Portrait of Domain Names
Portrait of Domain Names
Whether used or not, domain names are those that have been registered with the InterNIC. If these registered domain names are not being used they are generally parked, with the result that they are inactive and not being used as an active website or for some e-commerce business. In effect, if you come up with a name that you like for yourself but are not quite ready to do anything with it, it is still advisable to register it so that this name is out of circulation and not available for anybody else to make use of it.
A domain name is that which you type into your web browser in order to find the website you want. In other words, you type in http://www.looking4U.com – or just www.looking4U.com without the ‘http://’ – and, if you substitute ‘looking4U.com’ with your chosen website, you arrive at the website of your choice. As it happens, the
