The Domain Names are organized in levels of;
Top-level Domains (TLDs) or A generic top-level domain (gTLDs)
.com - The most popular domain
.net - Complement to a .COM
.biz - domain for business
.org - domain for non-profit organization
.info - website based on information
.mobi - on-the-go access to your site
.gov - government
.edu - education
.co - as an abbreviation of .COM that can get more easy and simple to remember; the meaning could be for Company, Corporation and Commerce.
For example: tostartmybiz.com
The name of the domain; it's called Second -Level Domain that is directly below a Top-Level Domain. You have to buy it with the domain legal registration.
Country Domains - Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLDs) that represent the country of domain
.us - domain hands on the all-American (USA).
.ca - Domain for Canada.
.tv - official domain for the Island of Tuvalu or “Television” is popular meaning.
.Asia - site about Asian market
.cc - only one domain for the Cocos Islands
.br - Domain for Brazil.
.hk - Domain for Hong Kong.
.cn - Domain for China.
.de - Domain for Germany.
For example: mywebsite.us
The ccTLDs can enhance the SEO that easy to manipulate geographic target for impression your site with the country domains; the site information will show on the other counties result page when the search engine answered the user queries.
Sub-Domain is the 3rd-Level Domain that before the root of
2nd-Level Domain. Sub-Domain is a sub-folder in the hosting account, open the
/folder point to your sub-domain when you are uploading the files to FTP server.
For example; you make a website of your lifestyle. You can organize your site's folders as
YourPics.YourDomain.com that the /folder all about your photos on the site.
How to create A Sub-domain
You can create the sub folders and point it at your site sub-domain or the other domain.
Login your web hosting, go to “My hosting account” and click “Launch”
At your hosting account, click “Domain Management”; select one of your domain and click “Add”, At “Add Sub-Domain” page;
For example; I created a sub-Folder name calls “BizVideo”; meanwhile I created the sub-domain also. I pointed the “BizVideo” sub-folder to the sub-domain.
And then, click “OK”. The sub-domain will take about or less than 30 minutes for pending.
What's Mirror Domain?
The folder can point to your other domain that means you can have Two different URL addresses of the same folder; both can connect to the same landing page.
For example; I have the domain of Fungs.biz that is my hosting root of domain. Therefore, the sub-folder BizVideo would be followed it directly and it could be pointed at my other sub-domain.
Forexample;
BizVideo.ToStartMyBiz.com = Fungs.Biz
/BizVideo.html
About Sub-directory
Each Sub-Folder can contains many page directories and that follow the root domain or sub-domain such as
BizVideo.ToStartMyBiz.com/Boss.html
www.Fungs.Biz/BizVideo/Boss.html
What's Real Domain?
e.g.YourDomain.com - The real domain means the legal registration of SLD with TLDs that belongs to the domain's owner under the ownership contract.
A legal ownership registration of the domain and the name is unchangeable; as same as Web real estate.
How to Get the Web Property?
Definitely, it's not Free to own the Web property. You have to pay on the contract period at least 1 year to 10 years.
Why to get a real domain?
However, when you become a domain owner, you can get the permission to fully control of your domain such as setting the DNS point to your hosing IP, forwarding to the indicate page where you like , transferring to the other provider, putting impressions on SEO, applying Google Adsense or the other Affiliate program … etc.
Whatever your site move to the other space, people still can find you with your real domain.
Not Real Domain
Actually, the free domain is the site domain's owners share the sub-folder space for you. You don't really have the permission on any domain; especially on sub-domain or sub-directory is not a legal domain registration that because all recourses from the Sub-folders managed always under the root of domain ordinarily.
Also, your site follow the same owner's hosting IP address that is seriously impact your site impressions in SEO.
