Top Level Domain Meanings

Here's a 7 point checklist to make sure to choose the right home to register domain names. Make sure to ensure that your domain name is in the hands of a reliable, reputable and professional company. You need to consider before buying a domain name how long they've been in business, that you control every aspect of your domain, and check if there are any hidden charges if you want to transfer a domain Also check if you get any free email accounts and how many, make sure you can use their SMTP servers for sending email, and always make sure you retain control of your domain names.

Here are some being uses by the generic top-level domain (gTLD):

dot info stands for information

dot com stands for Commercial

dot net stands for Network

dot org stands for Organization

dot us stands for United States

dot biz stands for Business

dot edu stands for post-secondary educational establishments

Your domain name is your identity, your address and your work descriptor, all rolled into one. A domain name will be an easy to remember location to find you as well as have something to say about the nature of your work.

For medium-to-large businesses, it may also register the most common variations of your main domain name. This will enable visitors to still reach your Web site even when they type a letter wrong, or hyphenate your domain name when searching.

In ask for verification that the domain name is registered to you and not to your registration service provider. And some registrars will register a domain name as belonging to them, which can create problems when you want to switch to another service provider, or want to transfer the domain name.