Things You'll Need:
- Internet access
- Web builder program
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Step 1
Your first step should be thinking of a list of names that would describe the purpose of your website. If you are 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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Step 2
If you are part of an organization, you might consider using 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 looking at 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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Step 3
Put the two pieces together. If you were not the author of the site, would you know what the site was about based on this URL?
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Step 4
When you have come up with some satisfactory URLs, you need to see if they are already taken. You can either do this through your web provider or simply type them in to the address bar on the web. If something comes up, it is obviously already taken. If not, then it is available. You must register it with your provider in order to keep it from being used by someone else.
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Step 5
Make that URL and domain yours!
Comments
harvard said
on 4/7/2009 Thank you for writing this article on choosing a URL. I'm finally getting somewhere.