What are domain names?

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What if the domain name you want is already taken?

If you cannot find the exact domain name you want, using a quality searching service such as that found on the GoDaddy.com website, enables you to see alternative domains should the precise one you are seeking not be available.

There are a range of Top Level Domains (TLDs) which you can choose from, such as .com, .net, .org, .tv, and many others, many of which are specific to a particular country (such as .co.uk for the UK, or .us for the USA). It is important to use the correct domain search site in order to get the broadest range of options if you cannot discover the name you are looking for.

How to protect your chosen domain name

Most people aim first for the .com domain of their choice. That leaves several other domains with other extensions but the same name. You should consider buying all the TLD domain extensions for your chosen name, ensuring that you own all possible variations on your domain so that others cannot set up a similar website.

About Godaddy

• Transferring domain names
• Managing domain names
• Domain name basics

GoDaddy.com is the world's largest domain name registrar and is the flagship company of The Go Daddy Group, Inc. As an ICANN-accredited domain registrar, Go Daddy has more names under management than any other registrar, offers products at prices up to 70% less than the competition and supports them all with world-class 24/7 live customer service.

Go Daddy is widely recognized for its success, having been ranked #8 on the 2004 Inc. 500 list of the nation's fastest-growing privately held companies; #20 on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 (growing 8,274 percent!); and having won the CNET Editor's Choice award in 2001, the Name Intelligence Largest Net Gain Award in 2002, 2003 and 2005; the Name Intelligence Users' Choice Award in 2005 as well as the #1 Best Overall Registrar in 2003. Go Daddy also won the Arizona Corporate Excellence Award for fastest growing privately-held company in 2003 and Most Innovative Large Company in 2004.

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