{"id":163,"date":"2016-11-16T17:11:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T17:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/temp.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2017-06-09T12:51:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:51:02","slug":"what-is-a-top-level-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myhostingbubble.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/16\/what-is-a-top-level-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Top Level Domain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"post-body entry-content\">A top level domain name is a domain name at the highest level in the hierarchy of the Domain Name System on the Internet. For example www.mycompany.com the top level domain would be the \u2018.com\u2019 part of it.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"post-body entry-content\">There is a specific body called the \u2018Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers\u2019 (ICANN) that are tasked with delegating the management of top level domains to certain organisations. ICANN also helps coordinate the Domain Name System (DNS), often referred to as \u201cthe phone book of the Internet\u201d because it matches domain names with appropriate IP address numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-body entry-content\">Originally top level domains were organised into three main groups: Countries, Categories, and Multi-organisations, however today the increase and variety of top level domains is vast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-body entry-content\">There are however 4 overriding categories of TLD\u2019s and they are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Country-code top-level domains<\/strong> &#8211; the Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLD) domains identify certain countries, for example the UK (.uk) or the US (.us).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infrastructure top-level domain<\/strong> &#8211; There is only one top level domain in this category and that is (.arpa) which stands for Address and Routing Parameter Area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sponsored top-level domains<\/strong> &#8211; Sponsored Top Level Domain Names (sTLD) are privately owned by organisations. The names are usually based on either geographical, technical, professional, ethnic or themed concepts. These are very exclusive names.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Generic top-level domains<\/strong> &#8211; General Top Level Domains (gTLD) are the common TLD\u2019s and are open for registration by anyone. These TLD\u2019s have grown dramatically over the past few years to many hundreds representing various sectors or industries such as .com, .org, .net, .gov etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the past few years there has been a release of many more generic TLD\u2019s to cover over 700 different names, categories and sectors from .clothing, .plumbing, .business, .flowers, .golf, .love.. The list really does go on and on.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to know more about <span style=\"color: #38bf9c;\"><a style=\"color: #38bf9c;\" href=\"\/domain-names\/\">domain names<\/a><\/span> or would like to secure one of your own then My Hosting Bubble are experts in this field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top level domain name is a domain name at the highest level in the hierarchy of the Domain Name System on the Internet. For example www.mycompany.com the top level domain would be the \u2018.com\u2019 part of it. 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