The website setup you need to be visible on the internet starts with the domain . Every website has a domain. For those who are wondering what a domain is, briefly; domain is the address of your site in the digital world.
As with www.yellowclickltd.com, “ yellowclickltd ” is the domain for this address. Those who search for you on the Internet will find you with your preferred domain. To own a domain, you must purchase it. After you get your own domain name, you can start the setup of your site. However, you must first connect the domain with the hosting domain, and then upload your content to your site via an interface.
Domains are simplified and easy-to-memorize website addresses that correspond to an IP address. Each website can have a separate IP address, or more than one domain name can be registered on an IP address. In other words, it can be said that there can be more than one website on a web server.
How easy is it to type a word like yellowclickltd.com when you want to visit a website? So, what is this word called? In order to understand this issue more easily, first of all, it is necessary to talk about how a web design is accessible to users. Websites come up with the serving of web content to users by web services. So, how can we access the server computers where these services are located? Of course, IP (Internet Protocol) addresses come into play so that we can access this computer. Wait a minute… “I don’t type an IP address when I want to visit a website,” we seem to hear you say. This is where the domain system or, more accurately and generally, DNS (Domain Name System) comes into play.
What is the importance of domain?
A website with a quality domain name is your business’s showcase in the market.
People get an idea about your website by looking at the domain extension and its content. For example, a website with a .com.tr extension is a domain extension obtained with a document.
- Indicates that the domain owner owns a brand or company.
- Domain Turkey reports that it has a domain extension.
With the domain you registered, you can open more than one e-mail and use addresses with a common extension in all company departments. Domains are controlled by an organization called ICANN. ICANN states that domain extensions are available and maintains a central database of domain names to which they point. Every website you visit effectively consists of two main elements:
Domain and web hosting.
- Web Hosting is a physical machine that hosts the files and databases from which your website is created and sends it to people on the internet when they visit your site from their machine.
- Domain is the name that users type to access your site, and it directs the web browser to the server that stores these resources. Without a domain, people need to remember the specific IP address of your server.
What is ICANN?
ICANN, which stands for Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names , is an organization created with the participation of different types of users on the Internet. This non-profit organization checks the availability of domain extensions and provides a database of domain names pointing to the center. All domain registration processes are carried out by Register firms authorized by ICANN .
What is a Register Company?
You do not need to contact ICANN , the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names , for your purchased domain . Your company, from which you purchased the domain name, called Register , officially does this on your behalf. You just test the domain name you want to use , that is, whether your domain name is available or not, then you can buy your domain name and start using it as you wish.
What Elements Does the Domain Structure Consist of?
Let’s see how this system works and the place of the domain in this system. Domain is the domain name registered to an IP address . So let’s give an example from the google.com domain address, the IP address of this domain is “ 142.250.65.174 ”. Let’s try something together and prove that the main event is not in the domain name, but in the IP addresses.
Come on, open a web browser or open a new tab in your current web browser and type “ 142.250.65.174 ” , not google.com, into the box where you wrote the website address . You reached Google without the need for a domain.
Yes, you are already visiting a website with an IP address. Yes, isn’t it too much? That’s why we use domains.
Let’s take the domain mail.google.com…
mail : This part is called subdomain, subdomain, and sub-particles within a domain can be thought of as sub-websites.
Google: It is a word that we can call the real word of the domain.
com: It is called the top – level domain. For example, although google .com and google .net seem to be the same when the domain part is ignored at the top level, they are actually indistinguishable from pears and apples. There are also top-level domains that can be obtained with special permissions, a few examples: edu, gov…
TLD: Top Level Domain
Top Level Domain Names are the most registered domain name type in the internet domain name system. There are over two thousand TLDs, but the most common are .com, .org, .net and .info. The official list of TLDs is organized by an organization called the “Internet Assigned Numbers Authority” (IANA).
• ccTLD: Country Code Top Level Domain Extensions
ccTLDs use only two letters and use international country codes such as .us for the US and .jp for Japan. It is often used by companies that create special sites for certain regions. Except for Turkey and America, many countries publish their sites with their own country coded domain extension.
• gTLD: Public top-level domains
A gTLD is basically a top-level domain that is not tied to a country code. However, you don’t have to meet any specific criteria to register a gTLD, so a .com domain may not be used for commercial purposes. Other examples of gTLDs include .org (for nonprofits and organizations) and .net.
Free Domains
WordPress.com, Squarespace, Weebly, etc. There are also free domains that you can get from different website builders, such as subdomains. These are similar to subdomains in that they use the name of the website in your personal domain. We advise you to pay a few dollars and buy with your own money.
How to Register a Domain?
Different domain companies use different systems. Therefore, the systems of domain companies may differ slightly. You usually start by doing a domain search. Most domain providers allow you to type in the domain you want and see if it is available. You can also buy and manage your domain yourself.
- First of all, there should be a domain search tool.
- Then the domain query should be done.
- Then the domain purchase is done.
- Finally, the new domain address is approved.
If you want, Yellow Click can find the most suitable domain for you, register and manage it on your behalf.
What is Domain Payment?
Each domain has annual payments . If you do not make your repayment after one year from the date your domain name was assigned to you, that domain name will soon be out of your jurisdiction and available for someone else to purchase. For this, you should prevent your domain name from getting out of your control by making a payment at the end of the period after a 1-year or 2-year purchase.