Exploring Domain Name Registration

1. Identify three to five possible domain names for a pet grooming business.
2. Visit the Web Design Chapter 1 Online Companion Web page (scsite.com/web3e/ch1/) and click register.com in the Your Turn links.
3. Type each of the domain names you came up with in the Search For a Name text box; click the Search For a Name list box arrow, and select the top-level domain of your choice. Then click the Search For A Name button to search existing domain names and determine if your entered domain name is available.
   
4. Report back to the Web Design Blogspot on the results of your domain name search.
   

POST #4 RESULTS TO RECEIVE CREDIT

Blog Addresses

List your name followed by your blog address.

Your Turn-Personal Blog Posting

Exploring Search Engines

1. Visit the Web Design Chapter #1 Online Companion Web page (scsite.com/web3e/ch1/) and click Google, Ask.com, Windows Live Search, and Mamma in the Your Turn links.

2. Perform a keyword search using each of the four search tools using the same keyword or phrase of your choice. Compare the search results returned by each search engine.

3. Write a report that answers the following questions:

a. Are the Web pages listed in the search results lists the same or different?

b. How do the search results from the Mamma metasearch engine differ from the search results returned by the other three search engines.

c. How can you use a similar exercise to identify appropriate meta tag keywords and descriptive Web page titles when planning a Web site?

**Source: Web Design, Introductory Concepts and Techniques

The Environment & the Tools

Introduction:

Designing and building a Web site is no longer difficult, intimidating undertaking; the task is becoming easier largely as a result of the evolution of Web technologies. However, improved Web technologies alone cannot produce a successful Web site. Creating a Web site with Web pages that successfully communicate, educate, entertain, or provide a venue for conducting business transactions also requires applying the elements of good web design.

A computer network is composed of computers, printers, and data file storage devices connected together to enable the sharing of computing resources and data. The Internet is a world wide public network that connects millions of these private networks. Internet 2 is a major cooperative initiative among academia, industry, and government agencies to increase the Internet's possibilities and solve some of its challenges. The nonprofit initiative has more than 200 university, corporate, government, and international members and sponsors.

Terms:

World Wide Web (Web)-consists of Internet-connected computers called web servers on which are stored specifically formatted electronic documents called web pages.

Web page-can contain images, text, interactive elements, and hyperlinks, which are links to other pages.

Web site-is a group of related Web pages.

Home page-A Web site's primary page, typically introduces the Web site and provides information about the site's purpose and content.

Hyperlink (link)-is a word, phrase, or image that connects Web pages. You often can identify a text link by its appearance. Text links are usually underlined or in a color different from the rest of the text.

**Source: Web Design, Introductory Concepts & Techniques