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Businesses, organizations and individuals should take care not to register overly-complicated domain names<\/a>, it has been suggested.<\/p>\n

Registrants should always remember that many web users choose to type domain names into their browser URL bar, rather than look for sites through a search engine.<\/p>\n

As such, it is important to ensure all domain names are as easy to remember – and type accurately – as possible.<\/p>\n

A useful tip for people setting up a new website is to avoid the use of punctuation in the domain name.<\/p>\n

Characters such as commas, dashes and colons can easily be misread or mistyped by internet users, meaning they end up at an incorrect destination.<\/p>\n

Should this occur, some potential website visitors may simply give up trying to find it – and this translates into lost custom.<\/p>\n

By creating complex domain names, organizations also expose themselves to cybersquatting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Malicious internet users may create poisoned webpages at domain names similar to yours, meaning web users who do err while typing the web address are put at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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