What is a domain Name

When you want to create a website or a blog, you have to properly understand what you are getting yourself into. Creating a website either blog or traditional website comes with a lot of brainstorming and coming out with a brand name that will make your website stand  out from the rest of the crowd on the internet.  

What is a Domain Name?

A domain Name is a name that uniquely identifies you on the World Wide Web. It is the name that represents your website or blog in the internet.

A domain name also means IP that is (internet protocol).
How Domain Name Function on the Internet 
 Normally when you have a domain name let say www.2konlinebiz.com , this name is just a text based name and it is only the one we human being can read and understand. The computer and server that keeps  the website and host the site does not necessary understand a text base naming in the realm of internet world instead your domain name will be assign a unique number base system which will help to differentiate your website name  from another name on the internet called Internet Protocol.
 Example of an IP Address of a website is 234.34.565.13,  this number will be representing the name of the website on the internet and on the server. What this means is that each website you see on the internet on a daily bases have a unique IP that represent them on the internet. The machine uses the IP (234.34.565.13) to identify the domain name while we human being uses a text base name www.2konlinebiz.com to identify a domain name.

Example of a Domain Name

We have a lot of examples of a domain name on the internet  like

1.  www.cnn.com 
2. www.2konlinebiz.com 
3. www.bbc.com 
4. www.goal.com  and so many other billions of domain names on the internet.

How to Choose a Perfect Domain name For Your Website

For you to choose a good domain name for your website or blog, you need to be creative and come out with a brand name as 30% of website success in the internet is as a result of the domain name. Normally I advice people to choose a domain name that falls under 3 name extension like our domain name is www.2konloinebiz.com which happen to be 3 domain  name extension that is  2k Online Business, you can choose two domain name extension name like smartblog.com. All what I am saying here is that you must chooses a name that will be remarkable and easy to remember by people.

How to Do a Market Research for your Domain Name

Once you are fully ready to register your domain name and start your website, you seriously need to find out how best to come up with a good domain name. You can use some free tools or paid tool  like Google Keyword Planner (Free Tool) or Long Tail Pro  (Paid Tool) to find out a good domain name suggestion for your website base on the keyword that is associated with your chosen domain name. You must equally choose a domain name that will be related to what you will be talking about in your website. You must have a good keyword that will fall on the niche of your website. Take for instance, our website address or domain name is www.2konlinebiz.com and you can see that all we do and talk about here on this website revolves around online business and how to make money on the internet. So you need to come up with a unique name that will make your website stand out  from the crowd and you need to choose a name that will be related to what your website is all about.

What Domain Extension Name Must I choose?

Before you register your domain name, you need to consider the domain name extension to choose for your domain name.  Normally, I prefer and encourage you to go for .com extension because of its popularity and easy to pronounce. Other good domain name extensions name you can consider are .net, .org, .info.

How to Register a Domain Name

Once you have settle for the domain name that you want to use for your website and the extension to choose, you can register your domain name by using some popular domain name registrar company like www.namecheap.com, www.goddady.com , wwww.domainking.ng and so many other good domain registrar in the internet.You can Google it to bring out more Domain Name Registrar to choose from but the 3 domain registrar we mention here is the ones we have being using for online business
Conclusion

Choose and register your domain name today before someone else takes your domain name. You need to find and come up with a unique domain name that you will register. Don’t just rush to register any kind of domain name. You need to think, brainstorm, and research to come out with a good domain name that will serve as a brand for your website.

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