Domain Name Registration - about Dns

A Web Hosting Article Contributed by Raj Rao

Importance of Domain Name Registration

Domain Name Registration is essential if you intend to display your content or sell any product or service on the Internet. Your Domain name is your online brand. You are known on the Internet by your Domain Name.

Without a Domain Name, nobody would find you on the Internet. Its like setting up a corner shop on a bustling street to sell your products but nobody ever shops there. A Domain Name gives you the ability to promote yourself by branding your website and letting people know about the brand.

You can use any word or a phrase in your domain name. It may or may not represent the business you are in. The closer it resembles to your line of business, the better for you, as the domain name will promote itself.

Domain Name Registration and Domain Name System (Dns)

Domain Name is nothing but a name attached to a network address. It is like your home address on the Internet. A Network Address consists of numbers and dots, which are very hard to remember and promote. Whereas, a domain name is easy to remember and promote. Since, there are limited number of words and phrases available, the Registration of Domain Name with a central authority is necessary.

Domain Name System refers to the hierarchy of Domain names. The Domain Names are read from right to left. After every domain name there is a dot which is not used but implied. The word to the left of the imaginary dot is called the Top Level Domain (eg. COM, NET, ORG etc). There is a dot to the left of the Top Level Domain (e.g. .com) and the word to the left of the dot is called the Second Level Domain, which we are most familiar with (e.g. xyz.com).

Tips for Ensuring Accurate Entries in Dns after Domain Name Registration

Domain Name Registration ensures that your Domain Name is unique and nobody else has the ability to use it on the Internet.

The Domain Name System consists of the Domain Name Registration, Domain Name Servers and Domain Name Database.

At the time of Domain Name Registration, it is necessary for you to ensure that the Domain Name Servers that hold the database of Domain Names are correctly updated. It is the responsibility of the Web Hosting company to ensure that the Domain Name Registration is followed by updating of the Domain Name Servers.

One way to ensure that you have the Domain Name System properly updated is to use the Domain Name for web hosting and Email services. If the Domain Name System is properly updated, you should see your Web Site in your Internet Browser with your Domain Name.

In order to ensure that you enjoy uninterrupted Domain Name usage, you should periodically verify the Domain Name Registration database to see the ownership, the Name Server and the Date of expiration of the Domain Names owned by you.