Registering Domain Names & Hosting Website
Domain name is the name of a web site which exists on the World Wide Web. We can visit this web site or see its contents in a browser. Each web site has a unique name which helps in identifying it uniquely from other web sites on the internet. This name cannot contain especial characters like %, &, * etc. Characters in any valid domain name can be
Letters : a-z
Numbers: 0-9 and
Hypen “-“
Maximum length of a domain name is 67 characters only inclusive of top level domain name. Hyphen “-” cannot be the first or last character. Domain names are not case sensitive i.e. you can use ‘A’ or ‘a’ and both are equally treated.
A domain name has to be registered before it becomes available for use. Registration cannot be for a period less than one year or more than ten years. It takes another two or three days after registration for domain name to propagate through all servers of World Wide Web. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the organization which manages this DNS system. Details of any registered domain name (whois) can be searched at interNIC , ccTLD domains can be searched at uwhois.
Each domain name has an extension like .com, .org, .edu etc. know as Top Level Domain (TLD) or Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD). There is also another two character extension like .us, .uk, .in which is known as ccTLD or Country Code Top Level Domain.
Domain names are internally represented as a numeric value called IP addresses which are too difficult to learn or remember. The process of linking this numeric value into character string is called Domain Name System. This Domain Name system translates the name of your registered Domain Name or web site to its IP address.
Registering a domain name doesn’t mean you have a web site or a space for uploading a web site. Registration is simply holding a name for your web site. In order to upload web site or create pages for your site you will need a hosting service which will provide you space for your web pages. Once you get a hosting service you can then point your Domain Name to that host. Your host will provide you with two or more numeric string called primary DNS (Domain Name Server) and secondary DNS which are to be used for the purpose of pointing your Domain Name towards your host. Your hosting service may or may not provide you site designing service.
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1. Domain Name Registration
2. Domain Forwarding /Mail Forwarding Service
3. Managed DNS Service
Free Internet Based Reliable Tools for
1. Domain Name Suggestion Tool
2. WHOIS Lookup Tool for Searching Registration Details of a domain name
