What is a Domain Name?
The first section of the Uniform Resource Location, otherwise known as the URL, is given over to your personal identifier – your domain name. This is the name you have chosen for your web site and the name by which the global markets are going to come to know you – after all, it is this name that your web visitors are going to be typing in every time they want to access your site. Browsers now recognise your domain name plus its extension as the identifier that will lead visitors to your website. At one time it was necessary to always type in ‘http:// or www.’ before adding your domain name and, while every single site needed to be associated with ‘http://’ not every site needed to have ‘www.’ preceding it.
Domain Name Extensions
Domain Name Extensions are simply the suffix that appears after your unique domain name: this can be ‘.com’ .co.uk; .net; .biz’ etc – in fact, there are quite a range of them if you include each of the suffixes used by individual countries, such as the ‘.co.uk’ for the UK; the ‘.me’ for Montenegro; or the now defunct ‘.yu’ for Yugoslavia. The most popular domain name extension is ‘.com’ as it is one that the public tends to think of first.
Registering Your Domain Name
Imagine having a utopia moment whereby you could choose any domain name you liked – none had been taken and you had completely free reign to pick any domain name at all. For any of you who have attempted to find the perfect domain name you will know that it really isn’t as straightforward as first appears. Part of the art of coming up with the best domain name is combining the most appropriate domain extension with the most suitable domain name – and, even that isn’t as straightforward as you might think: when seeking out a domain name don’t forget to play around with alternative spellings and word plays that establish your true meaning whilst saying something different.
The Best Strategy
The best tactic, when choosing a new domain name is to decide on a name and register it before you choose your hosting facility. This is important because of little things like IP addresses. You can, of course, purchase your domain name at the same time as setting up your web hosting provider although this isn’t essential as you can use a domain name service. One thing you do need to watch, however, when obtaining a domain name through an independent source, it to pick one that offers you as static IP address. An IP address uniquely identifies your personal computer numerically on the web.
The particular relevance to domain name parking when registering their domain name now comes clear: if you register your domain name prior to establishing a hosting provider, your domain name belongs to you and you know that you own your domain name independently of any hosting provider. If you type in a URL – i.e. your domain name plus extension into your browser it will still come up with a web page, even when you don’t have a hosting provider. This web page will show that your domain name belongs to somebody but has been parked – and it is domain name parking that provides Domainers with a source of revenue from advertising on their parked sites.
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