Top-Level Domain (TLD)

What is the purpose of TLD?

The TLD matters to since it helps give more information about the website associated with it.

Examples of these are “.gov” and “.edu” TLDs.

General TLDs are for  “.com” is the most widely used.

For businesses, opting for country specific TLDs (ccTLD) can have it’s advantages like giving an extra level of assurance and confidence to customers.

How many TLD are there?

Mid-year 2020, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has 1,514 top-level domains (TLDs) currently in use and in record.

These include:

• .com
• .org
• .net
• .info

There are also many more industry and country-specific options.

ICANN is a non-profit that is in charge of regulating and coordinating the internet domain namespace.