Domains Defined
One of the most crucial preconditions for running a successful web presence is the domain. It is what visitors will spot first when they stumble upon 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 site's visitors what the web page is about.
Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)
A domain traditionally has 2 constituents - a Top-Level Domain Name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (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 pick the domain you desire. Your pick should be based on the intention of your web page and on its target visitors. Let's analyze the gTLDs, or generic TLDs - these are the most typical Top-Level Domain Names intended to express a specific intention - .com (commercial establishments), .net (networks), .biz (businesses), .info (informational sites), .org (not-for-profit organizations), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific), .name (persons or families), .pro (specific walks of life), and so on. As you can perceive, these TLDs encompass most fields of life, so you should opt for the one that would signify the objective of your site best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domains, but some of them contain additional steps to verify that you are eligible to keep such a Top-Level Domain (.mobi and .pro, for instance).
Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)
The ccTLDs, or country-code TLDs, are country-specific Top-Level Domain Names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Picking such a domain is good if your target group of web site visitors is from a certain country. Many people would want to purchase goods or services from a local site, and if your goal is Canada, for example, opting for a .ca domain could boost the visits to your site.
Domain Forwarding
You can register a bunch of TLDs, which can send your web site's visitors to a given web site like domain.com, for example. This would raise the traffic and lower the risk of someone pinching your visitors by using the same SLD with another Top-Level Domain - if you are not using a trademark.
Name Servers (NSs)
Every Top-Level Domain 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 vendor whose name servers (NSs, a.k.a. DNSs) it is using at present. You can modify the DNSs of your domain name whenever you want. You can have your domain registered with one firm and get the web hosting service itself from another. Hence, if you register your domain and find good website hosting solutions someplace else later, you can point your domain to the new company's NSs instantaneously.
Domain Server Records (NS Records)
On the whole, as long as your domain utilizes a given set of DNSs, all its domain name server records will point to the same hosting provider. Some web hosting companies, though, permit you to modify certain domain name records, including the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an IP address, which discloses on which web hosting server your web site is hosted, while the MX records demonstrate which web server tackles the email address accounts related to your domain name. For example, if you hire a new web site designer and he creates an .ASP website that will be located on his private Windows hosting server, you may wish to change only the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Hence, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows web server, but your e-mail accounts or any sub-domains like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux website hosting account. The .ASP platform is designed by Microsoft and demands a Windows server, although a Linux hosting server would be far more stable.
Affordably Priced Domains Offered by 'Malang Host'
Just a few web hosting distributors enable you to modify certain domain name server records and very frequently this an additional paid service. With us, you have a wide array of Top-Level Domains to select from and you can edit all name server records or redirect the domains using a forwarding tool at no additional charge.