How vital can an affordable domain be?

One of the most important requirements for building a successful Internet presence is the domain name. It is what visitors will note first when they come across 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 web site's visitors what the web site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)

A domain name traditionally consists of 2 parts - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain Name (SLD). If you have domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain. There are a couple of groups of Top-Level Domain Names that you should examine before you choose the domain name you desire. Your decision should be based on the intention of your web site and on its target audience. Let's take a glimpse at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most typical TLDs intended to express a given purpose - .com (business organizations), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (businesses), .info (informative resources), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific region), .name (individuals or families), .pro (particular professions), etc. As you can perceive, these TLDs encompass most spheres of life, so you should go for the one that would explain the aim of your web page best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domains, but some of them include additional requirements to demonstrate that you qualify to keep such a Top-Level Domain Name (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

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

Domain Name Redirection

You can register different domain names, which can redirect your site's visitors to a given website such as domain.com, for instance. This would boost the traffic and decrease the possibility of somebody snatching your web site visitors by using the same Second-Level Domain with another Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not utilizing a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each and every domain name has domain name records. The name server records (NS records, a.k.a. DNS records) exhibit where the domain name is hosted, in other words they point to the hosting supplier whose name servers (NSs, also known as DNSs) it is utilizing at present. You can swap the NSs of your domain name at any moment. You can have your domain name registered with one provider and get the web site hosting service itself from another. In this way, if you register your domain name and stumble upon good website hosting solutions somewhere else at a later time, you can point your domain to the present company's name servers straight away.

Domain Name Server Records (NS Records)

In general, as long as your domain uses a specific set of name servers, all its records will lead to the same website hosting company. Some web site hosting providers, though, enable you to modify certain domain name records, among them the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an IP address, which indicates on which hosting server your site is situated, while the MX records demonstrate which web server tackles the e-mail box accounts associated with your domain name. For example, if you take on a new site designer and he designs an .ASP website that will be situated on his own Windows hosting 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 server, but your electronic mails or any sub-domain names like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux web space hosting account. The .ASP platform is invented by Microsoft and demands a Windows web hosting server, even though a Linux hosting server would be far more dependable.

Moderately Priced Domain Names Furnished by 'Exclusive Hosting'

Just a few web hosting companies enable you to modify certain records and quite often this an additional paid service. With Exclusive Hosting , you get a big assortment of Top-Level Domain Names to select from and you can modify all name server records or redirect the domains using a forwarding tool at no added charge. Because of that, 'Exclusive Hosting' would be your best choice when it comes to managing your domain name and to building a successful presence on the World Wide Web.