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Domain Names Explained


If you are totally new to the internet then you may not realize that the web address you type into your browser is known as a domain name. A domain name is an easy way for humans to understand and navigate the internet.

A domain name is a string of characters used to make a name. There can be up to 63 characters in a domain name which can consist of all the letters in the English alphabet plus the numbers zero to 9 and the hyphen or dash symbol. The name can consists of a mixture of these characters but they cannot start or end in a hyphen. The hyphens are used to separate words within a domain name to make them more readable for humans.

All domain names must have a top level domain suffix. The top level domain extensions are the characters at the end of your domain name after the last dot. This extension is used to describe the country or type of website that the domain name represents. The most popular top level domain extension is com and this will probably continue to be so for some time due to it's ingrained relationship with the internet. Web business's are mostly referred to as dot com's.

Domain names can be purchased from a domain name registrar. Domain name registration is a process of registering a domain name, much like you would register a new car or the birth of a new baby.

The cost of domain name registration will vary depending on the registrar and the domain extension that you choose. To register a dot com name you should expect to pay about ten dollars for a years registration. You can register a name for up to ten years and you would usually expect to get a small discount for this.

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Nominet registers over 7 million .uk domain names
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 20 hours ago
UK domain name registry Nominet has announced that there are now over 7 million .uk domain names, with one million .uk domain names added since July 2007. ...


Renew Domain Names Before October Price Increases
Domain Name Wire, TX - Aug 28, 2008
It’s that time of year again — time for VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and other registries to increase their wholesale price of domain names. ...
GoDaddy Hikes Price of .Net and .Org Domain Names to $13.19 Domain Name Wire
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Social Site - Social Network. Social Domain Names at 200Best.com
Emediawire (press release), WA - Aug 28, 2008
These Social Domain Names are high quality rare dot com. David Anderson from 200Best.com explains "The popularity of social sites is soaring. ...


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Moniker Offers $7.49 .Mobi Domain Names
Domain Name Wire, TX - Aug 27, 2008
If you want to get your hands on any unregistered .mobi domain names, now may be a good time. Moniker just announced $7.49 per year pricing on new .mobi ...


JIPO moves to block sale by US-based company of athletes' domain names
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - Aug 24, 2008
Domain names of Jamaican gold medal Olympians are being pedalled on the Internet and the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office JIPO - the government ...


OFFLINE: your_domain-bulgaria.com
Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - 22 hours ago
Over the years, a constant source of fun and teasing for me has been the type of domain names that Bulgarian companies and organisations have a tendency to ...


Creative Thinking: Replycycle for Parked Domain Names
Domain Name Wire, TX - Aug 26, 2008
If you think your parked domain names don’t receive e-mails, think again. Some of my domain names that aren’t parked but don’t have content receive multiple ...


Boosting numbers in .ke domain names
Business Daily Africa, Kenya - Aug 19, 2008
August 20, 2008: Internet domain names have increasingly become part of our daily lives, but the uptake of the .ke (dot ke) is still lagging behind. ...


Where to Find Free Domain Names
3x24 - Your Newspaper and News Magazine, Germany - Aug 25, 2008
There are some facts you should know about what is involved and what should be looked for in considering the offers of free domain names. ...


VeriSign to Extend SSL Security to Web Sites With ...
CNNMoney.com - Aug 18, 2008
VeriSign today announced that its SSL Certificates will now support Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). IDNs display Web site addresses in local language ...
Go Daddy SSL Market Share Hits All-Time High Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
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