You Need to OWN IT!

In journalism class yesterday (thanks Dr. Kelley), my teacher talked briefly about owning your own dot com. It's a way to brand yourself, to upload works, and to have a professional identity.

So, today I searched the web (links: Yahoo!, Yahoo! Answers, Google, About, MSN)for the best way to get my own web address.

I cannot honestly say I was given clear information about how to appropriately do the process. Most sites recommend starting with http://www.godaddy.com/

So, I went there and their site is confusing. There's a too many different things leading to too many different places. However, they automatically figured out how to tell me that [YourNameHere].com is taken and you (which would be me in this case) need to pay a fee to try to buy it from somebody else. Sadly, I just gave up on them.

Another link I tried was Yahoo! Small Business. To date, my experience with Yahoo! (which started in 2003 with my first e-mail address) has been smooth. I have Yahoo! Alerts that come to my Blackberry and my lastest e-mail account with them is going great. So, I was eager to see about their process of acquiring a domain name.

Their process was very clear.
1. Enter the web address you're seeking. If it's unavailable, they'll offer substitutions. They also offer a service to keep your information private since all registered domain owners must have their information in a database.

2. Enter your billing information for payment.

3. Confirm your domain name and payment information. Then, you own it!

total cost = $10

http://www.ronalddanielsonline.com/

I OWN IT!
That's ONE step in the right direction.

What do I do next? Any suggestions?