Common Domain Name Mistakes You Must Avoid

There are times when a domain name may go wrong despite of best of the attempts and that’s where, a special write up is brought to your service. Let’s see the 5 most common yet evident mistakes people do with domain names.

Forgetting To Update WHOIS Information

While registering a domain name, the first thing that you must complete and update at all costs is ensuring that your domain name registration is complete and up to date. You must know that if your WHOIS information for your domain name is not updated or has become obsolete or out of date, you may not be receiving its renewal notifications or any other pivotal information.

WHOIS is nothing but giving all details pertaining to your name, email IDs, contact details, addresses and more.

Registering Your Domain Name Under A Personal Name

It has been observed umpteen times that a domain name is registered under a personal name (an employee name or manager name). It is quite essential that all organization details are registered constantly under a right name and with the right contact details.

Failing To Register All Domain Name Alternatives

It may be a good thing to register ‘one’ domain name for ‘one’ website, but what would happen if someone has already registered all other related domains’ names? Yes, in that case, many of the customers may land up on your competitor’s websites instead. If possible, one should try to register all the domain names pertaining to one’s brand and point them to your major website.

Not Registering ‘Typo’ Domains

Yes, some of the domain names which you may think as ‘next big thing’ may not be easy-to-spell. If you have a similar domain name which can’t be spelled correctly or may be misspelled, it may be a great idea to register even commonly misspelled versions of your domain name and redirect them to your major (main) website.

Not Keeping Your Domain Management Safe & Secure

The risk of your domain or website being made vulnerable to threats from hackers continues to increase with instances of more and more websites’ homepage hacked or domain names hijacked.
Thus, as a webmaster, one must try to ensure that all passwords are intact and secure and keep changing them from time to time and also keep practicing safe and secure procedures to keep your passwords intact and protected.

Try to avoid aforementioned domain name mistakes and your website business and brands will continue to stay afloat and reap benefits year after year even in the today’s competition stricken web business environment.