Every business owner needs three things in the on-line world: a domain, a website and somewhere to host it. I'm going to focus on the first and third part, finding a good hosting provider and domain.
Lets start with domain names. First I'll note there are many different opinions on choosing domain names and my opinion isn't necessarily right but it based on my experience and professional instinct. The golden rule is be different. If your business is named after you (perhaps your a freelance web designer) then www.yourname.co.uk or www.yourname.com is the best way to go. This is because it makes people remember your name and they're very unlikely to go wondering off to other web pages. If your don't need www.yourname.co.uk consider registering it anyway as here you can talk about yourself personally and link to your professional website.
If you need to choose a professional kind of domain and you still have free reigns over the name, again go for something different. In the field of web design you might choose something like www.flowerpower.co.uk or www.buzzbizz.com. Something memorable.
Finding a good web host can be tricky. You should look for deals as cheap as possible but then really look through the small print hard to find the cons. Others will stick by the old saying "you get what you pay for" but in my opinion, it's just burning money. I personally would go for EZhost of course for web hosting starting at 99p.
I hope you enjoyed this short article.
No comments:
Post a Comment