What is a domain and why is it so important?

Everyone who created the site for himself, or ordered an Internet resource for his company, and also tried to implement his promotion on the network, knows that choosing a domain for a website is quite a complicated and responsible business. This is due to the state of affairs in which even a high-quality site with a properly composed semantic core, as well as quality and original content, can not be successful if its owner does not understand the domain's role. What is the domain in the aspect of promotion? Undoubtedly, it is an important factor that greatly influences the success, development and attendance of the Internet resource.

The question of what a domain is - this is the first thing that people who decide to start their own business on the Internet face, which requires registration of the site. Clearly aware of the importance of this concept, a beginner Internet businessman understands that it is the choice of a good and unique domain, as well as the correct registration of it, that are the fundamental bases of success. Among other things, the right choice, and made with a certain calculation, the choice of domain facilitates the life of the site owner and webmaster in the future, promoting rapid promotion and successful development of the resource.

So, what is a domain. Domain (domain name) is a symbolic name that serves the only purpose - identifying areas - units of administrative autonomies into which the Internet is divided. The work of the common domain namespace in the Global Network is provided by the DNS server of domain names. It is the presence of such a concept as a domain name that makes it possible to implement the addressing of Internet nodes, as well as the network resources that are placed on them (e-mail servers, Web sites, other services) in a form convenient for human perception.

The full domain name corresponds to an inscription from several parts, separated by dots - directly to the domain name, as well as the names of all domains that are higher in the hierarchy. That is, the domains seem to enter one into the other. For example, the full domain name ru.name.org means that there is a third level ru in the domain name, which enters the second level of name, which in turn enters the upper level of org. Ordinary speech most often under the notion of a domain name implies exactly the full domain name.

A domain zone is a collection of names that are characterized by a certain level. For example, in the mysite.org zone. Each name of the third level belongs to this domain. Examples of such names are name1.mysite.org, name2.mysite.org, etc.

Of course, popular and simple names like www.auto.ru, or www.job.ru, bring their owners a huge attendance, and besides they can be very profitable resold.

It should be understood that today there are almost no such names - widely used words have long been assigned to certain sites, or are owned by businessmen who earn money by reselling domain names. At the same time, we should not forget that some of the names that are owned today by successful Internet giants are not characterized by a kindness or compliance with any word of widespread use. Let's remember at least "yandex", "rambler" or "google" - in fact, not translatable and meaningless words, which, however, bring millions of dollars to their owners.

That's why do not despair because the address bar will not show up exactly the name that you would like to see, but just follow the simple tips:

1. The name should be unique, and also, it is rather desirable, unlike the others

2. Do not use too long names

3. If the future site has a geographical affiliation, its domain name must be included in the zone of the state to which the content of the resource is directed.

Hopefully, the above has helped to understand what a domain is and how to correctly choose it.