What are Domains

One of the most vital prerequisites for running a successful online presence is the domain. It is what visitors will note first when they visit your web page and what they will identify you with. The domain should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that notifies your website's visitors what the website is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain typically is composed of 2 components - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain Name (SLD). If you have domain.com, for example, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain Name. There are a few groups of Top-Level Domain Names that you should contemplate prior to choosing the domain you desire. Your pick should rest on the purpose of your site and on its target spectators. Let's check the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most popular Top-Level Domains aimed to designate a particular function - .com (commercial entities), .net (networks), .biz (businesses), .info (informational web sites), .org (not-for-profit organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific), .name (individuals or families), .pro (particular professions), etc. As you can see, these Top-Level Domain Names cover most fields of life, so you should go for the one that would explain the purpose of your web site best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domains, but some of them contain additional requirements to prove that you are eligible to register such a Top-Level Domain (.mobi and .pro, for instance).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code TLDs, are country-specific domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Choosing such a domain is good if your target group of web page visitors is from a specific country. Many visitors would want to buy commodities or services from a local web page, and if your goal is Canada, for instance, registering a .ca domain could boost the visits to your website.

Domain Name Redirection

You can register a number of Top-Level Domain Names, which can send your site's visitors to a specific web site like domain.com, for example. This would increase the traffic and lower the risk of somebody pilfering your visitors by using the same Second-Level Domain with another Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not utilizing a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Every domain has domain records. The name server records (NS records, aka DNS records) reveal where the domain is hosted, i.e. they point to the web hosting company whose name servers (NSs, a.k.a. DNSs) it is utilizing now. You can substitute the DNSs of your domain name at all times. You can have your domain name registered with one firm and get the web hosting service itself from another. In this way, if you register your domain name and come across decent website hosting packages someplace else at a later time, you can point your domain to the new provider's NSs instantaneously.

Domain Server Records (NS Records)

In general, as long as your domain utilizes a specific pair of name servers, all its DNS records will point to the same website hosting provider. Some web hosting providers, though, allow you to modify given records, such as the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an IP address, which demonstrates on which web server your web page is located, while the MX records show which hosting server tackles the e-mail accounts associated with your domain name. For example, if you engage a new web designer and he sets up an .ASP site that will be hosted on his own Windows web hosting server, you may desire to alter solely the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Thus, www.domain.com will point to the Windows hosting server, but your email address accounts or any sub-domain names like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux website hosting account. The .ASP platform is invented by Microsoft and calls for a Windows web server, even though a Linux web hosting server would be way more stable.

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Just a few web hosting companies permit you to edit particular name server records and quite frequently this an additional paid service. With us, you have a wide collection of Top-Level Domain Names to select from and you can modify all records or forward the domain names through a forwarding tool at no added charge.