What is a top-level domain? What are the precautions for top-level domain transactions?

What are top-level domains (TLDs)? What are the key considerations for TLD transactions? Many novice domainers are unfamiliar with these common domain names, so we'll provide a detailed explanation below.

1. What is a TLD?

Typically, the final suffix of a TLD is something like .com, .net, .gov, or .mall. These suffixes represent different types of organizations. For example, .com represents a commercial organization, .net represents an internet service provider, .gov represents a government agency, and .mall.com represents an e-commerce company.

2. What are the key considerations for TLD transactions?

1. Short: Generally no more than five characters.

2. Easy to remember: For example, if you're a gaming website, domain names like game.com or youxi.com are ideal.

3. How long should a domain name be registered? Domain name registrations should ideally last at least two years. Many webmasters now only register new domains for one year, resulting in many domains being deactivated after just one year. Strictly speaking, domain names registered for one year are considered "spam."

4. From a search engine perspective: Domain names have inherent authority. A formula illustrates the inherent weight of a domain name. The natural weight of a domain name suffix is: gov for government is higher than edu for education, higher than org for non-profit organizations, and higher than com, net, and other national domains like cn.

5. Check if the domain has been blocked: Use the site:/link: search commands to check the domain's index status. If there are no indexes but many external links, the domain has been blocked.