Domain Name Renewed

by Keith

In case you were wondering how this whole website thing works, here's a bit of information which you might already know, which you might find interesting, or which you might not care one bit about.

I'll use an example to illustrate. Let's say you have a company named ABC, Inc. You very well might like to have a website named "ABC.com." You can't just go to the internet and create a website called ABC.com. It just doesn't work that way.

You must acquire what is called a domain name, which in this case is ABC.com. There are strict rules and a few organizations who are charged with enforcing those rules and distributing the domain names.

There are many companies which have been authorized to actually market domain names. I choose to use Go Daddy, mainly because when I bought my first one they were the cheapest place to get them.

Interestingly, the founder of Go Daddy began his internet businesses in Cedar Rapids. He built a new building to house is business which I drove past every day on my way to work. Then he sold his business, the building got rented to others and probably sold a time or two. A couple of years ago, Go Daddy established an office in that very same building, right there in Hiawatha, Iowa.

Essentially, one buys the rights to use a domain name for one or more years. Cost varies but usually runs from ten to 15 bucks for each year. No one else in the entire world will have the right to use that domain name.

In the example case, after one purchased the domain name ABC.com, he could create a website and establish it on the Internet for all the world to see.

The domain name for this blog is 35rv.us. It was about to expire next week. Yesterday, I renewed it for two years. That means the first step in assuring this blog is available for the next two years has been taken.

You can help with the next step: supplying information or encouraging me to keep it going!

Note:
A careful observer might say, "Hey, Keith, the blog isn't on "35rv.us." It's on "http://www.rockport-rv35.blogspot.com/." And you'd be correct.

The blog itself is created on a site called blogspot.com. I've put code on the site at 35rv.us to send any visitor who comes directly to the blogspot site. That's called a "redirect."

And now you know!

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