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Domain Name Registration INFORMATION Domain name registration is the process whereby a unique domain name is selected and registered by a user, giving the user the right to use that domain name for their Web site. Most Web hosts allow you to register a domain when you sign up for Web hosting. How do you select a good domain name? Ideally your domain name would include the key descriptors for your business or the focus of your web site. For example, a plumbing company would do well to register www.plumbing.com. However, at this point essentially every keyword domain name has already been registered. This includes all 2 letter abbreviations, and likely all common phrases as well. But don't loose hope, their is still plenty of opportunity to choose a great domain name for your web site. 2 articles that discuss some strategies for doing so are: Choosing a Good Domain Name Choosing a Great Domain Name   The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the entity that oversees global IP address allocation, DNS root zone management, and other Internet protocol assignments. It is operated by ICANN . Prior to the establishment of ICANN for this purpose, IANA was administered primarily by Jon Postel at the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California, under a contract USC/ISI had with the United States Department of Defense, until ICANN was formed to assume the responsibility under a United States Department of Commerce contract.