Why you need domain names

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* Increases your name recognition
* Makes it easy for your customers to remember your address
* Indicates you are a serious Internet player
* Helps brand your image
* Adds a level of trust and integrity to your site
* Many search engines refuse to list pages from free sites
* Some search engines will only index the first page of a domain site
* Domain names containing 'keywords' aid in higher search engine ranking
* Allows you to use your domain address (www.yourname.com) and virtual email addresses (yourname@yourname.com) on your business cards and letterhead
* Once a domain name has been registered, it is no longer available. The most popular and easily-remembered domain names are being reserved daily, at the rate of one domain name every 5 seconds!
At that rate, in the near future, only obscure domain names will be available to the general public.
* Avoids somebody else from registering the name you want.
* Lets you change your current email provider and still keep the same email address
* Protects your Internet advertising investment from failure of your Internet Service Provider