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Which domain extension should I choose?

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Try a .COM first
Peoples first guess is always a dot COM, because it has a long and successful history. It is not a coincidence that dot COMS sell for more compared to other generic extensions. The fact is they also produce more money.
.ORG and .NET are good substitutes for dot COM
I always try to get […]

Country Code Extensions

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

As discussed earlier in this series, country code TLDs are two letter extensions (.DE, .JP) used by country or dependent territory. Global delegation and creation of country code extensions is managed by IANA. There are more than 240 country code extensions. See a list of all country code extensions.
Real Country Code Extensions
By real I […]

Generic Domain Name Extensions

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Generic TLDs were the first domain names in the world. As we discussed earlier in this series, first domain names were implemented in 1985.
10 years later, in 1995, .COM, .ORG and .NET were the first global domain names to be registered without restrictions. There were only a few registrars at that time and the price […]

Domain Name Extensions Guide

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Every time I want to register new domain name, I am confused with all the possible extensions. I spent many hours exploring and learning, and the outcome is a mini series called Domain Name Extensions Guide.
In the following posts I will explain important things about domain extensions and throw you some useful tips. For the […]

What is Domain Name System?

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

“The Domain Name System (DNS) helps users to find their way around the Internet.” Internic
“Short for Domain Name System (or Service or Server), an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. ” Webopedia
So What is Domain Name System or DNS?
Simply put DNS […]

What is a domain name?

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Definitions of domain name

“A series of words separated by dots…” Lycos
“A domain name uniquely identifies a website.” BuyDomains
“Domain names are hostnames that allow us to remember websites more easily than using an IP address.” American Association of Domain Names

To sum up:
Domain Name is a unique name that identifies computers on internet and helps […]