How important can an affordable domain name be?

One of the most important preconditions for running a successful Internet presence is the domain. It is what people will see first when they chance upon your web site and what they will identify you with. The domain should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that informs your visitors what the site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain usually consists of two components - a Top-Level Domain Name (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. There are a few sets of Top-Level Domains that you should examine prior to picking the domain you wish. Your choice should be built upon the goal of your site and on its target viewers. Let's take a glimpse at the gTLDs, or generic TLDs - these are the most typical TLDs meant to signify a given intention - .com (business enterprises), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (companies), .info (informative web pages), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific region), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (given professions), and so on. As you can see, these TLDs cover most fields of life, so you should select the one that would express the aim of your web site best. There is no limitation as to who can register such Top-Level Domains, but some of them contain additional requirements to show that you are eligible to possess such a TLD (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code TLDs, are country-specific Top-Level Domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Picking such a domain name is good if your target group of site visitors is from a particular country. Many individuals would elect to purchase commodities or services from a local web site, and if your aim is Canada, for example, choosing a .ca TLD could increase the visits to your site.

Domain Name Redirection

You can register a number of TLDs, which can redirect your web page's visitors to a certain site such as domain.com, for instance. This would raise the traffic and reduce the possibility of somebody snatching your website visitors by registering the same Second-Level Domain Name with another Top-Level Domain - if you are not using a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Every Top-Level Domain Name 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 hosting company whose name servers (NSs, a.k.a. DNSs) it is utilizing now. You can switch the name servers of your domain whenever you like. You can have your domain name registered with one company and get the site hosting service itself from another. So, if you register your domain name and stumble upon good website hosting packages someplace else later, you can point your domain name to the new company's NSs straight away.

Name Server Records (NS Records)

In general, as long as your domain utilizes a certain pair of NSs, all its domain name records will direct to the same web page hosting vendor. Some hosting distributors, however, permit you to edit given domain records, among them the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an IP address, which demonstrates on which web server your web site is located, while the MX records display which server handles the email aliases associated with your domain name. For instance, if you take on a new site designer and he develops an .ASP site that will be located on his private Windows server, you may wish to change only the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Hence, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows hosting server, but your email mailboxes or any sub-domain names such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux hosting account. The .ASP platform is built by Microsoft and requires a Windows web hosting server, although a Linux server would be far more dependable.

Reasonably Priced TLDs Brought by 'Exclusive Hosting'

Just a number of web hosting companies permit you to edit certain records and quite often this an extra paid service. With Exclusive Hosting , you have an immense assortment of Top-Level Domain Names to pick from and you can modify all domain name records or redirect the domain names via a redirection tool at no extra cost. That is why, 'Exclusive Hosting' would be your best pick when it comes to managing your domain name and to creating a successful presence on the Internet.