Once you have figured out a name for your ‘domain’ it can be
really confusing trying to decide on what should go after the
“dot” (i.e. com, net, org, etc…) in your domain name. This part
of the domain name is referred to as a top-level domain (TLD)
and knowing the difference between each top-level domain is
important when choosing your domain name.
Below are the descriptions of the best known top-level domains:
.com – This is the most popular TLD. It is used mainly for US
commercial organizations. BUT, in its capacity, it represents
the highest standing for any domain name. Anyone can have a
‘.com’, but it is more difficult to think up a unique name that
hasn’t already been registered.
.net – This is the second most popular TLD. It generally
describes the entity owning the domain name as a network and is
used mainly by organizations that provide network connection
services.
.gov – Generally used for government agencies.
.int – Intended to be used for sites relating to International
Treaties or containing international databases. For this reason,
it is not widely used.
.mil – Mainly used by military organizations of the US
government.
.org – In general, non-profit organizations tend to use this
extension.
.name – This is a new TLD and is intended to allow individuals
to register their names (i.e. firstname.lastname.name) as a
personal domain name on the Internet.
.biz – This is a new TLD for businesses; ‘.biz’ is intended to
be an alternative to the ‘.com’.
.info – This is also new, and is freely available to anyone with
a business, government or non-commercial site.
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