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How essential can an top domain be?

One of the most vital prerequisites for creating a successful web presence is the domain. It is what people will mark first when they come across your website and what they will relate you with. The domain should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that informs your web page's visitors what the website is about.

Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)

A domain name as a rule has 2 fragments - 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 SLD. There are several sets of Top-Level Domains that you should consider before you choose the domain you want. Your selection should be based on the purpose of your website and on its target audience. Let's review the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most widespread Top-Level Domain Names aimed to signify a specific function - .com (business entities), .net (networks), .biz (businesses), .info (informational web sites), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific region), .name (individuals or families), .pro (specific professions), and so on. As you can see, these Top-Level Domains cover most spheres of life, so you should settle on the one that would explain the intention of your web site best. There is no limitation as to who can register such Top-Level Domains, but some of them include additional requirements to verify that you are eligible to own such a domain name (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code TLDs, are country-specific domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Getting such a Top-Level Domain is good if your target group of web page visitors is from a certain country. Many guys would elect to buy commodities or services from a local site, and if your goal is Canada, for instance, getting a .ca domain could increase the visits to your site.

URL Redirection

You can register different domains, which can forward your web site's visitors to a specific web site like domain.com, for example. This would boost the traffic and decrease the risk of somebody stealing your site visitors by using the same SLD with a different Top-Level Domain - if you are not using a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Every domain name has domain records. The name server records (NS records, a.k.a. DNS records) display where the domain is hosted, i.e. they point to the hosting distributor whose name servers (NSs, aka DNSs) it is utilizing now. You can modify the name servers of your domain name whenever you wish. You can have your domain name registered with one company and get the web space hosting service itself from another. So, if you register your domain and detect good website hosting services somewhere else later, you can point your domain name to the current company's NSs at once.

Name Server Records (NS Records)

In general, as long as your domain uses a given pair of NSs, all its domain name records will point to the same website hosting firm. Some hosting vendors, though, allow you to edit specific name server records, among them the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an Internet Protocol address, which demonstrates on which web server your web site is situated, while the MX records show which web server handles the mail accounts related to your domain name. For example, if you engage a new web designer and he creates an .ASP web page that will be located on his personal Windows server, you may want to modify solely the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. So, www.domain.com will point to the Windows server, but your email box accounts or any sub-domains such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux webspace hosting account. The .ASP platform is invented by Microsoft and requests a Windows web server, although a Linux hosting server would be far more reliable.

Affordable Domains Brought by 'Moore Hosting'

Only a few web hosting companies allow you to modify specific NS records and quite often this an extra paid service. With Moore Hosting , you get a huge array of TLDs to select from and you can modify all NS records or redirect the domains using a forwarding tool at no extra cost. Because of that, 'Moore Hosting' would be your finest choice when it comes to managing your domain name and to creating a successful presence on the World Wide Web.