{"id":5612,"date":"2017-10-30T08:04:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T12:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=5612"},"modified":"2017-10-30T08:04:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T12:04:18","slug":"11-important-facts-domain-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/11-important-facts-domain-names\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Important Facts About Domain Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/web\">web<\/a> use constantly on the rise, the majority of companies are now taking their businesses online. Every single day nearly 100,000 domains are registered meaning that the internet is growing at a scarily rapid pace. Web Masters Jury showcases 101 interesting facts about domain names, some of which could come in handy if you are planning to create your own!<\/p>\n<p>Head to <a href=\"https:\/\/webmastersjury.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web Masters Jury<\/a> to see the full infographic of facts, while some of the most important can be found below!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A domain name can be registered for a period of one to ten years, after that, it may have to be renewed or it will expire.<\/li>\n<li>If a domain name expired then it will be again available for all to use, which could be disastrous for a company.<\/li>\n<li>If using the .com domain, there is a minimum of 2 characters and all of the combinations for these are already taken.<\/li>\n<li>Domain names can actually be shorted, for example, Amazon&#8217;s official URL shortcut is a.co<\/li>\n<li>LasVegas.com is the most expensive domain name of all time at $90,000,000.<\/li>\n<li>A few words can\u2019t be registered as domain names such as test, invalid, example, local and localhost to name a few.<\/li>\n<li>With Network Solutions it is possible to register a domain for 20-100 years.<\/li>\n<li>Your domain name should match your business name, or at least similar enough for people to know they are connected.<\/li>\n<li>The shorter the domain name the better. On average the best and most popular domain names seem to have around 8 characters in them.<\/li>\n<li>Although domain names do have a small impact on SEO, you shouldn\u2019t worry too much about it because a high quality and responsive site are much more important.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are a bunch of more domain facts in addition to these. To get the full details please check out <a href=\"https:\/\/websitebuilderau.com\/101-fascinating-facts-you-didnt-know-about-domain-names\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more facts, as well as the full infographic on Web Masters Jury here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With web use constantly on the rise, the majority of companies are now taking their businesses online. Every single day nearly 100,000 domains are registered meaning that the internet is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,23,11,16],"tags":[141,320,397,635,636],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>11 Important Facts About Domain Names Your Probably Didn&#039;t Know<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How much do you really know about domain names? 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