How to Choose Your URL
To choose the best URL for your website, you must first know the purpose of your website. Is it a personal website? Are you affiliated with an educational organization? Who are you trying to reach? All of these factors and a few personal details will help you choose your website's name.
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Think of a list of names that describes the purpose of your website. If you're selling services and are self-employed, you could use your name plus the type of service you provide. Regardless of your content, you need names that tell what your site is all about.
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If you are part of an organization, use the suffix .org at the end of your URL instead of .com. .Com can be used for any website, however other suffixes give Web surfers a better idea of what they will be viewing on your site. If you are affiliated with an educational institution, you can use .edu at the end. Use .com if nothing else applies.
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Put the two pieces together. Ask yourself: if you were not the author of the site, would you know what the site is about based on this URL?
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After coming up with a few satisfactory URLs, determine whether they are already taken. You can either do this through your Web provider or by typing them into the address bar of your Web browser. If something appears, it is obviously already taken. If not, then it is available. Register the URL with your provider to prevent others from claiming it before you.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep your audience in mind. If you have a website for kids, don't use a URL that could be misunderstood or offensive. Otherwise, it may get blocked by parental controls or firewalls.
Not everything published online is fact, but everything published online is public information. Do not publicize too much personal information that you don't want others to access or be embarrassed for coworkers to see.
