Smart ways to make money online - Web Host - Introduction.

What is Domain Names ?

A domain name is your address on the web. It is the information that customers type in to find your website. It's what comes after the www. in www. domain.com The domain name for this site is Smarttoad.com.

Registering a domain name is the very first step to creating a web site. A domain name is simply the address of your web site and can end in .com, .net, .org, .info, etc. It can also include hyphens and has a character limit of 63. While the Internet is ever expanding, these domains are among the most popular:

* .com - one of the most common worldwide
* .biz - provided for businesses and eCommercial websites
* .info - provided for information, like news, political blogs, etc.
* .org - provided primarily for non profit websites and organizations
* .net - for online businesses such as web hosting companies, domain name resellers and similar online providers
* .name - provided for personal websites and web spaces

Be sure you think long and hard before deciding on a name because it can't be changed once it's registered. Also, if you want to receive traffic to your web site from the search engines, many experts recommend you try to select a name that includes keywords you want to target.

For example, if you want to create a site about lawn care, you may want to include those keywords in your domain name so when people search on Google for lawn care, they'll have a better chance of finding you.

Now, of course there are many more aspects to being found in the search engines than selecting a name with your keywords, however, that's certainly one of the first steps to take.

What is a Web Host ?

A web host stores your web site and transmits it to the internet for you. To put a web site on the internet you need three things: a domain name, a web site and a web host account.

How it works is that your domain name points to your web host's server which is where your site is physically housed. When someone types in your domain name, the computer looks to the domain record to see where it should go to find your site. It then goes there and gets it.

 
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