What is a domain name?

 

For those of you who do not know, here is a brief description of a domain name;  A Domain Name System, or sometimes reffered to as DNS, is the most recognized system for assigning addresses to internet web servers–More commonly called “internet hosts”– Somewhat like a phone number, the domain name system helps to give every internet server an easy-to-spell address. –As priveously stated this can be related to a phone number system, or your physical adress.–At the same time, the domain names keep the really technical  IP adress invisible for most viewers.

There are some misconceptions between a domain name, and a URL.

A Domain Name is Not the Same as URL

Since we want to be politically correct, a domain name is commonly part of a larger Internet address which is called a “URL” . A URL goes into an extremity of detail about domain name, providing a greater amount of  information, including the specific pages address, the folder name, the machine name, and the protocol language.

Ie. For wwx.google.com, google.com would be the Domain name.

Is this starting to make sense to everyone? Please follow us on our next blog about buying and selling domain names! We will introduce the strategy of buying/selling domain names. How to price your domain name, and what “PR” is.