This article should explain to you what a domain name is and why you would need one.

a domain name is also known as a website address, for example, if you wanted to access google you would search on www.google.com Google.com is the domain name, google have many domain aliases too such as google.co.uk

if your company name was Jones Master Constructions you may want to have the domain jonesmasterconstructions.com if someone else has this domain, you can try another domain extension such as .co.uk .net .org etc.

a domain name costs typically under £10 per year. Aswell as buying a domain, you will need website hosting to host your domain name, a host is will hold the website designed files on their servers 24 hours a day, so you will not need to leave a computer on all the time in your office.

Related posts:

1. finding the right domain name
2. Few points to help you select a suitable domain hosting service
3. Multiple Domain hosting: the Pros and Cons
4. Get your domain name that suits your business theme
5. Why choose UK Hosting

Tags: cyberhostpro, Hosting

This entry was posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 9:01 am and is filed under Domain Hosting. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.