Comments on: Questions on Web Domains http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:29:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: dotservant.com website hosting http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3737 dotservant.com website hosting Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:53:40 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3737 Definitely agree with starting your website/blog in your own domain, it is not going to be easy to make a full and safe transfer from any free subdomain hosting to your domain without an impact on your search traffic. If you are serious about building your website/blog, it is not worth to risk that for just a couple of dollars a year. Definitely agree with starting your website/blog in your own domain, it is not going to be easy to make a full and safe transfer from any free subdomain hosting to your domain without an impact on your search traffic. If you are serious about building your website/blog, it is not worth to risk that for just a couple of dollars a year.

]]> By: Gerhi Janse van Vuuren http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3742 Gerhi Janse van Vuuren Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:09:39 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3742 Now that we are talking about names. And thinking that I would register a domain under my author name, what is the likelihood that I will get published with the name I have? My name, as I use it now, is "Gerhi Janse van Vuuren". Shortened first name (unique) and three parts to the surname. I can never see myself doing a full name authoring which would be "Gerhardus Petrus Benjamin Janse van Vuuren". Just using my initials GPB in front of Janse van Vuuren or GJ in front of van Vuuren also doesn't want to fly. Just using my own names I can work out quite a number of pseudonyms but I would like to write as me. Problems: Very few English speakers can pronounce my name correctly. It is with a hard 'G' and a flat 'e'. People often think I'm female, I'm not. I could go with "Gerhard" but will I lose the uniqueness. The same with "Gary" or "Gerald". In fact, I could never see myself as a "Gary". Edgar Rice Burroughs made a triple name work but I've got four parts. I'll never be Stephen King. So, should I just be me or should I work up another name? I'm not even asking what I should register as a domain, just, what should I use as my author name? Now that we are talking about names. And thinking that I would register a domain under my author name, what is the likelihood that I will get published with the name I have?

My name, as I use it now, is “Gerhi Janse van Vuuren”. Shortened first name (unique) and three parts to the surname. I can never see myself doing a full name authoring which would be “Gerhardus Petrus Benjamin Janse van Vuuren”. Just using my initials GPB in front of Janse van Vuuren or GJ in front of van Vuuren also doesn’t want to fly.

Just using my own names I can work out quite a number of pseudonyms but I would like to write as me.

Problems: Very few English speakers can pronounce my name correctly. It is with a hard ‘G’ and a flat ‘e’.
People often think I’m female, I’m not.
I could go with “Gerhard” but will I lose the uniqueness. The same with “Gary” or “Gerald”. In fact, I could never see myself as a “Gary”.

Edgar Rice Burroughs made a triple name work but I’ve got four parts. I’ll never be Stephen King.

So, should I just be me or should I work up another name? I’m not even asking what I should register as a domain, just, what should I use as my author name?

]]> By: D'Ann Mateer http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3743 D'Ann Mateer Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:53:33 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3743 Thanks for your thoughts, Randy. You've helped me come closer to a decision, although perhaps I should give more consideration to the whole "Dave" thing. When my apostrophe gets left out (such as on class rolls in college, etc.) people think, from the name alone, that I'm a man with a weird spelling of Dan! If my parents had only known in 1967 how an apostrophe would become a computer catastrophe! D'Ann Thanks for your thoughts, Randy. You’ve helped me come closer to a decision, although perhaps I should give more consideration to the whole “Dave” thing. When my apostrophe gets left out (such as on class rolls in college, etc.) people think, from the name alone, that I’m a man with a weird spelling of Dan! If my parents had only known in 1967 how an apostrophe would become a computer catastrophe!

D’Ann

]]> By: Kristi Holl http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3744 Kristi Holl Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:06:17 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3744 Thanks for answering my question, Randy. Since my blog is pretty new, I could probably move it to my own website and start the "traffic" over without too much trouble. Maybe I can leave the blogspot site up, with a final posting that says the blog has moved and give a link to my domain/blog page? If you have your blog on your website page, how do you get the comments function (like this one) to display? Thanks for answering my question, Randy. Since my blog is pretty new, I could probably move it to my own website and start the “traffic” over without too much trouble. Maybe I can leave the blogspot site up, with a final posting that says the blog has moved and give a link to my domain/blog page?

If you have your blog on your website page, how do you get the comments function (like this one) to display?

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3745 Sylvia Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:21:28 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3745 Hi Randy, I have neither a blog nor a website. A friend developed a ministry website, but she now finds that the search engines are not picking it up. She's encouraging me to develop a website, but since mine would be for ministry, too, I'm not eager to become involved until we can solve the search engine problem. My friend was advised to have her website designed by a professional. However, we are both retired and on a fixed income, so the financial angle concerns us. Can you give me a ballpark figure for how much it would be to have a professional format a website? Any recommendations? We live in a Portland, Oregon suburb not too far from you, so I'm hoping that you will know someone to give us some professional help --if we can afford it. Thank you. Hi Randy,
I have neither a blog nor a website. A friend developed a ministry website, but she now finds that the search engines are not picking it up. She’s encouraging me to develop a website, but since mine would be for ministry, too, I’m not eager to become involved until we can solve the search engine problem.
My friend was advised to have her website designed by a professional. However, we are both retired and on a fixed income, so the financial angle concerns us. Can you give me a ballpark figure for how much it would be to have a professional format a website? Any recommendations? We live in a Portland, Oregon suburb not too far from you, so I’m hoping that you will know someone to give us some professional help –if we can afford it.
Thank you.

]]> By: Yvette http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3758 Yvette Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:29:29 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2008/01/21/questions-on-web-domains/#comment-3758 Thank Randy for answering my question. I will be making the move soon. Thank Randy for answering my question.

I will be making the move soon.

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