@fredmvApr 07.2004 — #Depends who you buy it from I suppose. The average price seems to be around $6.00 and upwards. As for your other question though, that really kind of depends. In a sense it might because most Web newbies assume most (or even all) domains are [font=courier].com[/font] and could perhaps be more easily accessed by them. However, in terms of search engine rankings it wouldn't matter what you go with. What it really depends on is the quality of your content and your markup (i.e., [url=http://forums.webdeveloper.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28197#post149340]semantics[/url]) and other such things as who is linking to your pages.
@twistedsocietyApr 07.2004 — #I got my domain name for $15.00 a year...through www.directnic.com but their features are a little limited I believe...like the php support and such...I don't think they offer that on their hosting... but I could be wrong..last I knew they were talking about making some changes..But Im sure there is more out there for a cheaper price... ?
@Daniel_TApr 07.2004 — #[i]Originally posted by ItsOrreeeco [/i]
[B]How much is ".com" addresses now a days? [/B][/QUOTE] Domain names are very cheap. I hear you really get your money's worth [url="http://www.godaddy.com/"]here[/url].
[i]Originally posted by ItsOrreeeco [/i]
[B]And will I get more hits?[/B][/QUOTE] Depends wether it is a domain name that is short and people will find intriguing(spelt wrong, I'm sure). Something like www.hello.com is much more likely to get hits than a domain such as www.thisismypersonalhomepagecomecheckitout.com ? [i]Originally posted by ItsOrreeeco [/i]
@scragarMay 12.2004 — #.com would proberly get more visitors, but it depends purely on who will be visiting it and how, for example if I was to flash a link up on every post people would proberly use the link more than the url so it wouldn't matter. using .com is great for noobs using a computer since windows has a ctr + enter trick which turns: "hello" into "http://www.[b]hello[/b].com" instantly, while I aslo know a rather slow person(not because he cannot use a computer, he generaly is very slow, he seeks all kind of special needs to read and everything) who types .com at the end of everything on IE, even folder names and file names.
@gim12345Jun 02.2004 — #I spend about half of my time at work researching domain registration and DNS hosting. We have about 400 domains that I manage and we've tried out quite a few different registration services.
The one we have settled on (for the moment) is registerfly.com, they offer very competitive rates and are just as good as the rest.
Also, for anyone who is trying to find that perfect domain name, check out www.mydomainfriend.com - it's a great free tool for combining keywords and domain searching.