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[danaeris]

[Poll #686604]

I need to get myself a domain name, and a hosting service. Any advice on that would also be welcome. Keep in mind I'm in Canadia.

Comments

[metalana.livejournal.com]

.net may imply you are an internet service of some kind.
.com is quite capitalistic.
www.myname.ca is good if you want to advertise being Canadian.
If you are selling only science writing, and the NASW site is very professional, then that would be a good way to go.

[qedrakmar.livejournal.com]

These days, most people associate .com as simply "a web site", more than "commercial"

[earthdragon.livejournal.com]

People tend to assume .com, that is the main reason to be you.com and not you.net if you can.

[freefloat.livejournal.com]

What he said.

Additionally, if you have a .ca domain, IMO it's best to set up a redirect to you from yourname.com , since people who can't remember your address will tend to type mybestguess.com . (guilty as charged!)

[tocityguy.livejournal.com]

Unless you're planning on going back to the US, I would register a .CA domain. Besides being nationalistic, it's cheaper, and would probably give you more choices as to possible domains - i.e. jsmith.ca, johnsmith.ca, jbsmith.ca, thewriter.ca, etc.

[freefloat.livejournal.com]

Cheaper?

I was once offereed the choice between a .com domain at $12US, or a .ca domain for $50Cdn.

Of course, that was only the one provider. Chances are you're right if a person shops around.