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1.
What is a Web Address (domain name)?
Practically speaking, your Web Address (domain name) is the
core of your Internet identity, your online brand. Your customers
will remember this name and use it to find out about your
products and services. And since no two parties can ever hold
the same Web Address simultaneously, your Internet identity
is totally unique.
Technically, a Web Address is an addressing construct used
for identifying and locating computers on the Internet. While
computers use Internet Protocol (IP) numbers to locate each
other on the Internet, people find them hard to remember.
Therefore, Web Addresses were developed to permit the use
of easily remembered words and phrases to identify Internet
addresses.
For example, the Web Address networksolutions.com represents
the company Network Solutions. When you type networksolutions.com
in a web browser or send e-mail to someone at networksolutions.com,
the Domain Name System (DNS) translates networksolutions.com
into the IP numbers used by the Internet and connects you
to Network Solutions.
2.
What Does It Do For Me?
A Web Address is the best way to establish an online identity
and the easiest, quickest way to join the e-commerce revolution.
A .com Web Address is recognized worldwide as an online business,
but .net and .org are also widely used. In addition, when
you register your Web Address with Network Solutions, you
get a FREE listing in the dot
com directory™, the Find It engine that can locate
and get information on almost any business on the Web.
3.
What's the difference between an ISP-hosted and an NSI-managed
domain name?
Both ISP-hosted registrations and NSI-manged registrations
are entries in Network Solutions' database in which a Web
Address is identified for your use as long as the registration
is in effect. When you are ready to establish your online
identity with a Web site, you will need the name and number
of at least two computers, known as hosts or name servers,
so your customers can find you on the Internet. You may have
these special computers in your organization, or you may need
to arrange for name service with an Internet Service Provider
or Web hosting company.
If you have already arranged for name service and are ready
to put up your Web site, you should register your Web Address
as an ISP-hosted domain name. However, if you have not arranged
for name service, Network Solutions allows you to register
your Web Address today as an NSI-managed domain name, protecting
your Internet identity and online brand until you are ready
to use it.
4.
Why should I register an ISP-hosted Web Address?
A Web Address is more than your Internet address, it's your
Internet identity, your online brand. It puts you on the map
of today's business world, opening your business to literally
millions of users worldwide. When you register a Web Address,
you'll join over millions of others who are reaping the rewards
of being online.
5.
Why should I register an NSI-managed Web Address?
Even if you are not ready to do business on the Internet,
you want to make sure that your online brand and identity
are available for your use when you are ready. Registering
an NSI-manged Web Address today also enables you to take advantage
of other services that we offer, including dot com mail!",
a personalized and portable e-mail service, and dot com biz
card!", a customizable one-page Web site to help you
promote your business.
6.
How can I determine if the Web Address I want is available?
It's easy to find out if the name you want is available. Simply
enter your desired Web Address in the box on our home page
at www.networksolutions.com. We'll tell you if the name you
want is available, and we'll give you some alternatives based
on your first choice.
7.
Why does the Internet need new top-level domain names?
The first problem is room. If you've ever tried to register
a common surname or potential business name, odds are you
found it was already taken. There are only so many memorable
names that can be hung in front of ".com." Though
the current list of TLDs made a certain amount of sense in
the early days of the Internet, when commercial and business
operations (.COM and .NET) were outnumbered by schools (.EDU)
and nonprofit groups (.ORG), they no longer reflect the true
balance of power. Simply put, businesses far outnumber other
types of institutions.
8.
What do the new domain names(.AERO, .BIZ, .COOP, .INFO, .MUSEUM,
.NAME, .PRO.) stand for?
All are top-level domains in the hierarchical Domain Name
System. These top-level domains are just underneath the "root",
which is the start of the hierarchy. Domain names are assigned
based on the type of organization or site requesting the name.
Site types are generally differentiated by the three-letter
suffix at the end of the URL. Recently their have been the
following new additions:
- .AERO The Societi Internationale de Tilicommunications
Aironautiques will administer this domain for the air-transport
industry.
- .BIZ A suffix specifically for businesses, it was one
of several business proposals.
- .COOP Business cooperatives such as credit unions and
rural electric co-ops will use this domain, overseen by
the National Cooperative Business Association.
- .INFO Afilias, LLC, which will administer this domain,
sees dot-info as a truly global option, as most dot-com
registrations are in the United States. Affilias is an international
consortium of 19 companies, including Tucows.
- .MUSEUM The Museum Domain Management Association, a group
created through the International Council of Museums, will
run this registry for accredited museums worldwide.
- .NAME The Global Name Registry Ltd., which will use this
category for individuals, would reserve second level names
such as smith.name and let individuals register john.smith.name
or betty.smith.name. It is not clear how the company would
deal with multiple individuals with the same name.
- .PRO This top-level domain, to be administered by RegistryPro,
Ltd., is for professionals, such as accountants, lawyers,
and physicians. A doctor named John Doe, for example, would
register as johndoe.med.pro. Lawyer John Doe would register
as johndoe.law.pro. Professionals would have to prove their
status-something that's not currently required.
Countries
outside the United States generally use different site naming
conventions, and the name of the country that hosts a particular
site is usually given by a two-letter suffix. Examples include
.uk for the United Kingdom and .de for Germany.
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