chicken — Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:17:00 +0000

$12 a year (which can be written off as a biz expense), why wouldn't you?

Jaiem — Wed, 31 May 2000 15:11:00 +0000

A top level domain definately looks more solid than a sub-level.

However I do know at least 2 companies that use very cryptic sub-level domains taht are at least moderately successful so ti can be done. But I do agree your own domain is best.

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ryanlee — Wed, 31 May 2000 14:37:00 +0000

I beleive the most important factor is professional image. I personally, would never buy products from a free-hosted site.

If someone does not invest about $30 for their own domain name, then it shows me they may not be very serious about their business.

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Wed, 31 May 2000 10:16:00 +0000

some body loves me?? Yahoo! (no pun intended)

anti — Wed, 31 May 2000 10:07:00 +0000

Just two characters:
SE

Yes, search engines love you when you have your own domain.

And it looks professional, too.

fairhousing — Wed, 31 May 2000 02:25:00 +0000

it's more professional. also, i personally think it's better to have a name that's easier to remember and type like easy.com rather than bobandhisbrotherslumbercompany.com.

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Brian Farkas — Tue, 30 May 2000 23:00:00 +0000

Having www.yourbusiness.com increases customer trust. It looks more like a reliable business than www.aol.com/business/. Whereas aol.com/business/ gives the impression of being run out of a garage, business.com gives the impression of being a professional company. Some other benefits include the ability to give employees customized email addresses (employee@company.com) and also gives the ability to change hosting fairly easily. For example, you could move your domain to a new host just by changing nameserver info, but you couldn't move aol.com/business if you decided you weren't happy with AOL.

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