Registering a Domain Name
What is domain name?
We can define domain name as a series of words separated by dots identifying an IP address such as google.com and youtube.com. Computers, which are connected to the internet, have a IP number in other words IP address. We can connect to computers through these IP numbers. We can also visit websites through these IP numbers but it is hard to memorize or remember these numbers. Thus, we use domain names instead of IP numbers and these domain names direct us to IP numbers. We can think domain names as a telephone directory. We can not memorize all of phone numbers so we look at telephone directories and find the phone number that we are looking for. In the same way, when we type a domain name, it directs us to the IP numbers.
How to Select a Domain Name
Try to select the shortest domain name possible. Do not use more than three words in domain names. Because the shorter it is, the easier visitors can remember it. I can not say I do the right thing while registering build-website-easily.com but it was the best I could find.
Try to use the most important keywords in your domain names. Assume that you have a website about computers and its domain name is computers.com When the word "computers" is searched at search engines, you will be more advantageous than the others, because your domain name contains the word which is searched. That's why use keyword which express your website the best. You can use Google Keyword Tool to determine which word(s) to use according to their search volumes.
If a domain name that you want to register has already registered, you can generate similar domain names. For example: cellphones.com, cell-phones.com, cell-phones-4u.com etc.
How much does it cost to register a domain name?
It costs between $5 to $15 to register a .com domain name for a year. If you do not want buy a domain name, you can skip this page but in this case your website adress will be like that: yourwebsite.hostingcompany.com or 72.39.245.21/youracc
Where to Buy? / Which Domain Name Registrar?
There are tons of domain name registrars and all of them do the same thing for different prices. You can buy a domain name from the biggest and trusted registrars such as Godaddy, Hostgator, eNom etc. Another thing to keep in mind while choosing a registrar is that some hosting companies give a free domain name if you buy a hosting package. I suggest you not to buy a domain name before buying a hosting package.