Domain Names Defined
One of the most important preconditions for setting up a successful web presence is the domain name. It is what visitors will see first when they discover your web page and what they will link you with. The domain name 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 Domain Names (gTLDs)
A domain name traditionally is composed of 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 couple of sets of Top-Level Domain Names that you should examine prior to picking the domain name you wish. Your decision should rest on the intention of your website and on its target visitors. Let's analyze the gTLDs, or generic TLDs - these are the most widespread TLDs intended to indicate a particular intention - .com (commercial entities), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (corporations), .info (informational websites), .org (organizations of a non-commercial character), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific), .name (persons or relatives), .pro (given professions), and so on. As you can see, these Top-Level Domains cover most realms of life, so you should settle on the one that would designate the objective of your website best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domain names, but some of them contain additional steps to show that you qualify to possess such a Top-Level Domain (.mobi and .pro, for example).
Country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)
The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domain Names, are country-specific domain names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Choosing such a domain name is good if your target group of website visitors is from a specific country. Many individuals would want to purchase commodities or services from a local site, and if your target is Canada, for instance, registering a .ca domain name could increase the visits to your web page.
Domain Name Forwarding
You can register different Top-Level Domain Names, which can forward your site's visitors to a certain site like domain.com, for example. This would increase the traffic and decrease the risk of someone stealing your site visitors by registering the same Second-Level Domain with another Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not availing of a trademark.
Name Servers (NSs)
Each domain has domain name records. The name server records (NS records, a.k.a. DNS records) display where the domain name is hosted, i.e. they point to the web hosting company whose name servers (NSs, also known as DNSs) it is utilizing now. You can modify the name servers of your domain name at any time. You can have your domain name registered with one firm and get the hosting service itself from another. Therefore, if you register your domain name and come across good website hosting plans someplace else later, you can point your domain name to the current company's DNSs straight off.
Domain Name Server Records (DNS Records)
In general, as long as your domain name uses a certain pair of name servers, all its domain name records will lead to the same website hosting vendor. Some web hosting providers, though, permit you to edit certain records, including the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an Internet Protocol address, which displays on which hosting server your web site is located, whereas the MX records exhibit which web server tackles the mail accounts associated with your domain name. For instance, if you take on a new site designer and he devises an .ASP site that will be located on his personal Windows web server, you may want to change only the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. Thus, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows server, but your email boxes or any sub-domains such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your present Linux hosting account. The .ASP environment is built by Microsoft and necessitates a Windows server, although a Linux web server would be far more stable.
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