What is a Root Domain?

Root Domain is the highest level in any domain name system. It is also called a zero-level domain and is serviced by the root servers of the domain name system. It was first established as a part of DNS and was formed by combining the second-level domain and top-level domain names to create a complete web address. 

Many of you might not know, but it was the first component of the URL before the .com and .org and the equivalent of the extension at the end of the email address. In the DNS system, the root domain has been denoted by an empty name. Each domain has been separated by a period at the end of the name there is usually a .dot to separate the empty name corresponding to the root domain. If there is no dot at the end of the name, the name is consider as irrelevant. 


When you register a website name or when you do domain registration, you are indirectly registering a root domain name. In short, you have the access to create subdomains and file structures, all branching from the root domain. The number of links pointing to your website at the root domain level is the number of links pointing to your website at the root domain level. Tools like majestic can give you an estimation of how many links are pointing within your root domain. Now let me give you some examples of root domains. 

Examples of Root Domain 

The most popular TLDs are .com, .co, .org, and so on, which are also known as generic TLDs. but now you can also see country-specific TLDs (.in,.au,.id, and so on )  and General niche specific TLDs like (.realestate, .coffee, .travel have also started being used. 

Conclusion 

Hope now you understand what the root domain properly is. So, to sum up, when you register a website name, you are registering a domain name. Hope now you have got cleared up the Root domain.

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