Domain Name Registration

Solomon Software helps their clients to select, register and manage their Domain Names.  You can choose your domain name from http://domains.solomondomain.com

What is Domain Name?

The term domain name has multiple related meanings: A name that identifies a computer or computers on the internet. These names appear as a component of a Web site's URL, e.g. wikipedia.org. By allowing the use of unique alphabetical addresses instead of numeric ones, domain names allow Internet users to more easily find and communicate with web sites and other server-based services.

The following example illustrates the difference between a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and a domain name:

URL: http://www.example.net/index.html
Domain name: www.example.net
Registered Domain Name: example.net

Every domain name ends in a top-level domain (TLD) name, which is always either one of a small list of generic names (three or more characters), or a two-character territory code. Top-level domains are sometimes also called first-level domains.

In addition to the top-level domains, there are second-level domain (SLD) names. These are the names directly to the left of .com, .net, and the other top-level domains. As an example, in the domain en.wikipedia.org, "wikipedia" is the second-level domain.

The next level are third-level domains. These domains are immediately to the left of a second-level domain. In the en.wikipedia.org example, "en" is a third-level domain. There can be fourth and fifth level domains and so on, with virtually no limitation. An example of a working domain with five levels is www.tamil.business.solomondomain.com. Each level is separated by a dot or period symbol between them. Domains of third or higher level are also known as sub domains

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has overall responsibility for managing the DNS. It controls the root domain, delegating control over each top-level domain to a domain name registry. For ccTLDs, the domain registry is typically controlled by the government of that country.

Domain names which are theoretically leased can be considered in the same way as real estate, due to a significant impact on online brand building, advertising, search engine optimization, etc. Within a particular top-level domain, parties are generally free to select an unallocated domain name as their own on a first come, first served basis.

How to Select a Domain Name

The Domain Name may have the following characteristics to produce good results.

• Directly related to either your business name
• Use a name you can brand.
• Easy to say and remember.
• Better to Contain Keywords of your industry.
• Keep it as short as possible (Maximum 63 characters)
• The valid characters are letters, numbers and a hyphen.
• Make it descriptive of your site's content

Registration of Domain Name

Only registrars accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) are authorized to register .com, .net and .org names in the registry. We are the resellers for these accredited registrars. You can choose your domain name from http://domains.solomondomain.com