Domain name – address of website on the internet
Top–level domain - .com, .net, .org, .edu, .gov
2^nd–level domain – business, shopping, search [may contain hyphens, numbers and letters]
3^rd –level domain – www1, www2, keyword
TIP: When purchasing your domain name I recommend to choose an easy to remember name, and if possible purchase variations or misspellings of your domain name and have it point to the Top-level domain.
Domain name length – 26 characters including extension such as .com
TIP: Beware that you can have up to 67 characters including the extension, this was done for business that have lengthy names, so they do not have to abbreviate, and for Search Engine Optimization so domains can be chock full of keywords. Which might give a slight advantage, but I don’t recommend it.
Whois – a database of domain names and ownership information, the information includes name address of the registrant, administrative, technical, and billing contacts along with the date of purchase and expiration, and domain servers.
TIP: Private registration of a domain name is available for a small fee, so ownership is not made public.
URL - stands for “Uniform Resource Locator" and includes the protocol [http], the domain name [or IP address], and additional path information [folder and file].
Web Hosting – provides storage and connectivity to the internet for all web presence needs. Web host services should include domain name registration, transfers, private registrations and back orders. 99.9% up times, with a scalable hosting plans, 24/7 FTP access, monitoring, email, telephone and web-based tech support. Website hosts must have state-of-the-art hardware such as routers, firewalls and servers, backups. Web hosting plans should have free set-up, disk space from 500 to 4,000 MB monthly Data transfers from 25 GB to 200 GB, email accounts from 100 to 1000 depending on the need. Plan should offer email forwarding, databases with multiple tables, server operating system including windows and Linux, language support, Windows ASP/PHP and.NET, Linux PHP/Perl and Java. Addition services should include forums, blogs, and photo galleries, free software and scripts, such as chat, content management, image galleries and more. Possible other services include website traffic analysis, secure SSL certificates and dedicated IP hosting and the option to build and maintain, promote your site yourself.
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