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Today's NetDummy is about Domain Names.

A domain-name is your own cyber-estate.

You can now pick nearly any word out of the dictionary, plug it into a Domain Name System (DNS)lookup, and find out that it has already been registered by someone else.

Domain names are the essence of your web page without one that is easy to remember, anyone searching will have a difficult time finding your site and will eventually give up and move to another.

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What's All the Hype About Domain Names by Patrick Stoddard

Why You Should Own One

Competitive Advantage:

If you own your company, you should carefully select your domain name, as it represents both your storefront and your online address. It should be a name that your customers can remember and use to identify your brand.

Gold Rush Is On:

Investing in domain-names has been dubbed the gold rush of the '90's. You surely don't want to miss it.

Money and Fun:

Why not make money while having fun? You can double your fun and become your friends' envy by having a matching vanity license plate number with a domain name.

For more information on this topic see:

http://www.igoldrush.com



What is a domain name?

Domain names are the familiar, easy to remember names for computers on the Internet. They correspond to a series of numbers (called Internet Protocol numbers) that serve as routing addresses on the Internet.

A domain is part of a universal resource locator (URL, Web address) Each domain name is associated with a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address, which is a numeric address for a computer.

The Top-level domains:

.com For commercial entities, which anyone, anywhere in the world, can register.
.net Originally designated for organizations directly involved in Internet operations.
       It is increasingly being used by businesses when the desired name under "com" is
      already registered by another organization. Today anyone can register a name in
       the .net domain.
.org For miscellaneous organizations, including non-profits.
.edu For four-year accredited institutions of higher learning.
.gov For US Federal Government entities
.mil For US military

For more information on this topic see:

http://www.networksolutions.com

Proposed Top-Level Domains

Companies and individuals have been waiting years for the introduction of new top-level domains that could take some of the pressure off .com.

Now the United States Department of Commerce’s National Communication and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) have joint custody of all new top-level domains. These organizations have been in control since 1998, and there are still no indications that any new top-level domains will become available before 2001.

For more information on this topic see:

http://srs.netwiz.net



Registering Your Domain Name

Step #1:

Search For A Domain Name feature to see if the domain name you want is already in use.

Watch the on-screen report to see if the name has already been taken by another and repeat Step #1 until you find a name that’s available.

Once you settle on a name, you will have to decide on a payment option.

Step #2:

The traditional method costs $35 a year, which is $70 for the first two years, and it requires you to have technical information from your ISP available. Many ISP’s will register your domain name for you, so you may want to stop after you find a name in Step 1 and request that your ISP complete the process.

If you work through an ISP, enter your preferred domain name through a search screen. You will also have to enter contact information for your organization, and the ISP will add its technical information and submit the request for you.

For sites where you can register a Domain Name:

Network Solutions http://www.networksolutions.com

AfterNIC http://www.afternic.com

GreatDomains.com http://wwwgreatdomains.com



Profiteering

Many people have registered domain names hoping to sell them at a higher price, and they are greatly contributing to the shortage. There are approximately 30,000 domain names registered every month. This type of investment (or gambling) is generically dubbed cybersquatting.

Fortunately Congress passed legislation in November 1999 that makes certain types of cybersquatting illegal.

The new legislation, passed as a last-minute rider on a larger budget bill, makes it a crime to register a trade name or celebrity name with the intent of selling it for profit.

Two of the best places to sell domain names are:
http://www.afternic.com
http://www.greatdomains.com

For more information on this topic see:
http://www.domain-name.org



Important Domain Name News

U.S.: Legal squabbles over domain name registries settled
http://computerworld.comhome/news.nsf/all/9909293domainagree
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan, Network World

Long domain names: anarchy.com?
http://computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000124E306
By Patrick Thibodeau

Domain name speculation doesn't merit bad image
http://computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000221EE22
By John Zehr

Surviving the Domain Name Business
http://www.igoldrish.com

Hundreds of net disputes in international mediation
Source :: New Nork Times | Date :: 24-02-00
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech

                                                              

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