What is domain - class 1/90 -how to start a website from scratch - Maguvalearnings education

In this class we discuss about

1.What is domain name?

2.are domain names free?

3.what is a domain extension?

1.Wha is a domain name? 

In simple words, domain name is the name of your website. Also, the users around the world will use the domain name to access your website. Ideally the domain name will be your identity of your website.

Computers will use a series of numbers to identify a domain name, But since the users find difficult to keep the numbers in mind to identify a domain. The domain name came into action. So normal users can easily identify or access a domain by using the domain name. 

Domain is unique for each website, So no two websites can have the same domain name. Domain name can contain the letters, numbers and the symbol‘-‘ in it. Domain name can also be created in combination of all of these. For example, you can have the domains like www.yourdomainname.com or www.your-domain-name.com or www.yourdomainname123.com. You cant use the special characters or symbols in the domain name except‘-‘.

 Domain should be easy to remember and identified by the users. If you are planning to buy a domain name for your business, then you can buy the domain name as the same name as your brand name.

 2. Are domain names free? 

Domain names are available both for free and paid. But the free domain names will have some restrictions whereas you have full control over the paid domains. For example, you can register free domains using WordPress, Blogspot and many more platforms. 

Here lets take an example, If you are planning to register a domain name for free. Then the free domain name will have an extra extension like www.yourdomainname.wordpress.com. If you are registering for paid version, then you will get the domain lik www.yourdomeainname.com 

Also, in the free domain many options are restricted and you will not have full control over the domain functionalities. But if you are going for the paid version and registering the domain with any domain name provider like bluehost, then you will have access to all the functionalities of the domain. 

3. What is a domain extension? 

Domain extension is the part of the domain name. For instance, if you take www.maguvalearnings.co.uk domain, in this .co.uk is the domain extension. There are various types of domain extensions available like com, .org, .net and many more. Lets see the types of domain extensions in the coming sections. You can choose the domain extension based on the objective of your website or based on the country as well. For instance if you are planning to start a blogging site targeting UK audience, then you can go with .co.uk domain extension. If you are planning to target the Indian audience, then you can go with .in domain extension. So based on your objective, you can choose the domain extensions.