Second Level Domain Name
How to know about second level domain names or 2LD?
Explanation
Second Level Domain in Webbuilding
Second Level Domain is the next level of domain after the Top Level Domains. 2LD is found
to the left of the Top Level Domain name.
Second Level Domain name are classifed as
Country Code Second Level Domain,
Single Letter Second Level Domain
Country Code Second Level Domain:
The country code second level domain is found as a 2LD name to the respective country code TLD. For example
the Country Code Top Level Domain Name for India is '.in'. So for companies or organisations from india can register
a country code 2LD name as 'co.in'. Search engines like google have started giving importance to websites
based on the geo-political settings of a browser, this has increased the number of this domains.
Single Letter Second Level Domain:
The Single Letter 2LD name has a single letter before the TLD. Only very few single letter second level domain name
exists, since in 1993 the single digit and single letter domain names were reserved in the TLD's. Following table lists some of the existing single
letter domain names.
gTLD |
Description |
i.net |
Future Media Architects |
q.com |
Qwest |
q.net |
Privately Owned |
x.com |
PayPal |
x.org |
X.Org Foundation |
z.com |
Nissan Motors |