syza Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) What are your thought's on having a personal academic website, especially getting a domain name that is your legal name? The younger sociologists seems to be moving in this direction. Here is an example. https://www.kimberlykayhoang.com/ How necessary is this? Edited February 2, 2019 by syza Needed to add a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howdoiexitvim Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 > especially getting a domain name that is your legal name? This, especially, is also my question. Any downsides of not using your name as your domain name? What if your name is a subdomain? (yourname.somethingelse.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socchi92 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I have one! I really like it for when I'm doing research and asking people for interviews because I can offer my website as proof I'm not some weirdo. However, it doesn't get much traffic so otherwise it's not necessary. Maybe it will be in the future. My domain is my full legal name. PM me if you want me to link you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syza Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 20 hours ago, socchi92 said: I have one! I really like it for when I'm doing research and asking people for interviews because I can offer my website as proof I'm not some weirdo. However, it doesn't get much traffic so otherwise it's not necessary. Maybe it will be in the future. My domain is my full legal name. PM me if you want me to link you! How much did it cost, if you don't mind me asking. I ask because the domain name for my legal name is over $2,000. I am just not sure how necessary it is to shell out that much $$$ for an academic website, especially for a starting graduate student. It's not like we are in the corporate world or say Michael Burawoy, and even he does not have a private website! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high_hopes Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 You should be able to buy a domain name for less than $20. It doesn't have to be your full legal name -- it could be anything similar - perhaps an initial and a name, just your last name, or part of your name and the letters SOC for sociology or something. Hosting it for free on wix.com or wordpress.com or a similar server would also definitely be fine. Otherwise if you want to pay to not have any advertisements it should also be less than $5 a month. With all that said, I don't have a website. I might make one when I'm in the later years of my PhD program when I'm doing full-time research or looking for academic jobs. I don't think it makes a big difference to have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socchi92 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 2 hours ago, syza said: How much did it cost, if you don't mind me asking. I ask because the domain name for my legal name is over $2,000. I am just not sure how necessary it is to shell out that much $$$ for an academic website, especially for a starting graduate student. It's not like we are in the corporate world or say Michael Burawoy, and even he does not have a private website! As high_hopes said, it was $20/year for the domain name. I also agree that it's not necessary at this point in our careers. If you have a good reason for wanting to do it, go for it, but don't feel like you have to. high_hopes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedudeabides Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Where subdomains are concerned, I think an "about.me" page could certainly suffice if you want to keep it low key, and avoid making an investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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