Domains Defined

One of the most vital preconditions for running a successful web presence is the domain name. It is what people will mark first when they chance upon your web page and what they will identify you with. The domain name should be easy to remember, but should also be something that tells your web page's visitors what the site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain name as a rule is composed of two fragments - a Top-Level Domain Name (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. There are a few sets of Top-Level Domains that you should consider prior to selecting the domain name you wish. Your choice should rest on the goal of your website and on its target spectators. Let's check out the gTLDs, or generic TLDs - these are the most common Top-Level Domains intended to express a particular function - .com (commercial enterprises), .net (networks), .biz (businesses), .info (informative web sites), .org (organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific region), .name (persons or families), .pro (certain professions), etc. As you can see, these TLDs cover most spheres of life, so you should pick the one that would portray the aim of your web site best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domain names, but some of them contain extra steps to ascertain that you qualify to own such a Top-Level Domain (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domains, are country-specific domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Opting for such a domain name is good if your target group of site visitors is from a certain country. Many folks would like to purchase goods or services from a local site, and if your goal is Canada, for instance, opting for a .ca domain name could increase the visits to your web site.

Domain Redirection

You can register different Top-Level Domains, which can redirect your web page's visitors to a certain web site such as domain.com, for example. This would boost the traffic and decrease the likelihood of someone stealing your web site visitors by registering the same SLD with another Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not utilizing a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each and every Top-Level Domain has domain name records. The name server records (NS records, a.k.a. DNS records) disclose where the domain name is hosted, in other words they point to the hosting distributor whose name servers (NSs, a.k.a. DNSs) it is using now. You can replace the DNSs of your domain at any time. You can have your domain registered with one company and get the website hosting service itself from another. Thus, if you register your domain and discover good website hosting services somewhere else later, you can point your domain name to the present company's NSs immediately.

Domain Name Server Records (NS Records)

On the whole, as long as your domain utilizes a specific set of NSs, all its domain name records will lead to the same website hosting firm. Some website hosting companies, though, allow you to edit specific records, such as the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an Internet Protocol address, which indicates on which web hosting server your site is located, whereas the MX records reveal which hosting server handles the mailbox accounts associated with your domain name. For example, if you engage a new web page designer and he build an .ASP web site that will be located on his private Windows web hosting server, you may desire to modify only 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 web server, but your email mailbox accounts or any sub-domain names such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux website hosting account. The .ASP environment is devised by Microsoft and requests a Windows web server, although a Linux hosting server would be way more reliable.

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Just a few web hosting distributors permit you to edit given domain records and very often this an additional paid service. With us, you get an extensive array of Top-Level Domain Names to select from and you can modify all NS records or forward the domain names using a redirection tool at no added cost.