{"id":7370,"date":"2016-04-06T10:11:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T10:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=7370"},"modified":"2022-03-01T18:39:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T10:39:55","slug":"need-personal-domain-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/need-personal-domain-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do You Need Your Own Personal Domain Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8220;Domain names and websites are Internet real estate&#8221;<\/strong> <\/em>&#8211; Marc Ostrofsky<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7377 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/domain.png?resize=540%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Personal domain name, quote from Marc Ostrofsky\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/domain.png?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/domain.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/domain.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/domain.png?resize=420%2C420&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today, everyone needs a house. Same goes to a domain name. We believe everyone should own a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/domains\/domain-name-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal domain name<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Even if you might not need it now, you might need it in a few years&#8217; time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Having a domain name has become a norm even for individuals as\u00a0more and more people realize that a CV on Linkedin is just not enough to make them stand out anymore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As time goes by, people need to invest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">building their own personal brand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/what-is-a-top-level-domain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the most popular top-level domain<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Why Do You Need Your Own Personal Domain Name?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Personalized<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/domains\/domain-name-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal domain<\/a> is a domain name that consists of your own name (with choice of domain extensions: .com, .me, .biz etc).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Not only it is a brand name for yourself online, you can use it\u00a0as a living business card or portfolio, host your full-fledged blog or\u00a0build business website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Moreover, you&#8217;ll have your own custom email address &#8212; firstname@firstnamelastname.com . Isn&#8217;t it awesome?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With the personalized domain and email address, you can outshine your competitors and get noticed when it comes to\u00a0job hunting or building your own business.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Personal Branding<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you have a business, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain name<\/a> can give you higher SEO value.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In other words, your unique name can help your website to rank higher before your social network profile as search engine love domain names with specific keywords.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Cheap<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Domains are priced competitively. However, during promotion, they can be available for sale as low as SGD o.99 each.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Do you \u00a0have any desired domain name in mind? If you do, remember it can be bought by anyone anytime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Why don&#8217;t act \u00a0now? You do not have to be a company or organization to register a domain name. Any individual can do it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Go for personal branding, a rising inevitable trend!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Check your domain name availability HERE. Just within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 minutes domain lookup<\/a> to identify the status of domain that you desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Domain names and websites are Internet real estate&#8221; &#8211; Marc Ostrofsky Today, everyone needs a house. Same goes to a domain name. We believe everyone should own a personal domain name. Even if you might not need it now, you might need it in a few years&#8217; time. 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