Is your personal name still available for a domain name? If it is you should register it today. There are a couple reason’s why. How common is your name?
According to howmanyofme.com there are 8 people in the US with the name Rose DesRochers. Any of those ladies could have registered rosedesrochers.com and if they did, I would not have been able to register it.
Even if you register a personal domain name and never use it, you should do so. March, 2006 someone registered rose-desrochers.com and used it for a short time for malice vindictive purposes.
The possibility of someone registering your name as a domain name for the same purpose is one reason why you should check to see whether your name is still available and register it.
You can register a name with namecheap.com and leave it as a parked domain.
Should you ever decide to host your blog at your own domain name you can get hosting from Vision This Hosting, which starts at $2.99 a month .
You really should register your name as your own domain.
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8 responses so far ↓
Wrote: Feb 24, 2007 at 2:51 am
You should blog from your own domain anyways. When you blog you are building your brand, why waste that?
You wouldn’t spend your own money to fix up an apartment you rent so why do it with your blog?
Wrote: Feb 24, 2007 at 10:01 am
Hey Rose
I have learned a lot about blogging from you, thanks for all the info, you have a way of making things simple to understand for those out their like me with limited knowledge I have been lurking through your previous posts, I’m getting there slowly
Have a great day!
Wrote: Feb 24, 2007 at 11:19 am
Hi
Yes, I am lucky I guess as I have a unique moniker and I have a friend of a friend designing a site for paulchislett.ca – so Thanks for this post – it is a very good idea – who knows? It may be a requirement to have a webpage under our own name someday….
Paul
Wrote: Feb 24, 2007 at 11:22 am
I just checked howmany and it says 0 – zero – paul chisletts in the US! I find that hard to believe – hey! Where’s the phone book??!!
Wrote: Feb 24, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Steve, I have thought of hosting my blog at rosedesrochers.com, but I cringe at the thought of all the work involved moving it over. rosedesrochers.com already has a PR of 5.
Paul, I guess you have a unique name.
B, thank you. I’m glad that I was able to assist you.
Wrote: Feb 25, 2007 at 9:31 pm
An ex-boyfriend registered my name for a website in hopes of finding me. It was freaky!
Wrote: Feb 26, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Mine is a very common name. I’ll have to check this out. You do provide some great information on blogging. Thanks for the info.
Wrote: Feb 26, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Christine, my pleasure!
Teena that is creepy.