What are domain names? How do I select a domain name?

A domain name, simply put is when you type in a web address on your browser… Something like: www.______.com. Domain names have a variety of extensions. These extensions represent different meanings or country codes.”.com” is for company
“.net” is for network
“.org” is for organization
“.gov” is for government
“.edu” is for educationBeyond these basics, there are many many more extensions. “.jp” for Japan, or “.tv” for dynamic web TV sites, or “.biz” for business sites. This list from Webopedia is a great source of these extensions and can help you get a better feel of which one is right for your business or enterprise.

We’re also going to recommend you see a video on domain names from VideoJug.com. It covers the basics of domain names - very useful. So what happens after you know the basics of domain names? It’s time to buy one. You’ll need to find out which names aren’t taken. We recommend using GoDaddy to look up names and buy them. Why GoDaddy? Because it’s one of the cheapest ones out there, and if you search for “GoDaddy coupons” it can get even less expensive.

GoDaddy - $8.95 a year. They’ve won a lot of awards and have done some pretty high-profile super bowl ads. Not a fishy company, very well known, reliable, straight to the point. Be careful on their sign-up page though, because it is a little cluttered and you don’t want to get lumped into buying services you don’t need.

Yahoo! Domains - Yahoo has won a number of prominent awards, even PC Magazine Editor’s Choice and such. A little easier to use than GoDaddy, a little more expensive. What we do like about Yahoo! Domains is the easy integration into their hosting services, and as noted earlier the simplicity of their interface. If this is your first name go with Yahoo! Domains

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Welcome to Web Hosting Market

Hi folks, if this is your first time here, you’re probably wondering what the site is to some degree - maybe not if it seems relatively self-explanatory. Either way, this site is designed to be a friendly, straightforward guide to the world of web hosting and web sites. We see that the web can be very confusing to a lot of people and our hope is to make the process of creating a web site, quick and easy for everyone. It really doesn’t have to be that complex. Web hosting market is designed to serve as a central resource center to simplify the process, help people pick reliable hosting companies and get a presence online the easy way. In this guide we’ll cover the following:

> How to pick a reliable web hosting provider.
> How to get a domain name.
> What to look for in web hosts.
> How to get a web site up and running.
> How to work with your web host.

We also will be covering relevant news stories that pertain to the hosting industry and sometimes just web technology in general - overall however, we want the site to focus on useful guides as to not get too bloggy bloggy and confusing. There’s nothing worse than a cluttered site that makes no sense. Our site’s goal is to make sense and to keep it relevant to the topic.

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