Is a rose
a rose
by any other name?
A domain name is
your address on the web
Whether you call it your URL, your domain name, or the hostname, your web site files will be on a computer somewhere that is connected 24/7 to the internet. So that visitors can find your files and link to them via their own computers, you will provide them with the address.
Wikipedia offers
the following examples to illustrate the difference
between a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and
a domain name:
URL: http://www.example.net/index.html
Domain name: www.example.net
Registered domain name: example.net
Domain names can end in .com, .net, .org, .gov, and more. Read more about it in this article at Internic. Or get the expert advice from Troneworks.
The
first step is registering your domain name.
An Offer from Troneworks
Sign up for your web design, site makeover, or a year of hosting with Troneworks Web Design, and Troneworks will register your domain name for your at no cost for one year.
Free
domain registration offers can come with
strings attached: there are
“free” offers with fine print that
register the hosting company as the lawful
owner of the name, not you. Try to change to
a larger host with more services in the future,
and you may find that you can't even continue
using the domain name your customers know you
by. Troneworks will register for you and list
YOU as the owner of the domain name.
Did You Know ... ?
Your domain name doesn't
have to be your company name.
For example, a company that calls itself “Four
Walls” is a Minneapolis painter/wall
decorator/muralist. Her domain name could be: TCFaux.com
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