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What are Domain Names

One of the most crucial prerequisites for having a successful web presence is the domain name. It is what visitors will spot first when they discover your site and what they will link you with. The domain name should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that notifies your site's visitors what the web site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)

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A domain name usually has 2 components - a Top-Level Domain Name (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 Name. There are a couple of groups of TLDs that you should consider prior to picking the domain name you want. Your decision should be built upon the goal of your website and on its target viewers. Let's have a glimpse at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most common TLDs intended to show a particular intention - .com (business organizations), .net (networks), .biz (companies), .info (informational web sites), .org (organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific region), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (particular professions), and so on. As you can see, these Top-Level Domain Names encompass most realms of life, so you should select the one that would explain the intention of your web site best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domain names, but some of them involve extra steps to demonstrate that you are eligible to register such a domain (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domains, are country-specific domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Picking such a domain name is good if your target group of visitors is from a specific country. Many folks would prefer to purchase goods or services from a local web site, and if your target is Canada, for instance, registering a .ca domain name could boost the visits to your site.

Domain Redirects

You can register different TLDs, which can forward your site's visitors to a specific site like domain.com, for instance. This would increase the traffic and lower the possibility of someone stealing your web page visitors by using the same name with a different Top-Level Domain - if you are not availing of a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each and every domain name has domain name records. The name server records (NS records, aka DNS records) disclose where the domain name is hosted, in other words they point to the web hosting firm whose name servers (NSs, aka DNSs) it is utilizing now. You can replace 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 come across good website hosting solutions somewhere else later, you can point your domain name to the present provider's DNSs at once.

Domain Name Server Records (DNS Records)

On the whole, as long as your domain name uses a given set of DNSs, all its NS records will lead to the same web hosting provider. Some website hosting distributors, though, permit you to modify certain records, such as the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an IP address, which demonstrates on which web hosting server your web page is hosted, whereas the MX records display which hosting server tackles the e-mail addresses related to your domain name. For example, if you take on a new web site designer and he develops an .ASP site that will be accommodated on his personal Windows server, you may wish to modify just the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. Hence, www.domain.com will point to the Windows hosting server, but your email mailbox accounts or any sub-domains such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your present Linux website hosting account. The .ASP platform is invented by Microsoft and requests a Windows web server, although a Linux web hosting server would be way more dependable.

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Only a number of web hosting distributors permit you to modify particular records and very often this an extra paid service. With us, you get a large variety of TLDs to pick from and you can modify all domain name records or redirect the domain names using a redirection tool at no added cost.