What are Domains

One of the most essential preconditions for running a successful Internet presence is the domain. It is what people will see first when they chance upon your web site and what they will link you with. The domain should be easy to remember, but should also be something that notifies your visitors what the web page is about.

Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)

A domain usually has 2 fragments - a Top-Level Domain Name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If you have domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain. There are a couple of groups of Top-Level Domain Names that you should examine prior to choosing the domain you desire. Your decision should be based on the aim of your website and on its target spectators. Let's investigate the gTLDs, or generic TLDs - these are the most typical Top-Level Domains meant to signify a specific purpose - .com (commercial entities), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (firms), .info (informational websites), .org (not-for-profit organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific region), .name (persons or families), .pro (given professions), and so on. As you can perceive, these Top-Level Domains cover most realms of life, so you should choose the one that would portray the objective of your web page best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domains, but some of them involve extra requirements to demonstrate that you qualify to possess such a domain name (.mobi and .pro, for instance).

Country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)

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

Domain Forwarding

You can register several domains, which can redirect your visitors to a certain website like domain.com, for instance. This would boost the traffic and decrease the chance of someone stealing your web site visitors by using the same Second-Level Domain Name with a different Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not availing of a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each and every Top-Level Domain has domain records. The name server records (NS records, aka DNS records) exhibit where the domain is hosted, in other words they point to the web hosting vendor whose name servers (NSs, a.k.a. DNSs) it is using now. You can swap the DNSs of your domain at any moment. You can have your domain registered with one provider and get the website hosting service itself from another. In this way, if you register your domain name and find good website hosting packages somewhere else at a later time, you can point your domain to the current company's name servers straight off.

Domain Server Records (NS Records)

On the whole, as long as your domain uses a specific set of NSs, all its name server records will lead to the same web hosting distributor. Some web hosting firms, though, allow you to modify certain domain name server records, among them the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an IP address, which discloses on which web server your web site is situated, while the MX records reveal which server handles the email addresses associated with your domain name. For example, if you take on a new website designer and he designs an .ASP web page that will be accommodated on his private Windows hosting server, you may want to change solely the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. In this way, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows hosting server, but your email accounts or any sub-domains like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux website hosting account. The .ASP platform is devised by Microsoft and requests a Windows web server, although a Linux hosting server would be far more reliable.

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