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The
following article, by webmaster Richard Parsons, was
prepared for the October 1999 edition of 'Chamber Lane',
the newsletter for the Salisbury and District Chamber of
Commerce and Industry.
What's in
a Name?
What do Bill
Gates, Sir Stanley Kalms and Dr Andy Grove have in common? Answer; their
names are synonymous with Companies who are leading the
development of the World Wide Web. The Company names are,
of course, Microsoft, Dixons/freeserve and Intel(R).
Would their
respective businesses have enjoyed the same success under
their own names? Would a computer with a 'grove' chip,
running 'bg-dos' and connected to the super highway
through 'kalmserve' be as compelling as the familiar
company names?
Nowhere is a
'name' more significant than when registering a domain
name on the Internet. This is the 'address' that a person
browsing the Internet will use to locate a particular
website, hopefully containing the precise information
required. Most established businesses will want to use
their trading name as a domain name. Once a 'name' has
been registered the registrant has exclusive use of that
'name' for as long as required. Since well over five
million domain names have already been registered it is
becoming harder to select one that is appropriate.
All domain
names have a suffix to help with identity. We've all
heard of .com, .net, .org and .edu; they are known as the
generic top level domains (gTLDs). There is also a gTLD
for each Country throughout the World. In the UK the
registrar is Nominet Ltd and they have created the second
level domains for the .uk gTLD; .co.uk, .ltd.uk, .plc.uk,
.org.uk and .ac.uk. Some creative individuals have
registered SLDs with Network Solutions to create additional suffixes such
as .gb.com and .uk.com.
Registrants
are free to choose any 'name' that has not already been
registered under a particular suffix. There are
restrictions; the characters that can be used are limited
to the letters of the alphabet; a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z
and numbers; 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0. A hyphen may be used,
but only between characters and no spaces are allowed.
A Domain name
can be registered for as little as £49. This includes
the registration fee and both e-mail and web redirection
for 2 years. Contact FirstAlpha at West Dean: 'Where
Wiltshire meets Hampshire and Cyberspace meets the Real
World'. Telephone: 01794 341405. This article is
published on the Internet at www.advice4money.co.uk where hyperlinks connect visitors
to other, pertinent, Websites.
Copyright ©
1999 Richard Parsons. All rights reserved.
Resources
 To
quickly check the registrant of a Domain name visit SP5.co.uk
To print an
order form and pay for a Domain name by post visit FirstAlpha
For advice on
how to make use of the resources listed above, pick up
the phone and dial:
+44 (0)
1794 341405
Q: Why would advice
be needed?
A: Because there
are nearly 100 ICANN accredited Domain Name Registrars.
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