Last time we explained about some basic terms. In this post we are going to explain about Domain name and hosting solutions.
It is easier to brand your website with a domain name. Many users want to create an independent blog, ie they don’t want to depand on free blogs provide by Blogger.com or WordPress.com .Therefore you must value your blog domain name choice.
Types of Domain Name?
There are many types of domain like top-level domains (TLDs), including the generic top-level domains (gTLDs), such as the prominent domains com, net and org, and the country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) like .uk , .us, .in etc. And then there are Second-level domains like yourname.blogspot.com or yourname.wordpress.com which are offered for free.
Appropriate domain type for your blog?
Well if you want to build a blog only for the specific people (A blog in your language) go for a ccTLDs like .jp or .in etc. But if you want to target global audience go for .com , .net or .org( I will advice you to go for a .com). But now there is a new trend like Matt Mullenberg blogs on ma.tt ,well if you are a famous person like Matt then you can do it.
What is a sub-domain name and subdirectory-
This can also confused many users.When you apply for a top-level domain name, then you have full control over the domain name, you can set up free sub-domains and subdirectories.
For example, if you buy a yourdomain.com then you can createblog.yourdomain.com - It is an example of sub-domain
yourdomain.com/blog -It is an example of subdirectory
What is a Name Server?
Nameservers tells your browser where a website is located and helps the browser to find it.When a visitor try to go to your website, he enters your domain name in the Internet browser.The browser then searches the nameservers about the location of the server to find out just where your website is located. Then, it connects to the server and opens your web page.
It is not something you as the website developer must know or even need to understand, you just need to provide the names of the nameservers when you buy or set up your domain name. Your web host will assign your nameservers when you enroll in their hosting service.
Well previously we said that we will cover about Hosting in this post but we decide to make another post on Hosting.
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