Domains Defined
One of the most crucial requirements for establishing a successful Internet presence is the domain. It is what visitors will perceive first when they come across your website and what they will associate you with. The domain should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that tells your visitors what the web site is about.
Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)
A domain as a rule is composed of 2 constituents - a Top-Level Domain Name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If you have domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain Name and "domain" is the SLD. There are a couple of categories of Top-Level Domain Names that you should consider prior to picking the domain you wish. Your choice should depend on the goal of your web page and on its target spectators. Let's scrutinize the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most popular Top-Level Domain Names meant to designate a particular function - .com (business organizations), .net (networks), .biz (corporations), .info (informative resources), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (qualified professionals), and so on. As you can see, these Top-Level Domain Names cover most spheres of life, so you should select the one that would signify the aim of your web page best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domains, but some of them contain additional steps to confirm that you are eligible to keep such a domain name (.mobi and .pro, for instance).
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. Registering such a domain is good if your target group of web page visitors is from a given country. Many folks would rather buy goods or services from a local web page, and if your aim is Canada, for instance, selecting a .ca domain could boost the visits to your site.
URL Redirection
You can register a bunch of TLDs, which can send your web site's visitors to a specific web site such as domain.com, for instance. This would boost the traffic and reduce the chance of somebody pinching your site visitors by registering the same Second-Level Domain Name with a different Top-Level Domain Name - 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) show where the domain is hosted, in other words they point to the web hosting distributor whose name servers (NSs, a.k.a. DNSs) it is utilizing at the moment. You can modify the NSs of your domain name at any moment. You can have your domain registered with one provider and get the web hosting service itself from another. Therefore, if you register your domain name and stumble upon decent website hosting packages somewhere else afterwards, you can point your domain to the new provider's NSs instantaneously.
Domain Server Records (DNS Records)
On the whole, as long as your domain name utilizes a given set of name servers, all its NS records will lead to the same web hosting company. Some website hosting suppliers, though, enable you to modify specific domain name server records, like the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an IP address, which specifies on which web hosting server your web page is located, while the MX records specify which hosting server tackles the e-mailbox accounts associated with your domain name. For instance, if you take on a new web designer and he develops an .ASP site that will be situated on his private Windows hosting server, you may desire to edit solely the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. So, www.domain.com will point to the Windows web server, but your e-mails or any sub-domain names like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux web hosting account. The .ASP environment is created by Microsoft and demands a Windows web hosting server, although a Linux web hosting server would be far more stable.
Cheap Domain Names Offered by 'Mnistrat Hosting uk'
Only a few web hosting companies allow you to modify given records and very often this an additional paid service. With us, you have a wide selection of Top-Level Domain Names to select from and you can modify all domain records or redirect the domain names using a forwarding tool at no additional cost.