Web Site Hosting - Using Multiple and Sub-Domain Names
A Web Hosting Article Contributed by Raj Rao
Web Site Hosting with Domain Name
Before you embark on Web site hosting for your web presence, you need to register your Domain Name. Practically speaking, you may not be in a position to decide the exact domain name to be used among the choices available. Under the circumstances, it is recommended that you register more than one domain name.
A Domain is necessary to start your web site hosting service. The Domain name provides you a brand on the Internet which you can use to publicize your web site.
Once you have registered your domain names, you need to contact your Web Site Hosting service provider to make the necessary addition to the Domain Name System (DNS) to enable the Domains.
You also need to specify the Web Sites for which each of the Domains registered by you will be used so that your Web Site Hosting provider can connect the domains to the correct websites.
Web Site Hosting with Multiple Domain Names
Remember that your Web site hosting provider can connect more than one domain name to the same website. This is called multiple domain hosting.
The purpose of using multiple Domain Names for your website is to enable more than one brand to be used by the same website. Lets say that you have a company that manufactures White Shirts. And you have registered domain names White-Shirts.com, WhiteShirts.com, White-shirt.com, white-shirt.com. Now, all these are essential brands to promote because the Internet User may use any one of these combinations. In this situation, you should make use of the Multiple Domain Web Site Hosting to take full advantage of the domains available with you.
Tips for Using Sub-Domains in Web Site Hosting
If you have a domain called xyz.com, you can use sub-domains for various purposes like mail.xyz.com for your Email Routing, data.xyz.com for storing your data, secure.xyz.com for storing secure encrypted information etc. Unlike normal Domain Names, the sub-domains are unique only to the domain name and hence you are free to create any number of sub-domains, and they are free (except for a small onetime DNS fee charged by your Web Site Hosting provider).
If you have opted for multiple Domain Web Site Hosting, you should consider submitting your website to the Search Engines with all the possible domain names. This will increase your chance of getting a higher rank in the Search Engine, thus resulting in higher traffic.
However, it is recommended that you do not use multiple domain names as brands as this can be very expensive to promote offline. For instance, you should use only one Domain Name for your E-mail services and listing the name in your stationery and advertisements.
Finally, Multiple Domain Hosting should be resorted to only if you have a real need to do so, as the cost of maintaining and promoting multiple domain based web site hosting can be expensive in the years to come.
