Domain Registrations
People are developing websites all over the place at the moment, it’s so simple. Information is just a click away, no wonder the industry has grown so quickly. You can now find practically any piece of information you want by typing a couple of keywords or phrases into google, pronto all the information you desire right at your fingertips. No wonder so many entrepreneurs have invested to establish their own online business to help people. This makes a website extremelly important in ecommerce.
The first step in setting up your online business is creating an identity by purchasing a Domain name, then you have to set up your website. To fully know about the basics of a domain name, you should read this.
The History of the Domain
The domain name system was created way back 1960’s when computer networking was exclusively curbed in the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or a.k.a ARPA and later DARPA. It was the year the Internet use was still unknown by the general public.
Certain addresses were given to the networking computers to have proper interconnection. This is an administering system called HOST.TXT. However, in the next few years, computer networking expansion needed a more effective address system for the purpose of networking computers. This is where DNS has started. It was designed to do the following:
• To prevent problems of web addresses overlapping • To ensure a unique web addresses so that when a particular web page is searched, or emails are sending to a certain Internet addresses, they will reach the correct destinations. • To maintain consistency in naming system.
Every website has a domain name that follows the Domain Name system (DNS) which is composed of four elements. The DNS is a type of web system where entire Internet service addresses are created, maintained and utilized.
The four elements that comprise Domain Name System are the server prefix, a domain name, domain suffix or the extension, and the country code. A good example of domain name is www.ozhosting.com – where www – the server prefix, ozhosting – domain name and the “com” – the domain suffix.
A website is your online identity, your shop front and is crucial to business owners. Therfore choosing the appropriate Domain name/s is a very important process in starting your business, it guides your businesses image, identity and is how your scene in the marketplace.
Domain name registration involves easy step by step instructions. If you want to register your domain name, here’s what you should do.
Pick the perfect name. There could be a multitude of names that would suit your requirements so don’t just limit yourself to one name. List a few good names that you would like to use. The other “names” are considered as a reserved if the first one was already taken. You will have to register this to ICANN -the organization that oversees internet addresses through a domain name registrar. Have a credit card or PayPal account. This is for the purpose of paying for the domain. It is a requirement that most registrars have. Your credit card will be your key to claim and get the domain name immediately. The usual registration cost can range from $7 – $50, depends on the registrar. By paying the fee, you will have the right to that domain name for a year and will have to renew it annually with the same amount per year. If you have web hosting, get the primary and secondary nameservers of your web host. Save the information wherever you want. This information can be obtained from the site’s FAQ’s or from the other documentation under the category of DNS or domain name transfer. If the information is nowhere to be found, email them. If you don’t have a web host, you can allow the registrar to put your domain name to a temporary site specially made for you. This is to secure your domain name before others can have it.
It’s also important to think about your rankings with google, otherwise know as SEO (Search engine optimisation), there’s a few key area’s you should take into account:
- Avoid too long domain names – A domain name that is too long does not serve any purpose. Visitors will find it difficult to remember and type every time they want to visit your website.
- Avoid Hyphens – Just like having too long names, putting hyphens will also make a web site difficult to remember. Sometimes, people mistakenly typed the domain name without a hyphen and make it difficult for them to return.
- Privacy of domain name – Private registration was recently become a practical option. Sites like WhoIs look up.com helps people find the owner of a particular web site. It provides information about the website’s basic details such as email address and phone number. But there are web owners who want to maintain their domain privacy, so they chose to keep the basic infos confidential. But there is always an additional cost when doing this.
- Protecting your name – You’ve made a wise move if you register your domain name in multiple extensions. It keeps people from registering an alternate domain name extensions according to the brand you have established.
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