Domains Defined

One of the most vital prerequisites for creating a successful Internet presence is the domain name. It is what people will perceive first when they chance upon your site and what they will relate you with. The domain name should be easy to remember, but should also be something that notifies your website's visitors what the website is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (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 instance, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain. There are several groups of Top-Level Domain Names that you should consider before you select the domain name you wish. Your decision should be based on the goal of your web site and on its target visitors. Let's study the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most common Top-Level Domains aimed to show a particular purpose - .com (commercial enterprises), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (corporations), .info (informative websites), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific), .name (persons or families), .pro (particular professions), etc. As you can see, these TLDs encompass most spheres of life, so you should go for the one that would show the aim of your web site best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domain names, but some of them include extra requirements to confirm that you are eligible to have such a Top-Level Domain Name (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code TLDs, are country-specific Top-Level Domain Names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Opting for such a domain name is good if your target group of web page visitors is from a given country. Many folks would elect to 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 web site.

Domain Redirects

You can register several TLDs, which can forward your website's visitors to a specific web page like domain.com, for example. This would raise the traffic and decrease the possibility of someone swiping your visitors by registering the same name with another TLD - if you are not using a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each and every Top-Level Domain has domain name records. The name server records (NS records, also known as DNS records) show where the domain name is hosted, in other words they point to the hosting distributor whose name servers (NSs, a.k.a. DNSs) it is using now. You can switch the NSs of your domain whenever you want. You can have your domain registered with one provider and get the web hosting service itself from another. So, if you register your domain and find good website hosting services somewhere else afterwards, you can point your domain name to the present provider's DNSs at once.

Domain Name Server Records (DNS Records)

In general, as long as your domain uses a given set of name servers, all its domain name server records will direct to the same hosting provider. Some website hosting companies, though, permit you to modify certain domain records, among them the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an IP address, which details on which web hosting server your web page is situated, whereas the MX records disclose which web hosting server handles the mail addresses related to your domain name. For instance, if you engage a new web designer and he constructs an .ASP web site that will be located on his private Windows web server, you may want to alter solely the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. Hence, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows hosting server, but your e-mailbox accounts or any sub-domain names like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux hosting account. The .ASP platform is devised by Microsoft and requires a Windows web hosting server, even though a Linux hosting server would be way more dependable.

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