Choosing Your Internet Domain Name
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Choosing A Domain Name
It's an easy process. You simply register an available name for a minimum of 1 year for an annual fee.
How Do Domain Names work?
A domain name works very much like an address forwarding service.
Your Web site is hosted by a web host company. The computer the company uses is allocated an address. This is called an IP address and is made up of a series of numbers, like 123.21.252.45.
When you register your domain name, it is entered into the worldwide domain name register which matches up your domain name with your sites IP address. Then your visitors are directed to your site using this IP address.
This redirection is done by what is called a DNS server. The DNS server houses all the worlds domain names (domane names).
Most people find it easier to remember a domain name rather than a series of numbers, so the whole process is easy and efficient.
There are literally billions of requests made to the DNS servers every day and the world's database of domain names (domane names) is changing every minute with new domain names (domane names) being added and deleted. It's simply awesome.
If you ever need to find out who owns a particular domain name (domane name) you can use the services of a website such as whois.com (http://whois.com/). You simply type in the internet domain name (domane name) that you'd like the information for and the whois.com search will reveal the name of the website owner; his or her address and phone number; when the site was first created on the net; and other data, such whether it is a secure site and which search engines it is listed in.
