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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye

Buying Top Level Domains

Getting the right top level domain is not the same as it used to be. You may also struggle to find a domain that is related to your subject matter. There is quite a bit of effort is need to find a good domain. Domains that end with.com or .biz can give your business a block of credibility, a good domain can also be an advertising tool.

The most popular top-level domains .com

Domain name extensions can indicate to the customer what type of website you are running in some cases. Generally trouble is.com, indicates some type of business is being operated. .org is usually used for non-profit organisations. And.biz relates to business services.

Usually for commercial business type websites a .com is used, because most Internet surfers will add .com. As a good shot you do, it is good to buy a .com extension before any other. If not someone else might buy a.com to your domain.

You should make sure, that your website is optimised properly, so that all the search engines can index it. This is important because they will usually suggest your website if your domain name has keywords in it that someone searching for. Top domains, such as .com are highly respected by Google and Yahoo.

If you can't find the top-level domain that you're looking for, having a number to the keyword can sometimes help, for instance instead of using the word four you can use the number 4.