Every website on Internet has its numerical address - IP
address (for example 122.101.1.2) but this waz to find desired website is not
common to people. Therefore, people thought of easier way to mark website
address and it is called domain name. For example, domain name is http://psd-wordpress.blogspot.com/
Most of domains are paid and their price is in range between
$8 and $15 per year. In one of my next posts, I will explain how this can
become a serious business and that domains could worth a couple of hundreds,
thousands and even millions of dollars.
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| what is domain? |
What is TLD (Top
Level Domain) ?
TLD is the last part of a domain name, those are letters
that follow last dot in domain name. In our case TLD is com. Top level domains are divided into few categories but I'll
only explain most important categories:
1. Most common are generic TLDs (gTLD) like, for example
.com, .net, .org, .info etc so anyone can register almost any domain from this
group (.gov, .edu, .travel etc could not be registered before completing
certain conditions).
Here is a list of all TL domains :
2. There are also Top Level domains for country codes
(ccTLD)which have 2 letters. For example uk is domain for UK, nl for Ntherlands
etc.
Here is a list of all ccTLD:
When registering a domain you need to take care that length
of name don't exceed 67 characters. You are allowed to use all English alphabet
letters (A-Z), numbers (0-9) and you can use a dash (-) but not at the
beginning of name and (www.- ...) and must not be used two times in a row
(http://www.example--...). You can register domain on one to ten years period.
Few tips to select
adequate domain:
1. Think about and research Top 5 keywords for your website.
Those keywords should give info what your website is about. For example, our
blog is about Internet, Photoshop, domains, HTML and CSS and many more
subjects.
2. If possible, you should chose unique domain.
3. Select a domain name that is easy to remember and write.
If you plan your website to gain popularity and visitors, this should be
carefully considered. Avoid complicated words or terms!
4. Avoid dashes and numbers in your domain. Besides
impressions that everyone have when looking at them, they disagree with tip
no.3
8. Try to use main keyword in your domain name. It will help
your website to be listed better for search engines, but I'll explain that in
one of other posts, regarding SEO and optimization.
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