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Domain Names – How Do They Work?
Domain Names – How Do They Work?
A domain name, with the help of the Domain Name System (DNS) gives the location or address of your website on the web.
When a visitor enters your web site address (i.e. kingsolutions.org.uk) into their browser or clicks on a link they are requesting a connection to your domain. This triggers the local DNS server to lookup the requested domain in the corresponding registry for the requested domain.
The registry will indicate which name server (the address of your web host) this domain is registered with. A lookup request then goes to the name server to obtain the actual internet protocol (IP) address of the requested domain; your browser then establishes connection with the returned IP address.
You can research your domain name choices at any of the registrars listed in my article, ‘Where to Register Domain Names". Most of these registrars provide domain name registration, domain name hosting, free domain name search facilities and some even give you a FREE domain name if you accept their domain name hosting package.
You may also be interested in the following articles in this series:
- 20 Tips on Creating Your Domain Name
- Add on Domains – What Are Add on Domains?
- DNS Servers – What Are DNS Servers
- Does a Good Domain Name Improve Search Engine Ranking?
- Domain Name Extensions – Which Is Best?
- Domain Name Registrars – Who Are They?
- Domain Name Registration – Where And How To Register
- Domain Names – How Do They Work?
- Domain Names – What Are They?
- IP Address – How to Find an IP Address for Any Url
- IP Address – What is an IP Address?
- Older Domain Names – Do They Rank Higher?
- Sub-Domains – What are Sub-Domains?
- The Right Domain Name – How to Find Choose Good Domain Names
- Top Level Domain (TLD) – What is a Top Level Domain?
- Where to Register Domain Names
- Your Own a Domain Name – Why You Should Buy One One
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