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Domain Name Search

Vic Bilson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:52:38 +0000

If you are interested in searching for an available domain name, read further for some trusted and reliable sites on the internet where you can search domain names. Following are several domain registrars you might consider when choosing a domain name.

Domain Name Search at GoDaddy.com
GoDaddy.comis perhaps one of the best known domain name registrars and my personal favorite. It's where I register nearly all my domain names.

Domain Name Search at Global Domains International
Global Domains International is the worldwide domain name registry for all .ws (Dot WS) domain names. Their product is an incredible $10 per month package that includes your own domain name, hosting accounts, and up to ten email accounts, plus an easy-to-use online web site builder that will allow you to get a professional looking web site on the web as quickly as possible.

Domain Name Search at Dotster.com
Dotster.com lets you enter certain words, phrases, or characters that have special meaning to you or to your customers and to search the central domain name registration database to see what's available. The search results will return a list of what's available. Renew your domain for just $8.95 at Dotster.com!

Domain Name Search at NameBoy.com
NameBoy.com can help the domain name consumers to find their desired domain names through the use of this site’s domain name search service. This site provides free domain name search and will generate domain names that are based on keywords you enter. If the desired domain name is not available, you can back-order your request right on the site.

Domain Name Search at CheckDomain.com
CheckDomain.com is another great site for domain names that allowed the users to search, locate, register, look up, check, reserve, renew, transfer, etc for any country. To begin searching for a domain name, you are required to enter in the requested name along with the appropriate top level domain like the .com, .biz, .org, .net, .gov, and so on.

Domain Name Search at Register.com
Register.com is a popular site on the web where you can perform a domain name search or you can register for a domain name. For you to search domain names, you just need to type the requested domain name with an appropriate domain name extension of the 40 available extensions offered for consumers.

Domain Name Search at NameDroppers.com
NameDroppers.com is another notable site for you to perform or search domain names. To search for a domain name, you are only required to enter the domain name keywords, or even multiple keywords. Once you register your domain name, you have the option to park your domain name for free. Their database contains over 32 million domain names and is updated nightly to reflect the most up-to-date changes to the domain names registered.

Domain Name IP Address

Vic Bilson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:13:48 +0000

When we talk about a domain name, we are basically referring to an address of a web site that is intended for easy and quick identification. These user-friendly addresses for web sites help connect both computers and people on the internet.

In fact, the domain name is a string of letters or numbers that is used to describe an IP address. This is the primary function of the domain name. Since the domain name and IP address are somewhat connected, I will be using the term “domain name IP address” in this article.

What is a domain name IP address? Or, an IP address in general?
The acronym IP stands for Internet Protocol. The domain name IP address is the numeric address of any domain on the internet, similar to your telephone number. You might also think of the domain name IP addresses like the reference numbers that are used to categorize the books in a library. These codes applied to the the title of a book make it easy for you to find that book in the library. The domain name IP addresses also function somewhat that way.

A domain name IP address is a set of four numbers that are divided by dots. The domain name IP address looks like 203.23.56.166, and each one of these numbers can be between 1 and 255. Just like the mentioned function of the telephone numbers and the reference numbers in the library, the domain name IP address is that important in the internet. For a computer machine to be able to be located by the other computers on the internet, it is important that it must have its own domain name IP address that is distinct than the others.

The primary intention for creating the system of domain name IP address is for the people to connect to other computers on the internet by just applying an easy to remember name instead of a particular IP address. It is therefore important that the domain name must have a matching IP address for it to function correctly.

With the domain name IP address, you have the choice to type either the domain name or the IP address into a web browser and you will see the same page. When you type a domain name into the web browser, the Internet Service Provider or ISP will then search the associated IP address in their Domain Name System server and direct you to that particular site. That is how the domain name IP address works.

Registering a Domain Name

Vic Bilson — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:17:22 +0000

Before registering a domain name, here are some important points that you must know about the process for registering a domain name.

For registering a domain name, you will need utilize the services of a domain name registrar. The domain name industry is regulated and overseen by the ICANN or the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which is an organization that has the duty to certify companies as domain name registrars.

It is necessary to know that it is only the domain name registrars who are allowed to access and modify the leading database of domain names which is now maintained by the InterNIC. This master database contains the documentation on the entire domain names registered to date.

If the domain name registrar is not on the list maintained by ICANN, it is probably a group that is acting as a reseller for one of the official registrars as only an official domain name registrar has the right to amend the domain names’ database.

Only the ICANN or the recognized domain name registrars have the power to allot domain names for the TLDs of the top-level domain names such as .com, .biz, .info, .name, .net, and .org.

Each domain name registrar will individually identify the cost for registering a domain name. Prices are generally based on a yearly fee, but some domain name registrars provide discounts for registering a domain name for more than one year. Registrars cannot sell more than a 10-year registration transaction for any domain name.

Global Domains International, Inc. is the worldwide domain name registry for all .ws (Dot WS) domain names. The product is an incredible $10 per month package that includes your own domain name, hosting accounts, and up to ten email accounts, plus an easy-to-use online web site builder that will allow you to get a professional looking web site on the web as quickly as possible.