What are Domains

One of the most crucial prerequisites for running a successful web presence is the domain. It is what people will discern first when they stumble upon your web site and what they will relate you with. The domain should be easy to remember, but should also be something that informs your site's visitors what the web site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain usually contains 2 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 Name and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain Name. There are a couple of sets of TLDs that you should consider prior to picking the domain you desire. Your selection should rest on the intention of your web page and on its target audience. Let's take a look at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most common Top-Level Domain Names aimed to show a specific function - .com (business entities), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (firms), .info (informational sites), .org (organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific region), .name (persons or relatives), .pro (specific walks of life), etc. As you can perceive, these TLDs cover most realms of life, so you should pick the one that would explain the aim of your website best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domains, but some of them involve extra steps to ascertain that you qualify to possess such a Top-Level Domain (.mobi and .pro, for instance).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domains, are country-specific Top-Level Domain Names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Picking such a domain is good if your target group of web site visitors is from a specific country. Many guys would rather purchase commodities or services from a local web site, and if your goal is Canada, for example, getting a .ca domain could increase the visits to your web page.

URL Forwarding

You can register different Top-Level Domains, which can redirect your visitors to a specific site such as domain.com, for instance. This would raise the traffic and lower the probability of someone snatching your 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 TLD has domain records. The name server records (NS records, aka DNS records) indicate where the domain is hosted, in other words they point to the hosting firm whose name servers (NSs, also known as DNSs) it is using now. You can switch the DNSs of your domain name whenever you wish. You can have your domain registered with one provider and get the web hosting service itself from another. So, if you register your domain and encounter good website hosting solutions someplace else afterwards, you can point your domain to the new provider's name servers straight away.

Domain Server Records (DNS Records)

In general, as long as your domain name utilizes a specific set of NSs, all its NS records will direct to the same website hosting firm. Some web hosting distributors, though, enable you to edit given DNS records, including the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an Internet Protocol address, which designates on which server your site is hosted, while the MX records specify which hosting server handles the electronic mail accounts associated with your domain name. For example, if you appoint a new site designer and he sets up an .ASP web site that will be situated on his private Windows web server, you may wish to edit only the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. So, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows web hosting server, but your email box accounts or any sub-domain names like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux hosting account. The .ASP platform is designed by Microsoft and requires a Windows hosting server, although a Linux web hosting server would be far more stable.

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