Top
Level Domain
Choosing Your Top Level Domain
Once you have figured out a name for
your ‘domain’ it can be really confusing trying to decide
on what should go after the “dot” (i.e. com, net, org, etc…)
in your domain name. This part of the domain name is referred to as a
top-level domain (TLD) and knowing the difference between each top-level
domain is
important when choosing your domain name.
Below are the descriptions
of the best known top-level domains:
.com – This
is the most popular TLD. It is used mainly for US commercial organizations.
BUT, in its capacity, it represents the highest standing for any domain
name. Anyone can have a ‘.com’, but it is more difficult to
think up a unique name that hasn’t already been registered.
.net – This
is the second most popular TLD. It generally describes the entity owning
the domain name as a network and is used mainly by organizations that
provide network connection services.
.gov – Generally
used for government agencies.
.int – Intended
to be used for sites relating to International Treaties or containing
international databases. For this reason, it is not widely used.
.mil – Mainly
used by military organizations of the US government.
.org – In general,
non-profit organizations tend to use this extension.
.name – This
is a new TLD and is intended to allow individuals to register their names
(i.e. firstname.lastname.name) as a personal domain name on the Internet.
.biz – This
is a new TLD for businesses; ‘.biz’ is intended to be an alternative
to the ‘.com’.
.info – This
is also new, and is freely available to anyone with a business, government
or non-commercial site.
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