Okay, welcome back to seoblogcheck.blogspot.com. My name is Josiah and today, we will quickly learn about what is a domain name and how does it work?

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So, let's not waste any more time and let's get to it. If you're a beginner and starting your own personal blog or online business, you might have heard that you need a hosting for your website. But what's important that you also need a domain name every website that you visit consists of two main elements the domain name and the web server.

 

So a domain name is an essential part of owning a website because with that one user will not be able to easily access your website.

What is Domain Name?

To simply put a domain name is your website online address that people put in their browsers.

For example, you need a street address to fill in GPS, to get directions. So a browser requires a domain name to point you to a website, without the domain to reach a particular website you would have to remember a specific IP address which consists of many numbers, it will be impossible to remember all of them. So that's why we have a word based format.

 When you type a domain name into a web browser it sends a request to domain name system, or in short DNS servers. Then DNS search through all registered IP addresses and they'll connect that domain with the required one.

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A domain name consists of unique name and extension chosen by the user. For example, Alexaseotools.com, Alexaseotools is a website's name and .com is the domain name extension.

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So you are able to choose your desired domain name and Extension from a domain name registrar or hosting provider, but it's worth noting that it's only possible to register an existing domain name with the valid domain extension at other people or businesses, don't already own.

Types of Domain Name

There are different types of domains, but let's look at the most common ones.

  • Top-level domains
  • Country code top-level domains and
  • Generic top-level domains

Top-level domains are extensions that are listed at the highest Level in the domain name system. There are a lot of different top-level domains (tls) available but most popular ones are: .com, .org, .net

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Country code top-level domains use just two letters based on international country code for example, .US for United States or .JP for Japan

 

Generic top-level: These are non country-specific top-level domains and most of them are intended for specific use case. For example, the most common and familiar examples are .COM for commercial or .EDU for educational and so on and that concludes today's tutor  now you know what domain name  is and all you need to do is choose one and register it.

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If you need more information about web hosting or which one to choose, scroll down.  And if you have any questions about domain or anything else, shoot them in the comments below and I will get back to you. And of course, if you like this article, share it with friends, and subscribe for more content.


What is Web Hosting?

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We'll take a quick look into web hosting is and all the secrets you should know about before creating your own website. So let's do it. Whether you’re thinking of launching your blog online? Or you are dream of creating an online store? You should understand what web hosting means and which option is the best for your business

In short, Web hosting is a service that makes your website accessible on the internet. And it is one of the Essential Elements to consider before creating your website, but let's bring them down a little. Imagine you are renting a land on what you are planning to build a house that land will be your web hosting, a house is your website and street address is your domain name. So, web host provides you with an allocated space to store all your files on the server, and make sure to keep that server up and running for your website visitors.


When you decide to launch your new website, you must choose a web hosting company that will provide you with the necessary service. Most web hosts offer various type of Hosting based on the demands of their customers.

 

Types of Web Hosting

Here is the most popular option:

  •  Shared hosting
  • Virtual private server (VPS)
  • Cloud
  •  Dedicated hosting

Now let's take a deeper look at Options.

type of web hosting

Share hosting: means sharing a server and resources with other clients like living in the flat. For example, you have the same electricity and water line for the whole apartment block, similar to share hosting websites that are hosted on the same server Share resources such as memory, disks space, Computing, powder and others.

 

Virtual private server (VPS): Its can explain itself from the name, choosing this hosting you are look at the separate parts of the server Dedicated resources in New traffic from the other websites that are on the same server will ever affect you. However, one of the essential requirements for VPS is that you have to have Technical and system management knowledge, or you can hire a system administrator.

Cloud hosting which is one of the most reliable awesome on the Market. This type of hosting will replicate your files and the resources on the group of server meaning once one of the server encounters any issue, your files will be automatically transferred to another server in the group. So no downtime, which is excellent if you own a jam-packed website

 

Dedicated hosting: which is the best solution for large online businesses with heavy traffic, dedicated hosting means that the entire server is dedicated to you and it's not shared with anyone else. with dedicated hosting you have to have a technical knowledge to manage this type of hosting and the price is usually quite high, with you will have a complete control of integration software, operating systems and other, which will give you a great deal of flexibility. And that's it.

 

I hope you have a better understanding of web hosting and ready to launch. If you have any questions about web hosting or anything else. Feel free to leave them in the comments below and don't forget to subscribe if you like this articles, share it with friends and thank you for reading. Bye.

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