What are Domain Names

One of the most important requirements for having a successful online presence is the domain name. It is what people will mark first when they visit your website and what they will identify you with. The domain name should be easy to remember, but should also be something that notifies your web site's visitors what the web page is about.

Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)

A domain name typically is composed of two fragments - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If you have domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain Name and "domain" is the SLD. There are a couple of categories of TLDs that you should examine before you choose the domain name you desire. Your decision should rest on the aim of your web page and on its target visitors. Let's have a glimpse at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domains - these are the most widespread TLDs aimed to denote a particular function - .com (commercial entities), .net (networks), .biz (corporations), .info (informative resources), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific), .name (individuals or families), .pro (specific professions), and so on. As you can perceive, these Top-Level Domains encompass most fields of life, so you should choose the one that would describe the aim of your web site best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domain names, but some of them include additional requirements to prove that you are eligible to have such a domain (.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. Picking such a domain name is good if your target group of site visitors is from a particular country. Many guys would like to buy commodities or services from a local web page, and if your aim is Canada, for example, settling on a .ca domain name could boost the visits to your site.

Domain Name Redirects

You can register a number of domain names, which can send your web page's visitors to a given website such as domain.com, for instance. This would boost the traffic and lower the probability of someone pilfering your web page visitors by using the same SLD with another Top-Level Domain - if you are not availing of a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each Top-Level 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, aka DNSs) it is utilizing now. You can swap the name servers of your domain name whenever you wish. You can have your domain registered with one provider and get the web hosting service itself from another. Hence, if you register your domain and stumble upon good website hosting services somewhere else afterwards, you can point your domain name to the current provider's name servers straight off.

Domain Name Server Records (NS Records)

In general, as long as your domain utilizes a specific set of DNSs, all its domain name records will lead to the same web hosting vendor. Some hosting suppliers, though, permit you to edit certain name server records, such as 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 site is located, whereas the MX records indicate which web hosting server handles the e-mail box accounts related to your domain name. For example, if you appoint a new site designer and he devises an .ASP web page that will be located on his personal Windows web hosting server, you may wish to modify only the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. Hence, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows web hosting server, but your e-mailboxes 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 created by Microsoft and demands a Windows hosting server, although a Linux web hosting server would be way more reliable.

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