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How to find a domain name available?
Choice of the domain name is an important step and prior to the creation of your website. In addition, it must not be done by chance, it must be the result of a long process of study. For an e-commerce site for example, the domain name can influence the frequentation of the site and by co19need its commercial success. For a blog, the domain name can be a first indicator of the subjects that are treated by the author.
Everyone is then free to choose their domain name. However, because of its uniqueness, you can not choose a domain name already used by another person. So, it is necessary to check the availability of a domain name first of all.
CHOOSE AN AVAILABLE DOMAIN NAME
Why talk about “Availability” of a domain name ? Simply because domain is unique. A domain name is a succession of letters, adopted to facilitate access to a website for internet users, if at the beginning the addresses of the websites consisted of a succession of digits better known under the name of IP address. A website corresponds to a single IP, and therefore a unique domain name. Thus, it is not possible to choose a domain name already used.
A domain name consists of three parts: prefix, domain and suffix. If we take the example of www.mister-hosting.com, “.Com” is the suffix or first level, “mister-hosting” is the domain or the second level, and “www” is the prefix or 3e level. From an availability point of view, the most important is the second level. It is this part that you will use for the popularity of your site and for your image. However, the association between the first two levels is also of paramount importance. Indeed, in theory, mister-hosting.fr for example is a domain name different from the original. So you have the option to choose it, even if mister-hosting.com already exists, provided of course that it is available in turn. Moreover, the 3e level does not really matter. You can not choose mapage.mister-hosting.com for example, since everything is played at the level of the first two levels.
CHECK THE AVAILABILITY OF A DOMAIN NAME
So, how to make sure that a domain name already used or not? It’s not rocket science to know him! Just go to a website that offers this service, for free in most cases. To find one, just do a Google search for example. Otherwise, the majority of sites specializing in accommodation and domain names offer this service. Indeed, before to reserve a domain name, you must make sure that it is still available. And this is a step that the supplier imposes before allowing you to move forward in the buying process.
You can also learn more about a domain name with the Whois tools “. These tools, also free, inform you about a domain name (owner, contact of the latter, date of creation and expiry date of the subscription in progress …). Of course, these same tools warn you if the domain name is still available.
In addition, be aware that a domain name belongs to a person for one year. You have the possibility to renew this lease. However, when a domain name has expired and is abandoned by its owner, it falls into the public domain and is reachable for everyone. This time again, it is the law of the first comer which prevails.
IN CONCLUSION: HOW TO FIND A FREE DOMAIN NAME?
Go to the domain name reservation page of our site. From there, you have the possibility to choose between two methods. The first is to press the button “Order! “. The site will then guide you to a new page. On the left, enter your desired domain name, and press the button “Check availability”. The second method is to use the field “Find the ideal domain name”. This feature prompts you to enter the desired domain name in the field and will offer you in return the choices available in relation to the different extensions. If the domain is already in use, even in another extension, this feature gives you information about them marking in red.
New internet extensions or new GTLDS
In recent years, the web has seen the arrival of new extensions for domain names or new gTLD. What are they? And why were they created? And finally, are they interesting for the SEO of our site?
NEWGTLD: WHAT IS IT?
To understand what are the New gTLD, let’s start by explaining what the TLD is for a domain. In French, it is most often called “Top level domain” or extension. TLD is actually the abbreviation for “Top Level Domain”.
Take as an example the site www.mister-hosting.com. The top-level domain is “.com”. Why do we speak of the first level? The “.com” is shared by hundreds of sites if the second level, “mister-hosting” for our example, is specific to our site. You can consider a top-level domain as a sort of site category. And there are several: .com, .fr, .film, etc.
There are several types of TLDs. However, we will retain the three most common:
- gTLD : the first generic top-level domains
- nTLD or New gTLD: new generic top-level domains
- ccTLD : National Top Level Domains
The first three generic levels soundt .com, .net and .org. The list has been extended several times to 2013, where the latest extensions have appeared. These are the latter included in the category of nTLDs or New gTLDs.
In contrast, ccTLDs or national top-level domains are associated with countries, such as .fr for France, .be for Belgium, .uk for Great Britain…
WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT NEW AREAS?
The appearance of new gTLDs or nTLDs responds to two very simple logics:saturation of the first gTLDs and the need to create new segmentation axes for websites.
The first gTLDs were quickly saturated. There are millions of websites today, and three gTLDs are far from enough. Thus during the 2000 years, a good dozen gTLDs were created and in 2013another larger group followed.
But the arrival of New gTLDs has also allowed a better segmentation of activities. Given the saturation of .com (commercial activities) for example, the use of .travel for travel agencies is advisable, as is the .museum for museums. It is true that a domain name with a clear extension is easier for a user to understand. On the other hand, SEOs can only be satisfied since much of their work is done right away by extending their web suite.
THE NEW EXTENSIONS CLASSIFIED IN 9 CATEGORIES ACCORDING TO YOUR PROFESSION:
There are hundreds of New gTLDs, which can be categorized into 9 categories:
- Business : groups gTLDs by business sector like .broker, .consulting, .holdings …
- Trade : also groups gTLDs by business sectors, usually commercial, such as .auto, .casino or .clothing.
- GeoTLD : groups geographic gTLDs (different from ccTLDs), such as .aquitaine, .london or .vegas.
- IDNTLDS : gathers together “international” gTLDs that do not use the standard TLD alphabet that is Latin.
- Hobbies : groups gTLDs representing leisure activities, such as .film, .holiday or .guitars.
- originals : groups gTLDs “original” or difficult to classify in the other categories like .hiv, .love or .xyz.
- service : gTLDs for sites in service areas, such as .cab for taxis, .house or .ong.
- Lifestyle : groups lifestyle gTLDs like .adult, .life or .singles for singles.
- Technology : groups gTLDs for sites evolving in new technologies like .email, .host for web hosts or .tech.
WHY CHOOSE A NEW EXTENSION INSTEAD OF A GENERIC EXTENSION?
Consider nTLDs as a new category in which your site will evolve. From a business point of view, the choice to adopt an nTLD corresponds to a choice of segmentation of its customers. Being closer to your final target, you will be able to adapt your communication strategy to make it more effective and have a better return.
Of course, the results that will be displayed by search engines will include both sites with classic gTLDs and those that will evolve with New gTLDs. However, the latter will be perceived as “specialized sites” unlike “more generic sites” by Internet users.
Studies have shown that the CTR (Clic Through Rate) or simply the click rate of a site with a more explicit extension has grown significantly in recent years. This has been confirmed with ccTLDs, when Internet users prioritize the sites corresponding to their country.
Domain name definition – Mister Hosting
When you need to access a website, you must write in the bar reserved for this purpose of your browser a series of letters of the type https://www.mister-hosting.com. This is the URL of your site, a unique address that allows a user to find your site among the millions that exist on the internet.
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5 tips to choose your domain
The domain name is the name retained for the address of your website. It consists of the name and extension chosen. Which word to choose? Can we put dashes? How to know if the chosen name is available? Where to deposit it? The choosing a domain name deserves serious thought for those who embark on the creation of their website, because the chosen address must convey the image of the company and mark your presence on the internet.
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