CHECK THE AVAILABILITY OF A DOMAIN? WHO OWNS THIS DOMAIN?

A domain name is a kind of unique key. It is delivered to one person only the time he wants to exploit it and until he decides to abandon it. A domain name can not be attributed to two different people.For example, if you wish register a domain name mister-hosting.com, no domain name reseller will authorize you because it is taken.

However, if a person abandons a domain name, it is quite possible for another person to acquire it, after a few formalities of course. This means that if we do not want to renew the subscription of the domain name mister-hosting.com, you can buy it for you from any reseller, after the grace period that will be granted.

The first step is to check if the domain is takenand who owns the domain. You can check if a domain is available on our registration page. Locate the field “Find the ideal domain name” and enter the one you want to buy. This functionality is actually used to check if the word (or string) that you have inserted, to which it adds several extensions, already exists as a domain name or not. You will have a result with several lines, with all the domain names related to what you entered, with the words “Available” or “Not available”.

However, this feature gives you only one information: the availability or not of a domain name. If you want more details on a domain name, visit the sites Whois. They are actually many. This free service is offered by the internet registers. These websites inform you who the domain is, since when, which hosting service is attached to …

BUY A DOMAIN NAME ON MISTER HOSTING

Buying a domain name is easy on Mister-hosting. The result page that we have seen previously is the first stage. From the list, you must then choose the domain name that suits you. You will notice that you can directly change your domain name on the top field, which allows an immediate update of the result without going through the “Search” button. Click on the small box to the right of the one you have chosen and a small window will appear on the right side of the screen. Note that you can choose several from the list that is offered to you. Then click on the “Continue” button of your selection and you will be redirected to the second page.

Once your domains are chosen, you have access to several parameters. In the “Formula” section, for example, you have the option to choose between a single domain name or a pack that also includes hosting packages. On your right is what you need to pay for your domain name (or your domain names and accommodation formulas included). Finally, you must go to the base of the page to find the button “Validate”. Once you clicked on this button, you will be redirected to the payment page.Once this last step is completed, you have successfully completed your purchase of an internet address and it is valid for one year.

WHY CHOOSE MISTER-HOSTING?

A domain name is everywhere the same, regardless of the provider chosen. What is different with Mister Hosting is the free pack that accompanies your domain name. For example, you benefit from 2 GB hosting even if you have subscribed to a domain name alone, to host a site html / css alone. You benefit from two email addresses with a responsive interface, unlimited subdomains, redirection services … In addition, your domain name is available in less than an hour. In addition, if you have any problem or information needs, a Support service is available 24 h on 24, 7 days on 7.

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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 3^e 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 3^e 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.

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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.

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Note that URLs are always composed of four parts:

1. Le http:// we call protocol
2. Le www we call the prefix
3. Le domain (mister-hosting in our example)
4. The extension: .FR, .COM, .EU …

The URL of a site is a very important element that deserves a lot of thought even before the creation of your site. It has a marketing dimension, but also important SEO. But you can only advance that if you understand the true operation of these four parts.

However, before raising these four points, you are probably wondering what all these elements are for since if you only type mister-hosting.com, you go to the site you want. In reality, it’s not that these elements are useless, it’s only that your browser winks at you by adding the first two parts of the URL for you that you forgot to specify (usually the http: // and the www).

1. THE HTTP PROTOCOL

An internet protocol can result in the way in which two remote computers communicate, in this case your computer and the internet server that hosts the website that interests you. Note that there is several types of protocols, HTTP for websites, FTP for file transfers, POP and SMTP for emails …

The protocol HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is especially the one that interests us. When you type a URL in a web browser, your computer sends an HTTP request to the server hosting the site and the server will load.

Note that another protocol derived from HTTP is also frequently used for the web, the HTTPS which simply means secure HTTP. It works the same way, but uses encryption of all data exchanged between the server and your computer. Note that sites that use HTTPS are well seen by Google and benefit from a plus in relation to their positioning. However, it’s not a simple matter to change the HTTP to HTTPS, you have to go through several steps, including getting a SSL certificate (Secure Sockets Layer).

2. THE WWW PREFIX

www found in most URLs means “World Wide Web”. This prefix is ​​standard although it is not mandatory. In fact, you also have the right to put a word or letter sequence of your choice in its place. Only, tell yourself that it is more difficult for visitors to remember them, since they especially have this value stored in their heads.

the site fr.yahoo.com for example uses a different prefix, but is careful to configure a redirect if a user types yahoo.fr in his browser. This is done through configuration files of type .htaccess (for Apache servers).

Prefixes are usually used to display particular directories of a website, which is most often referred to as a subdomain. If, for example, you have a site whose the domain name is www.mysite.com, you will use the subdomain blog.monsite.com for the associated blog.

3. WHAT IS A DOMAIN NAME?

This is the most significant element of your URL, it’s the unique element. He must be chosen wisely. It must be memorable, very simple and must give an overview of your activity (recommended especially for commercial sites). Avoid domain names that are too long and difficult to remember. Avoid getting close to domain names already in use, especially if they are already popular, they may eject your site from the memory of users.

Because your domain name is uniqueyou must make sure that the one you have chosen is available. For this, you must use a registrar.

4. THE EXTENSION

It iss .com, .net, .fr … The extension is a kind of parent category of URLs. At the beginning of the internet, the extension was obligatorily composed of three letters. But nowadays, the rule has relaxed.

Extensions are not free. You must choose from a short list, which however has more than 500 possibilities. Some of these extensions are inaccessible to the general public, some are related to a country like .fr for France or .be for Belgium, and some are generic like .com (commercial) or .info (information).

The extensions are mostly determinants for SEO. Google gives more importance to a site .fr for example (between any list of parameters), if the user who sends the request is located in France. Also note that the prices of the extensions are different.

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WHICH DOMAIN NAME TO CHOOSE?

In order to find the ideal domain name for your website, it is essential to list all keywords that relate to your activity. The name chosen must be meaningful, whether it is an association of two or three terms or a transformed word, for more dynamism. For the more creative, you can also create your own word. In that case, originality must be combined with simplicity, because the name invented must be easily recognizable and above all easy to write for Internet users. The basic rule is choose a short, easily remembered domain name. Preferably, do not choose names that are more than three words long. A word that is easy to recognize and easy to read will be better referenced in search engines than a compound and complex name. However, if you opt for a compound name, prefer to separate them with dashes. And know that a domain name must be between 3 and 63 characters.

LOOK FOR MULTIPLE EXTENSIONS TO FIND A FREE DOMAIN NAME

After the choice of the name, it is then essential to think about the extension. This is about whether you will opt for a .fr, .com, .be … The choice of the extension depends on your current and future target. You can own a domain name under several extensions to enjoy a good local SEO. Know that each country has an extension: .fr for France, .de for Germany, .be for Belgium, .eu for the countries of the European Union. The media also have their extension: .tv and .fm. The .org for associations and organizations sites. Thus, it is more interesting to reserve the international extension .com and buy all the extensions that correspond to your target audiences. Remember to anticipate your geographical development and book new extensions to prevent another company from registering the desired extension and selling it to you at a high price. Keep in mind that new industry-class extensions are recently available and can be pre-booked. In the health sector, for example, there is the .fit. The .promo and .coupon for commerce, or .home and .immo for real estate.

PROTECT YOUR DOMAIN NAME

To prevent malicious people from hijacking your domain name, which is quite common for a very popular company or product, you must register all the names that are close together and all the variants to the name of the chosen domain. Also think of people who make syntax errors. Thus, for your site to be found even if the user makes typing errors by entering the site address, register your domain name with faults, accents and names nearby.

HOW TO CHECK THE AVAILABILITY OF THE DOMAIN?

Before appropriating the domain name, it is advisable to check availability with a search service on the Internet. Using Mister Hosting you can check the name and possible extensions for your domain. Be aware that if you register a domain name that is identical to an already existing trademark, you risk being attacked by the trademark / product owner and will be penalized as fraudulent users of a trademark or a product. So, it is advisable to ensure that the chosen domain name does not correspond to any company or brand before registration. Nor should it be confusing with other companies, brands or people.

HOW TO BUY A DOMAIN NAME?

Once the domain name and extension are retained, the company must reserve the domain nameby buying it. The registration of a domain name is done online, only from an organization that has been accredited to assign and manage domain names like Mister Hosting for example. This registry office is called: the registrar. The latter takes care of registering the domain name under the holder’s name and assigns him an IP address. The holder rents this domain name and the renewal of this lease is done every year or for several years, depending on the case. Finally, it is advisable not to wait for the start of business activities to register his domain name. The reservation of the name can be done well before, by the manager of the company. Later, if he wishes, he can transfer the title to the company.

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