Domain Names Explained
One of the most important requirements for building a successful online presence is the domain. It is what people will mark first when they stumble upon your site and what they will relate you with. The domain should be easy to remember, but should also be something that tells your web site's visitors what the web site is about.
Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)
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A domain usually has 2 constituents - 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 couple of groups of Top-Level Domain Names that you should consider before you select the domain you wish. Your selection should be built upon the purpose of your website and on its target spectators. Let's examine the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domains - these are the most widespread Top-Level Domain Names meant to designate a given intention - .com (commercial organizations), .net (networks), .biz (companies), .info (informational sites), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific region), .name (persons or relatives), .pro (particular walks of life), etc. As you can see, these Top-Level Domain Names cover most realms of life, so you should select the one that would explain the objective of your website best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domains, but some of them involve extra requirements to prove that you qualify to keep such a Top-Level Domain Name (.mobi and .pro, for instance).
Country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)
The ccTLDs, or country-code TLDs, are country-specific Top-Level Domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Choosing such a domain is good if your target group of website visitors is from a specific country. Many persons would prefer to buy commodities or services from a local site, and if your goal is Canada, for example, choosing a .ca domain could increase the visits to your website.
Domain Name Redirects
You can register a bunch of TLDs, which can redirect your visitors to a given web page such as domain.com, for instance. This would boost the traffic and decrease the likelihood of somebody pinching your visitors by using the same SLD with another TLD - if you are not using a trademark.
Name Servers (NSs)
Each and every domain name has domain records. The name server records (NS records, a.k.a. DNS records) specify where the domain is hosted, in other words they point to the hosting company whose name servers (NSs, also known as DNSs) it is using at the moment. You can switch the DNSs of your domain at all times. You can have your domain registered with one company and get the web hosting service itself from another. Thus, if you register your domain and find good website hosting services somewhere else later, you can point your domain to the present provider's DNSs instantaneously.
Domain Server Records (DNS Records)
On the whole, as long as your domain utilizes a given set of DNSs, all its domain records will lead to the same website hosting supplier. Some website hosting suppliers, 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 reveals on which server your site is hosted, while the MX records show which hosting server handles the email addresses related to your domain name. For instance, if you engage a new site designer and he creates an .ASP website that will be accommodated on his personal Windows web hosting server, you may want to edit only the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. In this way, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows web server, but your e-mails or any sub-domains like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux web hosting account. The .ASP environment is devised by Microsoft and demands a Windows web server, even though a Linux server would be way more reliable.
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Only a number of web hosting providers allow you to modify particular records and quite often this an extra paid service. With us, you get a large assortment of Top-Level Domain Names to choose from and you can edit all DNS records or forward the domains via a forwarding tool at no additional charge.