Domain Names Explained

One of the most vital preconditions for setting up a successful Internet presence is the domain name. It is what visitors will notice first when they discover your web page and what they will relate you with. The domain name should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that tells your web site's visitors what the web site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)

A domain name typically has two components - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain Name (SLD). If you have domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain. There are several sets of TLDs that you should contemplate before you choose the domain name you desire. Your selection should be based on the goal of your web site and on its target audience. Let's take a glance at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most common Top-Level Domain Names aimed to designate a specific intention - .com (business establishments), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (businesses), .info (informative websites), .org (not-for-profit organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific), .name (individuals or families), .pro (certain professions), etc. As you can perceive, these TLDs cover most realms of life, so you should settle on the one that would explain the aim of your website best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domain names, but some of them involve additional requirements to prove that you are eligible to possess such a Top-Level Domain (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domains, are country-specific domain names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Opting for such a domain name is good if your target group of site visitors is from a given country. Many folks would sooner purchase commodities or services from a local web page, and if your aim is Canada, for example, registering a .ca domain name could increase the visits to your site.

Domain Redirection

You can register a bunch of TLDs, which can redirect your web page's visitors to a certain web page like domain.com, for example. This would boost the traffic and lower the probability of someone swiping your visitors by registering the same Second-Level Domain Name with a different Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not using a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each and every domain name has domain name records. The name server records (NS records, a.k.a. DNS records) show where the domain name is hosted, i.e. they point to the web hosting provider whose name servers (NSs, aka DNSs) it is using now. You can replace the DNSs of your domain name whenever you want. You can have your domain registered with one firm and get the web hosting service itself from another. Thus, if you register your domain name and detect decent website hosting services somewhere else at a later time, you can point your domain name to the present provider's NSs straight away.

Domain Name Server Records (NS Records)

In general, as long as your domain name utilizes a given pair of DNSs, all its records will point to the same web hosting vendor. Some website hosting vendors, however, permit you to modify certain name server records, among them the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an IP address, which designates on which hosting server your web page is hosted, while the MX records exhibit which server handles the e-mail aliases related to your domain name. For example, if you engage a new web designer and he creates an .ASP web page that will be hosted on his personal Windows server, you may desire to modify only the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Hence, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows server, but your e-mail box accounts or any sub-domain names like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your present Linux web hosting account. The .ASP platform is invented by Microsoft and requires a Windows web hosting server, even though a Linux server would be far more reliable.

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Only a small number of web hosting distributors permit you to edit particular domain records and quite frequently this an extra paid service. With us, you get a wide array of Top-Level Domains to select from and you can modify all domain records or redirect the domain names through a forwarding tool at no extra cost.