What is Domain Name

For beginners, it is wondered, ” What is A domain ? “

A domain is an address on the Internet, it identifies the location of site. Mechanically, any sites are identified by IP address, so a domain is like ” a nameplate “. For example, “John’s House” or “Smith’s House”.

There are many words like “primary domain”, “initial domain”, “original domain” and “unique domain”, and also there are the words like “subdomain” and “subdirectory”, so we are confused for such technical terms. We cannot understand them when Googling (^^;.

What you can get from your web hosting service at first is ” primary domain (initial domain)”, which is positioned as a subdomain of your server. It is positioned as like a branch of ~~~’s family, which is not independent completely. It is said to have a disadvantage when it comes to rising to the top of the search. Indeed, when it is first created, it does not show up in Google search. This means that the site by primary domain cannot be accessed from outside for a while.
A original domain (unique domain) has an independence of your hosting service, and Google search can catch the existence more quickly.

There are the following differences between the characters.

There is also a difference between “subdomain” and “subdirectory”, which can be distinguished by the characters.

There are so many similar words that you’re confusing, aren’t you ?!

There are two types of subdomains: one is a domain name before the server name, another is after a domain name, separated by a slash (/). The latter is a subdomain in subdirectory. The differece just depends on the server. The primary domain of WordPress.com is in a subdirectory.

It is said that the primary domain has an disadvantage at Google search. But Google announced they stopped sequencing by the number of hits, so it might not be the matter. In my personal opinion, it won’t increase the number of views even though using an original domain. It’s supposed that the content is more important.

So you don’t worry about such details, just create a cool domain name.