How valuable can an top domain name be?

One of the most important prerequisites for building a successful web presence is the domain. It is what people will discern first when they visit your website and what they will identify you with. The domain should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that notifies your site's visitors what the site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain name typically is composed of two components - 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 Name. There are a few categories of Top-Level Domains that you should consider prior to choosing the domain you wish. Your decision should be based on the intention of your web page and on its target spectators. Let's check out the gTLDs, or generic TLDs - these are the most widespread Top-Level Domains meant to denote a specific function - .com (business organizations), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (companies), .info (informational web pages), .org (organizations of a non-commercial character), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific region), .name (individuals or families), .pro (certain walks of life), etc. As you can perceive, these Top-Level Domain Names encompass most spheres of life, so you should choose the one that would express the purpose of your site best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domains, but some of them include additional steps to confirm that you qualify to register such a TLD (.mobi and .pro, for instance).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domains, are country-specific TLDs. Each country has its own ccTLD. Opting for such a Top-Level Domain Name is good if your target group of web site visitors is from a given country. Many visitors would prefer to buy commodities or services from a local web site, and if your target is Canada, for example, getting a .ca domain could increase the visits to your web page.

Domain Forwarding

You can register a number of TLDs, which can send your visitors to a certain web site like domain.com, for example. This would boost the traffic and lower the probability of somebody swiping your site visitors by using the same Second-Level Domain Name with a different TLD - if you are not availing of a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each Top-Level Domain Name has domain records. The name server records (NS records, a.k.a. DNS records) indicate 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 at the moment. You can switch the DNSs of your domain name whenever you want. You can have your domain registered with one company and get the web hosting service itself from another. Hence, if you register your domain name and encounter good website hosting services someplace else later, you can point your domain to the new provider's NSs at once.

Domain Name Server Records (DNS Records)

In general, as long as your domain name uses a certain set of NSs, all its name server records will point to the same web hosting vendor. Some web space hosting companies, though, permit you to edit specific NS records, among them the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an IP address, which reveals on which web server your web site is situated, while the MX records reveal which hosting server handles the email box accounts associated with your domain name. For instance, if you appoint a new web designer and he sets up an .ASP web site that will be located on his own Windows web server, you may want to alter only the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Thus, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows web server, but your email accounts or any sub-domains such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your present Linux web space hosting account. The .ASP platform is developed by Microsoft and necessitates a Windows server, even though a Linux web hosting server would be far more dependable.

Affordable Domains Furnished by 'CDM International Hosting'

Only a few web hosting companies allow you to edit certain domain name server records and quite frequently this an extra paid service. With CDM International Hosting , you have a big selection of Top-Level Domains to select from and you can edit all domain name records or redirect the domain names through a redirection tool at no extra cost. For that reason, 'CDM International Hosting' would be your best choice when it comes to managing your domain name and to setting up a successful presence on the Internet.