Comments on: Why You Must Own Your Own Domain Name

By: Paul Piotrowski

Paul Piotrowski — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:41:43 +0000

I wonder how many people check domain name availability when selecting their kids names.

John, did you check if SallyChow.com was available before picking that as her name?

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By: Robinoz

Robinoz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:22:07 +0000

Not all blogs are on free servers. My “All About Jobs” blog for example is on my site at http://www.employment-one.com/blog which is on a server in Perth, Western Australia.

I pay for it because it’s a serious business for me. However, many people run blogs for fun and personal reasons and they like the free sites.

An excellent deal at GDI provides not only a domain name and hosting, but a real business opportunity as well for only $10 per month. (See http://www.web-names.ws)

There’s plenty of options and that’s what makes the Internet interesting. Nobody has only one option, yours or anybody else’s.

By: Wade

Wade — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:40:35 +0000

I really dislike seeing blogger and other free sites. Not only are you on small web space and bandwidth, but your control is limited. Not only do you have whatever.blogger.com in your URL, but it just looks unprofessional. My web hosting is $5 a month. Anyone wanting to make money online should be able to afford 5 bucks a month. You pay for internet don’t you? So you aren’t completely broke or you wouldn’t have luxuries.

By: Robinoz

Robinoz — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:33:10 +0000

Only get your own name as a domain name if you work in your name like porn star, Sylvia Saint. She could have http://www.sylvia-saint.ws or some other suffix.

If you are trying to sell something eg, web names, get a site name that is a keyword of your business like this: http://www.web-names.ws

Choose your domain name carefully, it could make the difference between earning a heap of money and not.

Regards

Robinoz
http://www.employment-one.com/blog

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By: Nathan Hill

Nathan Hill — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:20:18 +0000

Yeh i definately wouldn’t some one making fun off me on a site with my name lol. Probably better register it quick!

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The Rhythm of Write » Link Love - 4/12/08 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:07:20 +0000

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By: nipoole

nipoole — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:45:21 +0000

You could argue on the basis of having the name registered in bad faith, but that could mean more trouble than it’s worth. John probably could have pursued the owners of JohnCow.com, but he made a much better choice in just embracing the concept and taking the joke.

By: nipoole

nipoole — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:44:30 +0000

yeap