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What is a domain name and how to buy it?
A domain name is an internet address which can be accessible from anywhere in the world with an active internet connection. A domain name is just like a unique telephone number which can be accessible from any telephone. Example of a domain name is www.punarvasi.com. www means world wide web, punarvasi is second level domain name and .com is top level domain name. Every domain name is linked to an IP (Internet Protocol) address. The ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers) is the governing body which will coordinates connectivity between IP addresses and domain names across the Internet. We can find web sites by entering registered domain names instead of IP addresses into our web browser. Domain names can be registered through any ICANN accredited registrars. Some of the ICANN accredited registrars are godaddy.com, name.com, Melbourne IT Ltd.
To reach another person on the Internet we have to type an address into our computer – a number or a name. This name has to be unique so the computer knows where to find another computer. ICANN coordinates these unique names across the world. Without this coordination we would not have Internet. ICANN was started in 1998. This is a not for profit partnership of people from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers.
TLDs – Top Level Domains. Ex: .COM, .NET, .ORG, .BIZ, .INFO, .MOBI, .US, .IN. You can register domain names of any TLDs using any ICANN-accredited registrar. I always register my domain names at godaddy.com because they are available at the price of 70% lesser than other registrars and it is older company who is offering domain names since 1997. We will get many free services like easy to use site builder, personalized email account, blog / podcast tool, photo album along with domain registration. There is no need to buy separate space if you are using above listed services. We get all of them at the cost of domain name registration.
Registering domain name is very simple and gets it ready within no time. The only difficulty is that the designing part. There is no website without a web page. We have to keep some web pages in the web space to get our website online. We need to have technical skills to design and upload website. Most of the domain registrars are providing some site building tool which will be helpful to design and host website on our own with no technical skills. We have to choose a professional layout from the available layouts and enter own text into text boxes provided by domain registrars to launch our website instantly.
Every domain will have creation date, expiration date and last update date. These dates are very important. The early you register creation date will have some value over latest and newly created domains. If you have a plan to develop a website, photo album or a personal blog, please do register the domain name at any domain name registrar. This will be helpful to you in future when you are talking about seniority of your domain name. This information along with Registrar, Name servers and owner of the domain can be obtained from who.is website. The screen shot of the punarvasi.com given below.
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