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How important can an affordable domain name be?

One of the most crucial requirements for running a successful online presence is the domain. It is what visitors will see first when they chance upon your web page and what they will associate you with. The domain name should be easy to remember, but should also be something that tells your website's visitors what the website is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain name usually consists of 2 components - a Top-Level Domain Name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If you have domain.com, for example, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain. There are a few categories of TLDs that you should consider prior to picking the domain name you wish. Your decision should rest on the purpose of your site and on its target audience. Let's take a glimpse at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most common Top-Level Domains aimed to express a specific intention - .com (business enterprises), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (firms), .info (informational web sites), .org (organizations of a non-commercial character), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (certain professions), and so on. As you can perceive, these Top-Level Domains encompass most realms of life, so you should select the one that would show the intention of your website best. There is no restriction as to who can register such Top-Level Domain Names, but some of them involve additional requirements to confirm that you are eligible to register such a Top-Level Domain (.mobi and .pro, for instance).

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. Settling on such a domain name is good if your target group of web page visitors is from a given country. Many visitors would want to purchase goods or services from a local site, and if your goal is Canada, for instance, choosing a .ca domain name could boost the visits to your web site.

URL Redirects

You can register several TLDs, which can forward your web site's visitors to a specific site like domain.com, for example. This would boost the traffic and lower the likelihood of someone pinching your site visitors by using the same SLD with a different Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not utilizing a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each and every Top-Level Domain Name has domain records. The name server records (NS records, also known as DNS records) show where the domain name is hosted, i.e. they point to the hosting supplier whose name servers (NSs, aka DNSs) it is using at present. You can switch the NSs of your domain whenever you wish. You can have your domain registered with one firm and get the site hosting service itself from another. So, if you register your domain and come across good website hosting plans someplace else afterwards, you can point your domain name to the current company's name servers at once.

Name Server Records (NS Records)

In general, as long as your domain utilizes a specific set of name servers, all its name server records will point to the same web space hosting distributor. Some hosting providers, however, permit you to modify certain domain records, including the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an Internet Protocol address, which indicates on which web server your web page is hosted, while the MX records reveal which web hosting server tackles the e-mail box accounts related to your domain name. For instance, if you engage a new web site designer and he sets up an .ASP web page that will be hosted on his personal Windows web server, you may desire to change solely the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. Hence, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows server, but your email address accounts or any sub-domain names such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux web hosting account. The .ASP environment is devised by Microsoft and requires a Windows web hosting server, although a Linux web hosting server would be far more secure.

Cut-Rate Domain Names Courtesy of 'Baughman Hosting'

Only a small number of web hosting providers permit you to edit specific domain records and very often this an additional paid service. With Baughman Hosting , you get an immense array of Top-Level Domain Names to choose from and you can modify all name server records or forward the domain names through a redirection tool at no extra charge. That is why, 'Baughman Hosting' would be your finest pick when it comes to managing your domain name and to creating a successful presence on the Internet.