Domains Defined

One of the most crucial prerequisites for establishing a successful online presence is the domain name. It is what people will spot first when they chance upon 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 website's visitors what the web site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)

A domain name as a rule has two constituents - a Top-Level Domain Name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain Name (SLD). If you have domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the SLD. There are a few groups of Top-Level Domain Names that you should examine before you choose the domain name you want. Your selection should be built upon the purpose of your website and on its target viewers. Let's examine the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domains - these are the most common Top-Level Domain Names meant to signify a given purpose - .com (commercial organizations), .net (networks), .biz (corporations), .info (informative websites), .org (not-for-profit organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific region), .name (persons or families), .pro (qualified professionals), and so on. As you can see, these TLDs cover most spheres of life, so you should choose the one that would portray the aim of your web site best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domain names, but some of them include additional requirements to confirm that you are eligible to keep such a domain name (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code TLDs, are country-specific domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Opting for such a domain name is good if your target group of website visitors is from a particular country. Many guys would sooner buy commodities or services from a local web site, and if your target is Canada, for example, settling on a .ca domain name could boost the visits to your web site.

Domain Name Redirects

You can register a bunch of Top-Level Domain Names, which can redirect your web page's visitors to a specific web page like domain.com, for example. This would raise the traffic and lower the risk of somebody swiping your web site visitors by registering the same name with another Top-Level Domain Name - 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, aka DNS records) disclose where the domain name is hosted, i.e. they point to the web hosting firm whose name servers (NSs, aka DNSs) it is using now. You can change the NSs of your domain name whenever you wish. You can have your domain name registered with one provider and get the web hosting service itself from another. In this way, if you register your domain name and come across good website hosting solutions somewhere else at a later time, you can point your domain name to the current provider's name servers instantly.

Domain Name Server Records (NS Records)

In general, as long as your domain name utilizes a given pair of NSs, all its DNS records will direct to the same hosting distributor. Some website hosting providers, however, allow you to modify certain records, like the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an IP address, which displays on which web hosting server your website is situated, while the MX records demonstrate which server handles the e-mail address accounts associated with your domain name. For instance, if you appoint a new site designer and he sets up an .ASP web page that will be situated on his private Windows web hosting server, you may wish to change just the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Hence, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows server, but your mail 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 devised by Microsoft and requests a Windows web server, even though a Linux hosting server would be far more dependable.

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