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How important is to find the best domain name?

One of the most crucial requirements for having a successful Internet presence is the domain. It is what visitors will perceive first when they stumble upon your website and what they will relate you with. The domain should be easy to remember, but should also be something that notifies your web site's visitors what the site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain traditionally contains two 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 several groups of TLDs that you should contemplate prior to choosing the domain name you want. Your pick should rest on the purpose of your site and on its target viewers. Let's have a look at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domains - these are the most common TLDs intended to express a specific function - .com (business establishments), .net (networks), .biz (businesses), .info (informative web sites), .org (not-for-profit organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific), .name (persons or families), .pro (given walks of life), and so on. As you can see, these Top-Level Domains encompass most fields of life, so you should pick the one that would portray the aim of your web page best. There is no limitation as to who can register such TLDs, but some of them include extra steps to verify that you qualify 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 Top-Level Domain Names, are country-specific Top-Level Domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Choosing such a domain name is good if your target group of site visitors is from a given country. Many visitors would elect to purchase commodities or services from a local web site, and if your target is Canada, for example, selecting a .ca Top-Level Domain Name could boost the visits to your web site.

Domain Name Forwarding

You can register several Top-Level Domains, which can forward your visitors to a particular web site like domain.com, for example. This would boost the traffic and lower the risk of someone swiping your web page visitors by using the same Second-Level Domain Name with a different Top-Level Domain - if you are not availing of a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Every TLD has domain records. The name server records (NS records, also known as DNS records) disclose where the domain name is hosted, i.e. they point to the web hosting distributor whose name servers (NSs, also known as DNSs) it is using now. You can switch the name servers of your domain whenever you wish. You can have your domain name registered with one provider and get the web site hosting service itself from another. Hence, if you register your domain and come across decent website hosting packages somewhere else later, you can point your domain name to the current company's NSs immediately.

Domain Name Server Records (DNS Records)

In general, as long as your domain utilizes a particular set of NSs, all its records will lead to the same web page hosting vendor. Some hosting providers, though, allow you to modify given DNS records, like the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an IP address, which details on which server your web page is situated, whereas the MX records specify which web server handles the e-mail accounts related to your domain name. For instance, if you hire a new site designer and he develops an .ASP website that will be situated on his own Windows web hosting server, you may want to change only the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Thus, www.domain.com will point to the Windows web server, but your mail address accounts or any sub-domains like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux hosting account. The .ASP platform is invented by Microsoft and calls for a Windows web hosting server, although a Linux web hosting server would be far more stable.

Budget Top-Level Domains Supplied by 'HD Web Hosting'

Just a small number of web hosting distributors permit you to modify given DNS records and quite frequently this an extra paid service. With HD Web Hosting , you get a huge selection of TLDs to choose from and you can modify all domain name server records or redirect the domain names using a redirection tool at no additional charge. Because of that, 'HD Web Hosting' would be your finest choice when it comes to managing your domain and to establishing a successful presence on the Internet.