How to Establish Your Presence on the Net: Domain Name and Choosing a Hosting selection

Establishing Your Presence on Internet: Registering a Domain Name and Choosing a Hosting Account.
Ok, now you did you homework, you discovered the Market Niche to go for and selected some keywords related to you Niche using the Google Keyword Tool we were talking About in the previous article.
Now it’s time to Establish Your Presence on Internet. To achieve this target you need two things:
-  a Domain Name
-  a Hosting Account
The Domain Name is the simbolic name that you put on you browser to find a Site (ie: google.com).
The Hosting Account is a Service that gives you web space to upload Your site or Blog making it accessible to the users of the Net.
Remember that your domain name should possibly contain one of more of the keyword you previously selected. Try to incorporate your primary keyword phrase in your url, even using hyphens that makes the domain name more readable and more easy to parse from the search engine crawlers.
In my opinion you should go on .com domains, even if they are little more expensive than others ( like .info domains).
There are several Sites where you can purchase a Domain, and several sites that can help you to find a Domain name somewhat related to te Niche You are promoting.
You can go for a new Domain or bid for an existing Domain.
As for the sites that can help you to find a name for your domain,  there is NameBoy where you can do domain name search and domain name lookup with the Site’s domain name generator. Just put in some keywords ad NameBoy provides a list of the keyword-related available domains.
As for new domains my favourite id GoDaddy , the world’s #1 domain registrar, with over 0000 domains registered.
There are great offers for Bulk Domain Registration at GoDaddy, including free Privacy (the ability to hide your personal information on whois database) and a great Customer Care support.
Often Hosting Company give a free domain name registration where you purchase their Hosting service; this is a good thing, but if you can then purchase separately Hosting Service from Domain Name Registration. this make more easy in the future to change you Hosting service if you are not satisfied with it.

It’s easy to set up your Domain with a different Web Hosting Service; to do so,  go to your Domain Registrar Account and replace the Nameservers where your domain has been parked from the domain registrar with those (usually 2) provided from your Hosting Service:

As for Hosting Service there are several aspects to consider; obviously the price is important, but an hosting service with bad uptime %,  bad support, and poor features is not a good deal at all, even if it is very cheap.
These are the Hosting Services I Really use, so I can give you a first-hand opinion, not a related one

HostMonster:  $5.95/mo Web Hosting, Unlimited Domain, Unlimited Space, Unlimited Transfer on 1 Account.
One of the most reliable Hosting Service around, i have used their services for years now, without any problem. Highly recommended, now hosting 750,000 Domains.

HostGator:  HostGator is one of the best Web Hosting Company since its establishment in 2002, Hosting over 2,500,000 domains.
Three different plans available: Hatchling, Baby and Swamp all including unlimited bandwidth and disk space.
Main Features:
- Unlimited Domains, Disk Space and Bandwidth
- A great Free SiteBuilder with 4,500 Free Website Templates
- Cpanel, 1-Click Script Installs, Fantastico Deluxe, etc
- 99.9 percent Uptime Guarantee, 24/7/365 Technical Support
- $100 Google AdWords Credit
45 Day Money-Back Guarantee.

WebHostingPad:  WebHostingPad offers Unlimited Domains under 1 account with 1000 GB of Disk Space and 10,000 GB of Bandwidth for only $4.45/mo.
I have purchased the special Offer with the incredibly low price of  $1.99/mo, but despite the low price, the service is absolutely good. Special Offer:
-  $4.45/mo. (1 Year)
-   $3.45/mo. (2 Years)
-   $2.45/mo. (3 Years)
-   $1.99/mo. (4 Years)
30 day money back guarantee.

HostSo: HostSo is another Trusted and reliable Hosting Service that i use to host some of my Sites.
These are the main features:
- Affordable  – Hosting plans from just $0.66 a month
- Reliable – 99.9 percent Uptime
- Simple – Easy to use cPanel, Visual Site Builder, Instant Activation, Fantastico for easy WordPress installation
- Trusted – HostSo services are trusted by more than 60,000 users
They also offer a Anytime Money Back Guarantee: you will get a refund of hosting fees (remainder of the term) within 72 hours of requesting it.

Giorgio Veneri
Marketing Business Tools