Choosing A Domain Name For Your Tutoring Website

Article Summary: This article explains what domain names are, and the common types of domain name extensions that you can choose from for your online own online tutoring website.

What's In A Domain Name Anyway?

For most people, choosing the right sounding domain name for your online tutoring service website will consume a lot of your time. There are not many one or two common search terms relating to online tutoring that you can use as a domain name. With some creativity and luck you might be able to use common search terms as domain names for your online tutoring website - but don't hold your breathe though!

Every website has an IP address (Internet Protocol) which is a 32 Bit number that looks something like this: http://216.27.62.128/. Because no one can remember a series of numbers, an IP address needs to be associated with a memorable domain name such as http://www.onlinetutoringworld.com Associating an IP address to a domain name can be a difficult task, but fortunately this is done for you when you register your domain name.

Domain Name Registration

Gone are the days when you can simply register a one word domain name that is easy to remember, such as "tutor.com" or "tutoring.com". Although the most commonly used domain name phrase has already been taken, you may get lucky if you combine it with a unique brand name. If possible, try to get a common keyword phrase name that ends with a dot com domain name extension, and that relates as much as possible to the theme of your tutoring website if possible. The reason for this is that most people generally search by keywords, and if you have a common keyword phrase as a domain name, your website will be more likely to appear in search results. For example, a person who is searching for a private Spanish language tutor in New York, might search on the internet using the keywords: "Spanish tutoring service, New York" or "NY Spanish tutor". Many people also assume that a domain name ends with a "dot com" extension, so having this extension is a great help. Unfortunately, it is highly unlikely that your preferred domain name will be available - at least for those keyword domain names that end with a dot com extension. In this case, the domain name registrar may offer you several other extension names to choose from. The most common domain name extension is by country, such as ".us" (United States) or ".au" (Australia). Other popular extensions include:

**Other Popular Domain Name Extensions**
EXTENSION	MEANING
.com	Commercial business
.info	Information site
.net	Network organizations
.gov	Government agencies
.edu	Educational institutions
.org	Non-profit Organizations

Given the choices above, make sure that you spend time thinking about your extensions. Although most web surfers assume a website to end with a dot com extension, there are other considerations. For example, if given an option to choose between two "tutoring.com" or "tutoring.info", a web surfer may give more weight to the ".info" site over a ".com" domain name extension, simply because that person is looking for quality information on the subject of tutoring.

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