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Website Development |
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Over half a billion
people visit commercial
web sites each year..
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E-marketing |
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Internet marketing strategy, how to start an Internet business..
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Web Hosting |
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You need web hosting when you want to have a website..
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Domain Name |
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It registrations for the most seen .com, .net, .org are unrestricted..
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Short for asymmetric digital subscriber line, a new technology that..
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E-mails |
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Most people have a Yahoo or Hotmail email account. I believe you..
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What is a Domain Name? |
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Before you can send a letter to someone, you need to know his/her mailing address. If you want to visit a website, you also need to know its 'address', which is the domain name. Here are some examples of domain names: |
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Internic.net |
Yahoo.co.uk
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Linux.org |
Natalie-Portman.ws
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Domain name is case insensitive, which means Google.com, google.com
and gOOgLE.coM are the same. A dot act as a separator in a domain
name. The part after the last dot is called the Top Level Domain (TLD).
From the examples above, their TLDs are: |
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Google.com |
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Amazon.com |
.com |
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Internic.net |
.net |
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Linux.org |
.org |
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Yahoo.co.uk |
.uk |
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Natalie-Portman.ws |
.ws |
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Domain name
registrations for the most seen .com, .net, .org are unrestricted and are
opened to anyone. They are usually referred to as International TLDs.
When the internet started a decade ago, it is recommended that companies
should use .com, internet service providers should use .net
and organizations should use .org. But today, these rules are no
longer engaged and you can register under any international TLDs you want. |
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Other
international TLDs include .aero (for the air-transport industry),
.biz (for businesses), .coop (for cooperatives), .info
(for all uses), .museum (for museums), .name (for
individuals), and .pro (for professions). But they are not as
popular as .com, .net and .org. |
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Choose a .com whenever possible! Most internet users are not
familiar or even aware of the other TLDs. They usually assume all
domain names end up with .com. |
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Two letter
domains, such as .uk (United Kingdom), .ws (Western Samoa)
and .jp (Japan) are referred as country code Top Level Domains
(ccTLDs) and are corresponded to a country, territory, or other
geographic location. The rules and policies for registering domain names
under the ccTLDs vary significantly and some are reserved only for the
citizens of the corresponding country. |
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You might
notice that for the some ccTLDs such as .uk or .my
(Malaysia), the domain name has an extra portion between the name and the
ccTLDs. For example chosenname.co.uk or chosenname.net.my.
These arrangements are also depends on the rue corresponding country. |
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Some small
countries such as Western Samoa (.ws), Tuvalu (.tv) and
Belize (.bz) have chosen to offer domain registration of their
ccTLD to the public to raise funds for their countries. |
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When you
register a domain name, you do not need to register the 'www'. When
you own a domain name, you can add whatever you want to the front with a
dot as separator, such as www.yoursite.com, ftp.yoursite.com,
daddy.yoursite.com, mydog.yoursite.com, etc. They are called sub
domains. |
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Every
different subdomain can be configured to serve different purposes or as
different websites. Following the tradition, the subdomain
www.yoursite.com will be used as your main website address which is
actually an alias to yoursite.com. That means your visitors will
see the same website no matter they visit www.yoursite.com or
yoursite.com. Nowadays, people use sub domains as the addresses for
other websites, such as setting up dog.yoursite.com as a website for your
dog! |
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Why do you need a Domain Name? |
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All domain
name must be unique and once your registered it, you OWN it until the
expiry date. The minimum registration period is 1 year but you can
choose to renew it up to a maximum of 10 years. |
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You can do whatever you want with the domain name. You can setup a website, setup an email account, or do nothing with it! With all the rights to your domain name, you can decide where to host your site and you can change your host anytime you want, without depending your fortune to any specific host. |
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