosting services that you are using, and simply add the MX record provided by Email setup console of Google apps.

That’s it! in less than 24 hours Google will check the MX records after which your mail will be activated, hope this helps.

Pleasr remember, having your personalized domain Email address, will help in branding and look more professional, Good Luck!

How to make you website accessible without www in the URL (example: yoursite.com instead of www.yoursite.com)

The website URL without www is called as "NAKED DOMAIN"

but many times hen we build any new website it shows error if we try to access our site without 'www', so to solve this, either we need to set up A records manually with the target IP address in the DNS setting of the web host or use a third party service.
Doing it with the first way is a bit complex task and may create some confusions. Using the third party service is the best way for beginners, it redirect naked domain to the complete URL of the website (with WWW)


The service is provided by http://wwwizer.com/

One question may arise in your mind that how this redirect works (yoursite.com to www.yoursite.com) ?

The answer is every visitor to your "naked domain" (example.com) will be redirected to www.example.com. It is done with HTTP 301-redirect, and all parameters and full path is preserved.


Proceure:

               Just point your naked domain to 174.129.25.170 and it will be redirected to the same domain with www in front that means,
All you need to do to redirect visitors from example.com to www.example.com is: point your naked domain A-record to the IP address 174.129.25.170. And it will start to work as soon as your DNS updates.

I hope you will definately do it for the sake of convenience of the visitors of your website, good luck!

How to use custom domain name for bloggers blog

The two ways you can publish your blog on Blogger is either you host it on Blogspot (example.blogspot.com) or host it on your own custom domain name (www.example.com or foo.example.com). You can change where your blog is published at any time, and it won't cause you to lose any content on your site.

 First, purchase a custom domain name from any of the link given below
Before you move your blog to a custom domain, you need to have already purchased a custom domain name from another provider.
There are many companies you can buy domain names from, such as:

• 1and1
• Yahoo! Small Business
• No-IP
• EasyDNS
• GoDaddy.com
• ix web hosting

Now set up your domain with your existing bloggers blog

1. Go to your blog and click on Basics under the Settings tab. In the "Publishing" section, click the link to add a custom domain.  
2. Type the url of the domain you've purchased, keeping in mind that it must begin with www in order to work.
3. Click Save.
4. You should see an error, and two CNAMEs listed below. Each CNAME is composed of two parts - Name, Label or Host and Destination, Target or Points to. The first CNAME is the same for everyone, Name being "www" and Destination "ghs.google.com." The second CNAME is particular to your blog and your Google Account, and is therefore different for each person.
5. Go to your domain registrar's website and locate the DNS (Domain Name System) settings in the control panel.
6. it's time to enter the CNAMEs. Where it says Name, Label or Host simply enter "www" and list ghs.google.com as the Destination, Target or Points to.
7. enter the second CNAME in the same way.
8. You can also enter A-records, which links your naked domain (example.com) to an actual site (www.example.com). If you skip this step, visitors who leave off the "www" will see an error page.
9. After completing Step 8, enter your domain name in the format example.com, and list the I.P. addresses shown below in the "A" section. You'll need to create four separate A-records which point to four different Google IPs. 216.239.32.21
   216.239.34.21
   216.239.36.21
   216.239.38.21
   
10. Wait about an hour for your DNS settings to activate. If you attempt the final step before your settings are activated, we'll let you know with a warning message.
11. After your settings have been activated, you need to make sure Blogger knows about your custom domain so that Google can direct readers to your blog. Just head back to Blogger and update the information on your Settings | Basic tab. Find the area for "Publishing," and click the link to add a custom domain.
          That’s it! Your blogspot.com address will soon redirect to your new custom domain -- be patient, as it might take up to 24 hours for the redirect to start working, good luck!