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How important is to find the best domain?

One of the most crucial prerequisites for building a successful online presence is the domain. It is what people will notice first when they come across your web page and what they will link you with. The domain name should be easy to remember, but should also be something that tells your site's visitors what the web page is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain typically 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 SLD. There are several groups of Top-Level Domain Names that you should consider prior to selecting the domain you want. Your decision should rest on the goal of your web site and on its target visitors. Let's take a look at the gTLDs, or generic TLDs - these are the most popular Top-Level Domains meant to indicate a given intention - .com (commercial entities), .net (networks), .biz (businesses), .info (informative sites), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific region), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (given walks of life), etc. As you can perceive, these TLDs encompass most spheres of life, so you should go for the one that would denote the objective of your web site best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domain names, but some of them contain additional steps to verify that you are eligible to have such a Top-Level Domain Name (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domain Names, are country-specific domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Choosing such a domain is good if your target group of web site visitors is from a given country. Many people would sooner buy commodities or services from a local website, and if your aim is Canada, for example, getting a .ca Top-Level Domain Name could increase the visits to your website.

Domain Name Forwarding

You can register different domains, which can redirect your site's visitors to a certain web page like domain.com, for instance. This would raise the traffic and decrease the chance of someone pilfering your site visitors by using the same SLD with a different TLD - if you are not utilizing a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Every domain name has domain records. The name server records (NS records, also known as DNS records) display where the domain is hosted, i.e. they point to the hosting provider whose name servers (NSs, also known as DNSs) it is using now. You can alter the name servers of your domain name at all times. You can have your domain name registered with one firm and get the web site hosting service itself from another. In this way, if you register your domain name and find good website hosting services someplace else afterwards, you can point your domain name to the current provider's NSs straight away.

Domain Name Server Records (DNS Records)

In general, as long as your domain name utilizes a particular pair of NSs, all its domain name server records will point to the same webspace hosting provider. Some web page hosting suppliers, however, enable you to modify certain DNS records, including the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an Internet Protocol address, which details on which web server your web site is located, whereas the MX records reveal which server tackles the electronic mail accounts associated with your domain name. For instance, if you take on a new web page designer and he designs an .ASP site that will be hosted on his private Windows web server, you may want to modify solely the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Thus, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows hosting server, but your e-mail accounts or any sub-domain names like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your present Linux web hosting account. The .ASP environment is invented by Microsoft and requests a Windows hosting server, even though a Linux server would be far more reliable.

Low-Priced Domains Provided by 'Exclusive Hosting'

Just a few web hosting suppliers permit you to modify given domain records and very frequently this an extra paid service. With Exclusive Hosting , you have a wide variety of TLDs to choose from and you can modify all domain records or redirect the domains via a redirection tool at no additional cost. For that reason, 'Exclusive Hosting' would be your best pick when it comes to managing your domain name and to building a successful presence on the web.