What Are Domain Extensions And Why Are They So Important?

If you use internet often, then you will also know what an address bar is. It will appear as a white strip somewhere at the top of the browser where you will manually enter a string of characters beginning with "http" or simply "www" and a jumble of numerals and letters followed by a period and terminating in words like com, net, org, nic.in, ac.in and so on. These are what we call as domain extensions in technical terms. In other words, it is something like the last part of your home or office address; usually the name of the city, state or your country. All other information in the address is for locating you within the last part of the address.

The internet is a very wild place, and every page that you see needs to be named uniquely, and should there be two are more named exactly the same way then you can expect unreliable returns not to your liking. Many years before, at the time internet came in to existence there weren't many domain extensions to begin with, and the most common was the ".com" which even today is the most valuable of all, because most users tend to use it by way of habit. On account of its importance, governments around the world follow a system of registration so as to preserve the uniqueness of the address. Fighting over names is common and when they are unresolved the parties go to court over the issue.

Choosing the right domain extensions is very important for your business or personal use. They provide users clues about what they can expect to see even before they land on a particular page. For example if the extension is .uk, then one can be certain that the page they are about to view is registered to a person in the United Kingdom. Not always the domain extensions will be related to the country. It can also relate to a specific activity of the web page. ".org" for instance can be a tip that it is not a commercial site and possibly some nonprofit organization. Likewise, ".tv" is for television channels; ".ac.in" can mean an academic institution in India and so on.

If you are one of those who wish to have a web presence then you will certainly need to register a name of your liking with an appropriate domain extension after you have checked its availability. To register you will need to apply to a domain name registrar by paying an annual fee and renewing it thereafter before it expires.

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