1. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang Master Your Own Domain Why and How Presentation prepared for Lake County Area Computer Enthusiasts. Presented 17 March 2007. All rights reserved.

2. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang Why Own Your Own Domain? Business Purposes Host a Website Personal Blog Permanent E-Mail Address Prestige & Glory!

3. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang How Much Does it Cost? It Depends! –Registrar –TLD –Other bundled services Multiple Domains Web hosting Expanded email On-line tools Software, etc.

4. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang How Do I Do It? Find a Name Find a Registrar

5. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang Find an Available Name Top Level Domains (TLDs)Top Level Domains –Who Controls the Internet? –ICANNICANN Search Engines vs. Brand –URL Keywords (vice Business Name) –Brand Protection Secondary Market –Brokers –Auction

6. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang Domain Naming Rules TLD Restrictions Letters, numbers or hyphens ONLY –Cannot begin or end with a hyphen ≤ 63 Characters (not including TLD) –Some (older) programs  26 characters –TLD-specific rules may apply –Some require min # characters (2 – 4), no double-hyphen…

7. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang Registration Process Domain Registrars Examples –1and1.com1and1.com –myDomainmyDomain –GoDaddyGoDaddy –Microsoft OfficeLiveOfficeLive –Yahoo!Yahoo Required Information

8. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang Watch Out! Renewal Scams –High Renewal Fees –Renewal Switching Letter Invoice E-mail Domain Hijacking –Prohibit Transfer (Domain Locking)

9. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang I Got My Domain! Now What? –Wait for Activation 4 – 8 hours.com &.net 24 – 48 hours for others –Domain Parking –E-Mail Forwarding –URL Forwarding –E-Mail Hosting –Web Hosting

10. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang Example Registrars 1and1.com – Example Website Example Website myDomain GoDaddy Microsoft OfficeLiveOfficeLive –Example WebsiteExample Website Yahoo!Yahoo

11. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang Free Web Hosting What’s the catch? –Ads –Limitations Space Bandwidth # Pages Tools Search: “free web hosting” Google (pages.google.com)pages.google.com Microsoft OfficeLiveOfficeLive Freewebs

12. Copyright © 2007 Robert Lang Questions?