Buy your .news domain today

Anyone can register a .news domain. There are no press credentials, licenses or eligibility checks, and no content restrictions beyond the usual abuse policies. You only need a name that is still available.

No, a .news domain does not help you get into Google News, and no extension does. Inclusion runs through the Google Publisher Center and has been hard to obtain since that process changed in 2019.

What counts is the journalism itself: named reporters, a clear masthead, consistent publishing and other sites citing you. Choose .news for what it tells readers, not as a route into Google News.

A .news domain signals intent rather than authority. It tells readers what kind of site they are visiting, but credibility comes from bylines, corrections, sourcing and a masthead that says who you are.

On a site with none of that, a .news address can read as a claim the content does not support, which does more harm than a neutral extension would.

Most readers will take it as a publication, though .com and .org are the endings people recognize fastest, so a less familiar extension can cost you a share of cold clicks in search results.

That gap closes once your name is known. For a title people already search for directly, the extension matters far less than it does for a first-time visitor.

It leans that way, because the word carries a sense of recency and readers may arrive expecting frequent updates. That suits a daily or weekly title and sits awkwardly on an archive refreshed twice a year.

If your work is long-form analysis rather than reporting, think about the expectation of freshness you are setting before you commit.

Yes, and newsletters are one of the more natural uses for it. A short .news address works well as the public home for a newsletter, holding the archive, the signup form and the about page.

It also gives you something to print or say aloud that explains the format before anyone subscribes.

A .news domain gives you no direct SEO advantage or penalty. Google treats top-level domains as domain extensions rather than a ranking shortcut, so your reporting, site quality and relevance decide where you rank.

It can still help in the results, because someone scanning headlines sees at a glance that yours is a publication.

If a .news domain expires without being renewed, it can stop working for both your site and your email, breaking every link and citation pointing at your archive. Wix sends renewal reminders ahead of the expiration date.

For a publication this matters more than usual, since inbound links are part of your value. Turn on auto-renew and keep your payment details current.

Yes, domain privacy can keep your personal contact details out of public registration records such as WHOIS, where applicable. Independent journalists often want this.

Keep your registration contact information accurate even when it is hidden, so renewal and transfer notices still reach you.