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  1. #1
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    Jan 2004
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    Registering your Name for a dot com

    Would you say registering your First and last name
    is a good idea?

    how about just your first name, but put an I infront of it.

    Like Ijohny or Icharlie OR what ever your first name is.

    thanks,
    d00t

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
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    For a personal site and when your name is not too long a domain name like FirstnameLastname.COM or your ccTLD would be cool.

    But the idea with the i in front of your first name.... Just my opinion, of course

  3. #3
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    Apr 2005
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    Ontario Canada
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    Yeah, shorter names firstlast.com is fine, but I don't want to see any

    margaretteannejohanson.com cause stuff like that is just to long.
    Maybe more like margjohanson.com would be fine.

    But do you hyphenate it? or try to get your last name and subdomain your first name? Cause then you can host your family too...have like

    john.johanson.com
    marg.johanson.com
    alice.johanson.com ...

  4. #4
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    Jan 2004
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    well my last name is already registered.
    so I cant do that.

  5. #5
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    reg what ever you want, it is cheap these days why not? First and Last name is always good for personal "stuff"

  6. #6
    you may also try a .name domain...

    otherwise with so many extensions.. i think you can find your name available in some extension..ofcourse if its not a very common name..
    Wholesale Domain Prices for Retail Customers - Rushtoweb.com

  7. #7
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    Feb 2005
    Location
    Northern VA
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    I registered my surname but .com, .net, and .org where taken by Finns so I went with .us. It's nice having a name domain to set up for family and friends. Occasionally people mess up and forget it's .us but it works fine almost all the time.
    Rich
    Husband, Father, Retired Marine, Geek

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