There are several steps involved in establishing
a business presence on the Internet.
First of all, you need a source for local Internet access
so that you can view your site while it is under development. You’ve
already reached this step if you are viewing this page!
Secondly, you need to register a domain name (after you
have confirmed that your choice is available.) You can confirm the
availability of your preferred name(s) right now by using the following
“whois lookup” form. Domain names must contain
alpha-numeric characters, no characters such as the “&” or “<”, and 67
characters or less in length. As always, shorter (and simpler) is
generally better, but the new 67 character limit is a great way to
register your full business name, trademark, association name or company
slogan. Remember, many businesses and organizations find it to be in
their best interest to register more than one domain name.
Please use this form to check the availability of a domain name.
Please provide a value for a domain name and select one of the
extensions, “.com", ".net", or ".org". A query will be
performed on the appropriate WHOIS database.
Be sure to hit the “Back” button on your browser afterwards in order to
return to this page. If your chosen domain name is available, you can
register it through Pelland Advertising for FREE by
clicking here *.
Thirdly, you need a website! You can assemble your own,
have your daughter’s boyfriend build your site, have a site built using
a cookie-cutter template, or hire an expensive Web design firm. Or … you
can turn to a company like Pelland Advertising to professionally produce
a first-class, highly interactive website for a reasonable fee. Website
development today is no longer an “out of the box” project where a
software application can walk you through a step-by-step process. Do you
want to spend your time learning HTML, various scripting languages, CSS,
Flash, search engine optimization, image optimization, and form creation
… or do you want to spend your time running your business and profiting
from a new site which has been professionally created?
Finally, you need a hosting service for your website.
Many people incorrectly assume that their web hosting service and
internet service provider must be one and the same company. This is
patently untrue. Each service may be completely independent of the
other. Although you need some form of Internet access for your own use –
whether that be cable broadband, DSL, satellite or dialup, your web
server can be located absolutely anywhere. Pelland Advertising’s client
websites are hosted on a
state-of-the-art dedicated
server, featuring the Ensim application suites, running Apache web
server software under the 64-bit CentOS Linux operating system. Our
newest server, located at NetSonic's state-of-the-art facility in Green
Bay, Wisconsin, features multiple redundant high-speed connections, dual
AMD Opteron 244 processors, dual 250GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 SATA hot
swap hard drives, and 2GB of ECC Registered RAM. Our new server includes
on-site management, 24/7 monitoring, remote emergency reboot capability,
and projected 99.999% uptime.
Turn to Pelland
Advertising for a complete package
of domain name registration services, website development and hosting.
