Every website must have an address and as the Internet grows, your address becomes one of the most crucial ways for people to find your site. These days, an easy-to-remember name followed by a dot com is an example of residing in a great neighborhood on the Information Superhighway. For example: If a consumer wants to buy an Acme Anvil, they are often likely to go to www.acmeanvil.com rather than utilize a search engine. Domain or Domain Name: A network of computers administered as a unit, having common rules and procedures. Internet domains are defined by the Internet Protocol (IP) address and all devices sharing a common part of the IP address are said to be in the same domain. Once you have registered and you own a specific domain, you can provide all Internet services including personal or business sites, email, ftp, dial-up and telnet.
Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which top-level (TLD) domain it belongs to. Some of the most popular ones are:
- .com = commercial business
- .net = Network organizations
- .org = Organizations (nonprofit)
- .edu = Educational institutions
- .gov = Government agencies
- .mil = Military
Each country has its own suffix too:
- .ca = Canada
- .uk = United Kingdom
- .au = Australia
But before you start printing up business cards with your web address, let''s make sure it''s available. These sites will be able to tell you if the name you''ve chosen hasn''t been snatched up yet and will direct you to more information on registering the name as your very own.
DomainNotes.com
Domain Registration Resources
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