Domain Names Explained

One of the most essential preconditions for building a successful web presence is the domain name. It is what people will spot first when they chance upon your website and what they will relate you with. The domain name should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that notifies your web page's visitors what the web site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)

A domain name traditionally consists of 2 components - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain Name (SLD). If you have domain.com, for example, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain Name and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain. There are several groups of Top-Level Domains that you should examine prior to selecting the domain name you desire. Your pick should be built upon the aim of your site and on its target viewers. Let's have a glance at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domains - these are the most common TLDs intended to signify a specific intention - .com (commercial organizations), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (corporations), .info (informational web sites), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific), .name (individuals or families), .pro (given walks of life), and so on. As you can see, these TLDs encompass most fields of life, so you should pick the one that would signify the aim of your web page best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domain names, but some of them involve additional requirements to verify that you are eligible to own such a Top-Level Domain Name (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domain Names, are country-specific Top-Level Domain Names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Picking such a domain name is good if your target group of visitors is from a particular country. Many folks would elect to purchase commodities or services from a local site, and if your aim is Canada, for example, getting a .ca domain name could boost the visits to your site.

Domain Name Redirects

You can register a bunch of TLDs, which can forward your website's visitors to a specific website like domain.com, for instance. This would raise the traffic and reduce the probability of someone snatching your web site visitors by registering the same SLD with another Top-Level Domain - if you are not availing of a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each domain name has domain name records. The name server records (NS records, aka DNS records) disclose where the domain name is hosted, i.e. they point to the hosting company whose name servers (NSs, also known as DNSs) it is utilizing at the moment. You can swap the name servers of your domain name whenever you wish. You can have your domain name registered with one firm and get the website hosting service itself from another. In this way, if you register your domain and find good website hosting solutions somewhere else at a later time, you can point your domain name to the current provider's NSs right away.

Domain Name Server Records (DNS Records)

On the whole, as long as your domain uses a certain pair of NSs, all its name server records will point to the same website hosting distributor. Some web hosting vendors, however, allow you to edit certain DNS records, such as the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an Internet Protocol address, which demonstrates on which server your web page is situated, while the MX records demonstrate which web hosting server handles the email accounts associated with your domain name. For example, if you hire a new site designer and he devises an .ASP website that will be accommodated on his personal Windows web server, you may wish to edit solely the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. So, www.domain.com will point to the Windows hosting server, but your email boxes or any sub-domain names such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux web hosting account. The .ASP platform is created by Microsoft and requires a Windows web hosting server, although a Linux web hosting server would be far more dependable.

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Only a small number of web hosting distributors enable you to edit given domain records and quite often this an additional paid service. With us, you have an enormous assortment of Top-Level Domain Names to pick from and you can edit all domain name records or redirect the domains using a redirection tool at no added cost.