Setup Domains from GoDaddy to Bluehost

The process of setting up domains from GoDaddy to Bluehost is very simple. With little guidance, an individual should be able to do it by themselves. All there is to do is to update the Name server of the domain on GoDaddy to point to Bluehost. After doing this, you can later use Bluehost add-ons to add these domains under your Bluehost account. At the end of the day, your website should remain on GoDaddy but you can still install Web pages using Bluehost hosting. This piece will highlight the process in detail.

A) Access your GoDaddy domain names

To start off the process, you need to purchase a domain name from a domain name provider, in this case GoDaddy. To access your domain names, you need to go to your domain’s manager by accessing ”All Products”.

B) Access Domain Manager

GoDaddy seams to have hidden this option especially with their new design. To access it, click ”All Products”, ”Domain”, then under ”Management” you can access ”Domain Management”.

C) Click on the domain you intend to point to Bluehost

There are a number of benefits associated with pointing a domain to Bluehost. With Bluehost, you can easily set up multiple WordPress blogs and websites without incurring any additional fees. This is how you can click on the domain you want to set up in Bluehost.

D) Click on Set Nameservers

By clicking of the domain you are likely to work with, you are provided with two options to help you change the Nameservers. Both the options should successfully help you with changing Nameservers. Click either.

E) By default the Nameservers should point to GoDaddy’s web hosting

The fact that we are using Bluehost as the host, you need to replace these Nameservers:

F) Bluehost Nameservers

You need to add Bluehost’s Nameservers by simply replacing the Nameservers:

Nameserver 1: NS1.BLUEHOST.COM

Nameserver 2: NS2.BLUEHOST.COM

G) Confirmation of Changes

Immediately you click ”OK”, you should instantaneously get a confirmation alert of the changes. However, it might take you a while, maybe even hours, before the internet recognizes your new Nameservers.

H) Access your Bluehost Control Panel

Web owners who are using Bluehost as the host need to log into their Control Panel to access their set up account.

I) Find Domain Manager

In order to properly set up your account, you need to find the ”Domain Manager” in your cPanel.

J) Assign a domain to your cPanel account

As the final step required when setting up a domain from GoDaddy to Bluehost, you need to click on ”Assign a domain to your cPanel account”.

K) Input your domain name

Enter your domain name and wait for verification by the system. ensure that it is properly pointing to Bluehost.

L) Confirm domain assignment

After inputting your domain name, you need to click on ”Add Domain”. This should create a confirmation message under ”Summary” upon completion.

Conclusion

As you can see, it is a fairly straight-forward process to setup Domains from GoDaddy to Bluehost hosting.  If you encounter any issues during your setup, please be sure to let me know in the comments below.

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Domain Name and Its Significance

Not going deep into technical, in a very simple language; a domain name can be called as a website identifier name. It is often confused with the Universal Resource Locator (URL) and Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The IP address contains the numerical instructions to locate the required webpage and direct to the same. The URL is the entire path of the webpage you are present on whereas the domain name uniquely identifies your website. For example, hostingdecisions.com is the domain name of this site and http://hostingdecisions.com/ is the URL of this webpage.

Note: Hereafter, I will be using just ‘name’ instead of ‘domain name.’

Suppose that you have launched your own new brand for clothes. You would definitely name it with some stylish and creative words in order to make it famous and gather more number of customers. Similarly, for every site to get well flourished in the World Wide Web, it ought to have an eyeful and informative name. Eyeful in the sense that the name must be eye-catching so that it can attract more and more readers, and informative in the sense that it can provide precise and brief knowledge of what the site is about.

Various Thoughts behind Domain Name

Selecting a brand name for your site is not difficult at all unless you are well aware about your site targets and online marketing strategies. Evidently, there are two kinds of webmasters: one who thinks of an innovative and distinguishable name and the other who thinks of a straight-forward brand name. For instance, a typical event site owner would name it as event.org (no offense to any owner in hold of this domain name) whereas a creative mind would name it somewhat as eventinopromoto.org, ingenious indeed. The former naming technique indicates that it wants to give crystal clear idea to its visitors that the site is about events. It is naturally expected that the users will type the word ‘event’, as a keyword, on the search bar in order to find event websites. Thus, the keyword exactly matches the name and the site gets top position on the Search Engine Result Page (SERP). On the other hand, the latter is purely a form of unique visionary outlook towards naming the site. The intention is to feed the curiosity of highly exploring readers and simultaneously latch on to their interest in the topic.

Should Domain Name Keywords Be Given Priority?

-The EMD Issue

As of the two varieties of name, it is often questioned that should the only inclusion of keywords in names be of prime concern? Not necessarily. Although the tradition has been that the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) rank the sites based on the matched targeted domains which is known as Exact Match Domain (EMD), but the case may not be the same today! The EMD influence has affected only 0.6% US-English search keywords. Moreover, some users reckon that the number of backlinks to the sites must be the major factor for site ranking.

As per a short span research of 24 hours by a well-known agency, an EMD influence on sites’ SERP positions dropped by almost 0.4% (i.e. from 3.6% to 3.2%). Though the per day figure may not seem much high, the overall month’s figures have led the SEO agencies to conclude that the EMDs no longer have successful impact on site business, rather it’s degrading the keyword effectiveness. After the Google EMD Update, some of them decided to switch their domain names to new and fresh ones (non-EMD) while others have decided to keep up with the same domain and enhancing their site content quality.

Cost Effectiveness

Now that you know much about the different parameters of names, you will naturally be going with the ones having both premium keywords and a touch of creativity to attract the quality readers. It is necessary to ensure the cost of domain before you buy it. Many of the keyword domains are already registered by the site developers. The .com domain extension is too common and at the same time more valuable whereas .org suggests an organizational site with trust and authority. The .net domain is used of network infrastructure technology organizations. All these are Top-level Domains (TLDs) and numerous such available for sites with different purposes and so are the costs. Choose the one that best suits your site purpose and do not forget to give a look at their prices and comparison of the same with the others.

Conclusion

Remember that, domain name is a jewel or you can say a precious accessory on the body of your website. The readers get half your site impression just by looking at the domain name. Not just the perceptions of visitors, the name will also affect all the parameters involved in site’s success rate, including the Social Media Optimization (SMO). The trending concept of Brandability is something taken into consideration by every webmaster. The brand value of your domain should be maintained along with the words matching your targeted keywords.

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