Domain Names Explained

One of the most important preconditions for setting up a successful web presence is the domain name. It is what visitors will perceive first when they discover your website and what they will identify you with. The domain name should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that informs your visitors what the web page is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain name as a rule consists of 2 fragments - a Top-Level Domain Name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If you have domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain Name. There are a couple of groups of Top-Level Domain Names that you should examine prior to picking the domain name you want. Your choice should be built upon the purpose of your website and on its target visitors. Let's check out the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most widespread TLDs meant to designate a particular function - .com (business organizations), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (businesses), .info (informative web pages), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific region), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (certain walks of life), and so on. As you can perceive, these Top-Level Domains cover most spheres of life, so you should opt for the one that would illustrate the purpose of your website best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domain names, but some of them involve extra requirements to prove that you are eligible to possess such a TLD (.mobi and .pro, for instance).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domains, are country-specific Top-Level Domain Names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Choosing such a domain name is good if your target group of website visitors is from a particular country. Many folks would prefer to buy commodities or services from a local web page, and if your aim is Canada, for instance, settling on a .ca domain name could boost the visits to your web site.

URL Redirects

You can register a number of TLDs, which can send your visitors to a certain web page such as domain.com, for instance. This would increase the traffic and lower the risk of someone pinching your visitors by registering the same Second-Level Domain Name with a different Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not availing of a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Every Top-Level Domain has domain name records. The name server records (NS records, aka DNS records) display where the domain name is hosted, i.e. they point to the hosting company whose name servers (NSs, aka DNSs) it is using at the moment. You can alter the DNSs of your domain name whenever you want. You can have your domain name registered with one provider and get the website hosting service itself from another. Hence, if you register your domain and encounter decent website hosting plans someplace else afterwards, you can point your domain name to the current provider's DNSs straight off.

Domain Name Server Records (DNS Records)

In general, as long as your domain uses a specific pair of NSs, all its NS records will point to the same web hosting supplier. Some website hosting suppliers, though, allow you to modify given NS records, such as the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an Internet Protocol address, which details on which web server your web site is hosted, while the MX records display which web server handles the e-mailbox accounts related to your domain name. For example, if you take on a new web designer and he develops an .ASP web page that will be hosted on his own Windows server, you may want to edit solely the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Thus, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows hosting server, but your e-mail address accounts or any sub-domain names like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux web hosting account. The .ASP environment is created by Microsoft and calls for a Windows hosting server, even though a Linux web server would be far more reliable.

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