Domain Names
What is a domain name? A domain name is a component of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) used to access web sites, for example:
URL: http://www.voyagerwd.com
Domain name: voyagerwd.com
Selecting a Domain Name isn't difficult: However, selecting a sensible Domain Name can be tricky. Following the suggestions on this webpage will help you pick a better domain name. Normally, picking the name of your organization is preferred. But the longer the name, the more chance that your audience will misspell it. And using names with punctuation can often lead to confusion.
Voyager is ready to help our customers: Voyager will help you select a domain name and purchase the URL. Typically this service is included with our customer support package along with Website Hosting, minor updates and warranty.
Domain Name selection
Here are few suggestions for selecting a domain name
- Domain names may be up to 67 characters total (including the suffix).
- Domain names are alphanumeric
- Hyphen is but not at the beginning or end of the name.
- Other punctuation cannot be used in a domain name.
- As a general rule, short names are better than long names.
- If you decide to use an abbreviation also register the full name of your organization. For example: www.VoyagerWD.com and www.VoyagerWebDesign.com.
- Avoid word Ambiguity. For example avoid: 2,to,too & two; stalking,stocking, crazy-8 & crazy-eight and similar ambiguous words.
- Don't use a domain name that would normally require an apostrophe or hyphen. For example don't use a name such as "www.joesPoolHall.com", because "joes" grammatically should be "joe's"
- Unless there is a compelling reason to use one of the some other suffix, use .org or .gov or .com for your suffix. People are familiar with using these expected suffixes.