What are Domain Names

One of the most essential preconditions for setting up a successful online presence is the domain name. It is what people will mark first when they come across your web page and what they will identify you with. The domain name should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that informs your site's visitors what the web page is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain name traditionally has two constituents - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (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 few categories of Top-Level Domains that you should contemplate prior to selecting the domain name you want. Your pick should rest on the purpose of your web page and on its target viewers. Let's take a peek at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domains - these are the most common Top-Level Domain Names meant to denote a given purpose - .com (business enterprises), .net (networks), .biz (companies), .info (informative sites), .org (organizations of a non-commercial character), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific region), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (qualified professionals), and so on. As you can perceive, these TLDs encompass most spheres of life, so you should opt for the one that would describe the purpose of your website best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domain names, but some of them include extra requirements to show that you qualify 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 Top-Level Domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Registering such a domain name is good if your target group of website visitors is from a given country. Many persons would sooner purchase goods or services from a local web page, and if your goal is Canada, for example, registering a .ca domain name could boost the visits to your web page.

URL Forwarding

You can register a number of domains, which can redirect your site's visitors to a given site such as domain.com, for instance. This would increase the traffic and decrease the likelihood of somebody pinching your site visitors by registering the same Second-Level Domain with a different TLD - if you are not using a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each and every Top-Level Domain Name has domain name records. The name server records (NS records, aka DNS records) specify where the domain name is hosted, in other words they point to the hosting firm whose name servers (NSs, a.k.a. DNSs) it is utilizing now. You can switch the DNSs of your domain whenever you like. You can have your domain registered with one company and get the web hosting service itself from another. So, if you register your domain name and stumble upon good website hosting packages someplace else at a later time, you can point your domain name to the new provider's name servers instantaneously.

Domain Name Server Records (NS Records)

In general, as long as your domain uses a certain set of NSs, all its records will direct to the same web hosting provider. Some web hosting vendors, however, permit you to edit certain records, among them 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 website is situated, while the MX records exhibit which server handles the email aliases related to your domain name. For instance, if you take on a new web site designer and he sets up an .ASP web site that will be located on his own Windows server, you may wish to modify just the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. So, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows server, but your e-mail accounts or any sub-domains such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your present Linux web hosting account. The .ASP environment is created by Microsoft and requests a Windows web hosting server, even though a Linux server would be way more dependable.

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Only a small number of web hosting vendors allow you to modify given domain name records and very frequently this an additional paid service. With us, you have an immense variety of TLDs to choose from and you can edit all name server records or forward the domain names through a redirection tool at no additional cost.