What are Domains

One of the most crucial preconditions for creating a successful Internet presence is the domain. It is what visitors will observe first when they chance upon your web page and what they will relate you with. The domain should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that informs your site's visitors what the site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)

A domain typically has two 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 few groups of Top-Level Domains that you should consider before you pick the domain you desire. Your decision should rest on the purpose of your site and on its target visitors. Let's take a look at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domains - these are the most common TLDs aimed to signify a specific function - .com (commercial enterprises), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (companies), .info (informative sites), .org (organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (given professions), and so on. As you can see, these Top-Level Domains encompass most fields of life, so you should select the one that would portray the intention of your website best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domains, but some of them involve additional procedures to demonstrate that you are eligible to have such a Top-Level Domain (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code TLDs, are country-specific domain names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Selecting such a domain is good if your target group of site visitors is from a particular country. Many folks would sooner purchase commodities or services from a local website, and if your goal is Canada, for instance, getting a .ca domain could increase the visits to your website.

Domain Name Redirection

You can register several domain names, which can forward your visitors to a specific website such as domain.com, for instance. This would boost the traffic and reduce the likelihood of somebody snatching your web site visitors by registering the same SLD with a different Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not utilizing a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each and every Top-Level Domain has domain records. The name server records (NS records, aka DNS records) specify where the domain is hosted, in other words they point to the web hosting provider whose name servers (NSs, aka DNSs) it is using now. You can swap the DNSs of your domain name at any time. You can have your domain name registered with one provider and get the website hosting service itself from another. Therefore, if you register your domain name and stumble upon good website hosting services somewhere else afterwards, you can point your domain to the present provider's NSs instantly.

Domain Server Records (NS Records)

On the whole, as long as your domain utilizes a particular pair of DNSs, all its records will point to the same web hosting supplier. Some web hosting suppliers, though, enable you to edit certain domain name records, including the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an Internet Protocol address, which exhibits on which server your site is hosted, whereas the MX records display which server handles the electronic mail accounts associated with your domain name. For instance, if you appoint a new site designer and he develops an .ASP web page that will be situated on his own Windows hosting server, you may wish to change just the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Hence, www.domain.com will point to the Windows web server, but your mails or any sub-domains such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux web hosting account. The .ASP environment is designed by Microsoft and necessitates a Windows server, even though a Linux hosting server would be far more stable.

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Just a number of web hosting vendors allow you to modify particular domain name server records and very frequently this an additional paid service. With us, you get an extensive selection of Top-Level Domains to choose from and you can modify all domain records or forward the domains using a redirection tool at no extra charge.