Pro tip: Go buy your domain name right this second

doitnow.com.

This is advice I give out to so often it’s worth codifying: if you’re in media, journalism, acting, music, painting, social media, personal massage, boutique zoology or anything where someone in the public might want to find you easily, go here [or your preferred register!] this instant and buy your name .com. Even if you don’t build a site on it immediately, it’s just $10 a year to park. Think about it this way: do you want someone else with your name to own it? Next thing you know, you’ll be running for office on a Tea Party platform in California, only to find some snarky blogger in Brooklyn already took your domain. If I click on one more MySpace that belongs to a so-called professional, I’m going to buy your domain and fill it with Bieber slash fiction out of spite.

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View Comments (3)

Ryan Clement says:

Mar 13, 2012 at 11:41 am

Of course, there's always this to think about: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2158607/wikimedia-leaves-godaddy-sopa
Anonymous says:

Mar 13, 2012 at 12:36 pm

Don't use GoDaddy! Here's why: http://kottke.org/11/12/the-internets-go-daddy-issues
Dave says:

Mar 13, 2012 at 12:40 pm

MySpace forever. Also, don't listen to Tim everyone, he's just looking for an outlet to publish the reams of Bieber fanfic he's got lying around.