How valuable can an affordable domain name be?

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

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain name usually is composed of two fragments - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If you have domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain. There are several categories of Top-Level Domain Names that you should consider before you choose the domain you want. Your decision should rest on the goal of your web site and on its target spectators. Let's study the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most typical Top-Level Domain Names meant to express a specific purpose - .com (commercial organizations), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (companies), .info (informational sites), .org (non-profit organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific), .name (persons or families), .pro (given walks of life), and so on. As you can see, these TLDs encompass most realms of life, so you should choose the one that would indicate the aim of your web site best. There is no restriction as to who can register such domain names, but some of them involve additional requirements to prove 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 TLDs, are country-specific domain names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Registering such a Top-Level Domain Name is good if your target group of web page visitors is from a particular country. Many visitors would want to purchase commodities or services from a local web site, and if your target is Canada, for example, choosing a .ca Top-Level Domain could boost the visits to your website.

URL Redirects

You can register several Top-Level Domains, which can forward your visitors to a particular web page such as domain.com, for example. This would increase the traffic and reduce the likelihood of somebody pilfering your visitors by registering the same Second-Level Domain with a different Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not availing of a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each TLD has domain records. The name server records (NS records, a.k.a. DNS records) specify where the domain is hosted, in other words they point to the web hosting vendor whose name servers (NSs, aka DNSs) it is utilizing at present. You can switch the NSs of your domain name whenever you like. You can have your domain registered with one firm and get the site hosting service itself from another. Thus, if you register your domain and find decent website hosting solutions somewhere else at a later time, you can point your domain name to the new company's name servers instantaneously.

Domain Name Server Records (DNS Records)

In general, as long as your domain name utilizes a certain set of name servers, all its NS records will direct to the same site hosting distributor. Some web space hosting vendors, though, allow you to modify specific domain records, like the A records and the MX records of your domain name. The A record is an IP address, which shows on which hosting server your site is hosted, while the MX records reveal which server handles the email address accounts related to your domain name. For instance, if you engage a new web designer and he sets up an .ASP web site that will be located on his private Windows hosting server, you may desire to change just the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. So, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows web hosting server, but your email address accounts or any sub-domains such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux website hosting account. The .ASP environment is invented by Microsoft and requires a Windows web server, although a Linux server would be far more reliable.

Cut-Price Domains Brought by 'SAHAKA Hosting'

Only a few web hosting vendors permit you to modify particular domain name records and quite frequently this an extra paid service. With SAHAKA Hosting , you get a wide selection of Top-Level Domain Names to choose from and you can edit all NS records or redirect the domains using a forwarding tool at no added charge. Because of that, 'SAHAKA Hosting' would be your finest pick when it comes to administering your domain name and to creating a successful presence on the web.