Buying Domain Names
A domain name is basically what identifies your blog or website. The domain name for this site is retireinthephillipinesnow.com. If you plan on making money on the internet most likely you will need a domain and one that will fit what the content is on your site. You wouldn’t want a site called smokeasalmon.com if you were running a website on Paintball. Most likely the search engines wouldn’t send the right traffic to you and customers looking for smoked salmon would be a little mad when they got a paintball website. You need to come up with a name that will draw people to your site. When you pick that name I advise you come up with some alternatives, many alternatives because it seems these days everyone has a website. Every company that offers domain names for sale has a search engine that you can check the name you pick and see if it is available or for sale.
Once you get an idea on what website you want it is time to pick a company to register that website with. My favorite is www.GoDaddy.com simply because they were the first company I dealt with, their prices are very competative, and their site is very easy to get around. They also offer hosting which you also must have to run your website and it all comes in a neat little package. There are other hosting services out there and I’ve heard good and bad about most of them so try whoever you think is best and go with it. I have listed below a few companies that offer domain registration and hosting service. My advice would to be get your list of possible names together go to these sites and check if the name is available and choose what you think is best for you.
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