A domain name is what? Domain Name Checking

A beginner creator of the site among the firstthe question arises as to what a domain is, why it is needed, where to take it, and how to choose it. It is present on absolutely any resource, it is only necessary to raise your eyes to the address bar of the browser. The domain name is the name of the site.

Why is it needed?

As a rule, any site of the World Wide Webis on the servers of various hosting companies. These servers, like any computer, have their own unique IP-address, which consists of numbers in a certain sequence. To search for a site you need to know this combination of numbers.

The problem is that on one IP-address (server)can be a thousand sites, and find the right one is very difficult. For convenient navigation in the World Wide Web and invented each resource to give a unique name. Any site is assigned a unique domain name. This greatly facilitates the search for the required resource.

Rules for creating a domain name

A domain name is a combination of characters. There are certain rules for creating it:

• The length should be from two to sixty-three characters.
• The domain name of the site can contain numbers from 0 to 9.
• It may contain a hyphen, but not at the beginning or end.
• It can not contain spaces.

Any name consists of several parts that are separated by dots. Each part is a domain of different levels. As a rule, three levels of the domain are used for the site.

Domain Levels

They are determined by how many words separated by dots contain a name. First you need to determine the audience of the resource and on the basis of this choose the name.

For the first level, they can be divided into two types:

1. Domains that denote a geographicalposition. They show what country they belong to. For example, the domain .ru means that the site belongs to Russia, .ua - Ukraine, .au - Australia, .cz - Czech Republic and so on.
2. Determining the type of activity. Domain .org says that the site is non-commercial, .info - information, .com - created for commerce.

It should be noted that this classification is quiteis conditional, anyone can register in the domain zone. For example, a site ending in .cz may not have anything to do with the Czech Republic, and with the name .com you can not do business.

The second-level domain is the unique name of the site. For example, the .ru site belongs to an organization or an individual. By the way, since the names should not be repeated, registration of a domain name in a certain zone is required upon registration.

The third level - defines the resource within the second-level domain. Basically are free, but not very popular with professional webmasters.

Choose a domain

If the project is long-term and is designed to receiveprofit, it is worth choosing a second-level domain. Yes, it is paid, but it does not cost much and eliminates the shortcomings that the third domain has. Despite the fact that it is free, it has a number of drawbacks:

• The name is lengthened, therefore, it's harder to remember.
• As a rule, it is tied to a certain hosting, if you change it, you will also have to change the domain.
• Since all services are free, you can not demand something from the owners of the host. Anything can happen to the site, and even there will be no one to claim.

The third level of the domain can be selected if the resource is created in order to try their hand and gain experience.

Also, when choosing, it is worth consideringthe audience is oriented to the site. If the Russian-speaking, then it is worth choosing a .ru domain zone. For international or multi-lingual projects, the best option would be .com.

How to choose a name

A domain name is a business card of a site, therefore it is not necessary to approach to a choice through sleeves.

First, the laconic the name, the better. The name should be memorable and not too long. In the title you can indicate the type of activity, for example avto.com, and immediately it will be clear what information the user will find on the page. But ivan.ru does not reveal the subject matter of the site much, unless it's Ivan's personal blog. If this is an online store, then the domain should contain its name. The name that contains the keyword is good.

Secondly, the name in the domain is basically writtenin Latin, so you need to make sure that it is displayed correctly and readable. Do not expect that all users know English, so there may be problems with writing letters that are not in the foreign alphabet (h, u, y, y).

Thirdly, before using words borrowed in English, it is necessary to verify the correctness of their writing.

Fourth, there will be no need to check the domainname for whether there are similar names in other areas. It's okay if there are any, but when it's a resource-competitor, a user can by mistake go to someone else's page.

Domain name registration

Register the domain only in trustedpartners. You should carefully read the documentation and capabilities of the seller. You do not need to save, otherwise you can get in trouble later. Registering a domain that costs 99 rubles, looks very suspicious, and eventually, buying it, you can find that, for example, there is no administration panel. Or for resale, you will need to provide a stack of documents and perform many actions. In the end, a lot of nerves and forces will go away.