How do i get my own domain name?
A
domain name is the same thing as a URL but it's a URL that looks like this:
"http://www.yourname.com". This means that you can choose your name (as
long as it has not been used by someone else). Domain names end in .edu, .com, .org
or .net.
The stupid thing about a domain name is that you have to pay for it. You can buy
one at Network Solutions. The
domain name costs $70 at first, and then $35 a year after that. When you
purchase your domain name you do not get Web hosting space with it. You have to
buy that separately. Never buy domain names from places that offer them cheaper
than $35 a year.
Personally I don't need my own domain name because there are other services
where you can get a short URL which is also easy to remember. And these services
are free.
My website URL also is from one of these services. Normally my URL would be like
this: http://users.pandora.be/louis.verpoorten/index.html
. I thought that this would be too long so I let it change into http://butterfly951.cjb.net/
.
That's easier to remember for my visitors and I didn't have to pay for it. If
you also want a shorter URL for your site (and you don't want to buy one), you
can go to CJB or V3.