What are Domains

One of the most vital prerequisites for having a successful web presence is the domain. It is what people will spot first when they chance upon your web page and what they will link you with. The domain should be easy to remember, but should also be something that tells your visitors what the web site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain typically has 2 components - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain Name (SLD). If you have domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain Name. There are a few categories of Top-Level Domain Names that you should consider prior to choosing the domain you desire. Your choice should be built upon the goal of your website and on its target viewers. Let's have a gaze at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most widespread Top-Level Domains aimed to designate a specific intention - .com (business organizations), .net (networks), .biz (companies), .info (informative resources), .org (organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific region), .name (individuals or families), .pro (given walks of life), etc. As you can perceive, these Top-Level Domain Names encompass most spheres of life, so you should choose the one that would indicate the aim of your web site best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domains, but some of them involve additional requirements to demonstrate that you are eligible to possess such a domain (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domain Names, are country-specific Top-Level Domain Names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Selecting such a domain is good if your target group of site visitors is from a specific country. Many people would rather purchase commodities or services from a local website, and if your target is Canada, for example, selecting a .ca domain could boost the visits to your site.

Domain Redirects

You can register different domains, which can forward your web page's visitors to a particular web page such as domain.com, for instance. This would boost the traffic and lower the probability of someone swiping your website visitors by registering the same Second-Level Domain Name with a different Top-Level Domain - if you are not using a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Every Top-Level Domain has domain records. The name server records (NS records, also known as DNS records) display where the domain is hosted, in other words they point to the web hosting supplier whose name servers (NSs, aka DNSs) it is utilizing now. You can switch the NSs of your domain whenever you want. You can have your domain registered with one company and get the website hosting service itself from another. So, if you register your domain and stumble upon decent website hosting packages somewhere else afterwards, you can point your domain to the current company's DNSs straight off.

Domain Server Records (DNS Records)

In general, as long as your domain name utilizes a certain set of NSs, all its domain records will lead to the same web hosting supplier. Some website hosting companies, though, allow you to edit given records, among them the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an Internet Protocol address, which designates on which web hosting server your site is located, whereas the MX records disclose which web hosting server tackles the e-mailbox accounts related to your domain name. For example, if you hire a new web site designer and he develops an .ASP web site that will be situated on his own Windows server, you may wish to modify only the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Hence, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows hosting server, but your e-mail box accounts or any sub-domains such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux web hosting account. The .ASP platform is developed by Microsoft and calls for a Windows hosting server, although a Linux server would be far more dependable.

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