by Shammy Camacho

Created on: October 12, 2009

Creating a website is a big buzz nowadays. Many people are too hooked up on the Internet because almost everything a person need can also be found here, in just a click. Hence, it became a hub for business. Many entrepreneurs have invested to establish their own online business to help people. This makes a website important in the world of electronic commerce.

When starting up an online business, you have to set up your website first. The website should be registered with a domain name that gives your web site Internet address. To fully know about the basics of a domain name, you should read this.

Historically, domain name system was created way back 1960's when computer networking was exclusively curbed in the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or a.k.a ARPA and later DARPA. It was the year the Internet use was still unknown by the general public.

Certain addresses were given to the networking computers to have proper interconnection. This is an administering system called HOST.TXT. However, in the next few years, computer networking expansion needed a more effective address system for the purpose of networking computers. This is where DNS has started. It was designed to do the following:

To prevent problems of web addresses overlapping
To ensure a unique web addresses so that when a particular web page is searched, or emails are sending to a certain Internet addresses, they will reach the correct destinations.
To maintain consistency in naming system.

Every website has a domain name that follows the Domain Name system which is composed of four elements. The DNS is a type of web system where entire Internet service addresses are created, maintained and utilized.

The four elements that comprise Domain Name System are the server prefix, a domain name, domain suffix or the extension, and the country code. A good example of domain name is www.mybusiness.com where www the server prefix, mybusiness domain name and the com the domain suffix.

Having a website of your own is an advantage especially if you are a business owner. There are important things about a domain name that helps a business, so you should seriously consider registering your own domain to a particular domain registrar to achieve exclusivity and reflect professionalism.

Domain name registration involves easy step by step instructions. If you want to register your domain name, here's what you should do.

Pick the perfect name. But don't just consider one name. List a few good

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