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How valuable is to find the best domain?

One of the most essential prerequisites for running a successful web presence is the domain. It is what visitors will see first when they discover your site and what they will identify you with. The domain name should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that informs your website's visitors what the web page is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain usually contains 2 parts - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain Name (SLD). If you have domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain Name. There are a few sets of TLDs that you should examine prior to choosing the domain you desire. Your choice should be based on the intention of your web site and on its target viewers. Let's take a look at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most common Top-Level Domains aimed to signify a particular function - .com (commercial organizations), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (firms), .info (informational web pages), .org (not-for-profit organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (given professions), and so on. As you can perceive, these Top-Level Domain Names encompass most spheres of life, so you should opt for the one that would signify the intention of your web site best. There is no restriction as to who can register such Top-Level Domain Names, but some of them involve additional steps to demonstrate that you qualify to own such a TLD (.mobi and .pro, for instance).

Country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domains, are country-specific Top-Level Domain Names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Registering such a Top-Level Domain is good if your target group of site visitors is from a specific country. Many people would like to buy commodities or services from a local web site, and if your goal is Canada, for instance, choosing a .ca Top-Level Domain Name could boost the visits to your web page.

Domain Name Forwarding

You can register a bunch of Top-Level Domain Names, which can redirect your visitors to a given website such as domain.com, for example. This would increase the traffic and reduce the likelihood of somebody pinching your web site visitors by registering the same Second-Level Domain Name with another Top-Level Domain Name - if you are not using a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each domain has domain name records. The name server records (NS records, also known as DNS records) reveal where the domain 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 swap the name servers of your domain name at any time. You can have your domain registered with one company and get the webspace hosting service itself from another. In this way, if you register your domain and stumble upon decent website hosting packages someplace else later, you can point your domain to the current company's DNSs instantly.

Name Server Records (DNS Records)

On the whole, as long as your domain utilizes a certain set of DNSs, all its domain name records will lead to the same site hosting supplier. Some webspace hosting firms, though, allow you to edit specific DNS records, among them the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an IP address, which discloses on which hosting server your site is located, whereas the MX records demonstrate which web server handles the email addresses related to your domain name. For instance, if you appoint a new web site designer and he build an .ASP website that will be accommodated on his private Windows hosting server, you may wish to edit solely the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. So, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows hosting server, but your e-mail boxes or any sub-domains such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your present Linux website hosting account. The .ASP platform is developed by Microsoft and requests a Windows web hosting server, even though a Linux web server would be way more reliable.

Inexpensive Top-Level Domains Distributed by 'QTLabs Inc.'

Just a few web hosting suppliers enable you to edit specific records and very often this an additional paid service. With QTLabs Inc. , you get a big collection of TLDs to choose from and you can modify all NS records or redirect the domains via a redirection tool at no extra charge. That is why, 'QTLabs Inc.' would be your best choice when it comes to handling your domain name and to setting up a successful presence on the web.