The basics of domains

The basics of domains

Your domain is your identity in Internet. With one or more domains and an active hosting and email service you can be visited by any user any time of the day.
Domains are made up by a name and an extension. These are separated by a dot. Thus, if you take cdmon.com for example, cdmon would be the name and com the extension.

The name also goes by SLD and the extension by TLD Depending on the type of information contained by the website, you could choose an extension over another.
  • Generic domains (gTLD): these are the best known extensions. They don’t have restrictions. You can register anyone you find available with complete autonomy.
    • Domains .com and .net
    • Domains .info
    • Domains .org
    • Domains .biz
    • Domains .name
    • Domains .asia
    • Domains .pro
  • Restricted domains (sTLD): These are extensions for which your website must meet certain technical or linguistic requirements.
    • Domains .cat: limited to websites that have at least some content in Catalan.
    • Domains .mobi: must have content that is accessible from a mobile phone.
    • Domains .tel: redirect to a list of phone contacts, links, email addresses, addresses, etc.
    • Domains .xxx: only for registered members of the adult entertainment sector (otherwise the domain does not resolve at the DNS level).
  • Regional domains (ccTLD): domains that identify the region that the website belongs to. They usually have some restrictions of linguistic or regional type:
    • Domains .es: ideal for websites with content in Spanish. Search engines recognize them as such and so do users.
    • Domains .eu: the European identity. Good for foreign market strategy.
    • Domains .us: regional domains for the United States.
    • Domains .tv: Tuvalu regional domains. However, they are related to audiovisual content.
    • Domains .cc: regional domains for the Cocos Islands. However, they are used for commercial websites.
    • Domains .me: regional domains for Montenegro.
    • Domains .ws: regional domains for West Samoa. Usually related to the word Website.
    • Domains .de: regional domains for Germany.
    • Domains .be: regional domains for Belgium.
    • Domains .co.uk: regional domains for the United Kingdom.
    • Domains .nl: regional domains for the Netherlands.
    • Domains .ch: regional domains for Switzerland.
    • Domains .pw:regional domains for the Paley Republic.
    • Domains .in: regional domains for India.
    • Domains .bz: regional domains for Belize.
    • Domains .fm: regional domains for the Federal States of Micronesia.
    • Domains .co: regional domains for Colombia.
    • Domains .mx y .com.mx: regional domains for Mexico.
    • Domains .pe: regional domains for Peru.
    • Domains .cl: regional domains for Chile.
    • Domains .com.ar: regional domains for Argentina.
    • Domains .ec: regional domains for Ecuador.
    • Domains .it: regional domains for Italy.
    • Domains .fr: regional domains for France.
    • Domains .pl:regional domains for Poland.
    • Domains .pt:regional domains for Portugal.

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