How to choose a good domain name for your web site.

1. INTRODUCTION

You’ve got a spark in your eye that will become your web site. What should you name it? Jacob and Ashley might be great names for all the kids in your neighborhood, but thinking up an effective name for a web site is a little different.

The name of your web site is called its "domain name". For example, the domain name of this site is "crunch42.com". Notice that I didn't say the tongue twisting "www" at the beginning. These days, the www is assumed.

TECH NOTE: Some people call domain names “URLs”. URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator". URLs are a little more specific than domain names, though they are essentially the same thing. The difference is that with a URL you include the "http://www." prefix (ie http://www.crunch42.com/) and with a domain name you can leave this out and just say crunch42.com.

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