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Choosing Your Top Level
Domain
Author: George Edwards, http://www.m6.net/
Once you have figured out a name for your 'domain' it can be really confusing trying to decide on what should go after the 'dot' (i.e. com, net, org, etc:) in your domain name. This part of the domain name is referred to as a top-level domain (TLD) and knowing the difference between each top-level domain is important when choosing your domain name.
Below are the descriptions of the best known top-level domains:
.com - This is the most popular TLD. It is used mainly for US commercial organizations. BUT, in its capacity, it represents the highest standing for any domain name. Anyone can have a '.com', but it is more difficult to think up a unique name that hasn't already been registered.
.net - This is the second most popular TLD. It generally describes the entity owning the domain name as a network and is used mainly by organizations that provide network connection services.
.gov - Generally used for government agencies.
.int - Intended to be used for sites relating to International Treaties or containing international databases. For this reason, it is not widely used.
.mil - Mainly used by military organizations of the US government.
.org - In general, non-profit organizations tend to use this extension.
.name - This is a new TLD and is intended to allow individuals to register their names (i.e. firstname.lastname.name) as a personal domain name on the Internet.
.biz - This is a new TLD for businesses; '.biz' is intended to be an alternative to the '.com'.
.info - This is also new, and is freely available to anyone with a business,
government or non-commercial site.
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