Last Updated on June 27, 2022
What is a Registrar Cont.
You will have to read the subtitles for the following video but it goes into a little more detail on how domain names work.
Difference Between Domain & Website
A domain is the website address (example.com). In addition to needing a domain name a business will also need a place where the website can be hosted.
Within the domain account you set what server is in control of the website by changing the DNS records.
DNS Records
DNS (Domain Name System) entries take a human friendly name, such as store.example.com, and translates it to an IP address. DNS can be quickly updated with some propagation time. There are a number of DNS Entries you are able to create. The following DNS Entries can be created or modified from within the DNS Zone Editor.
- A Record
- CNAME
- MX Entry
- TXT Record
- SRV Record
- AAAA Record
- DNS Glossary
Check out this link to learn more about each of these different records
Particularly you will want to understand A, Cname, and MX Records
And don’t forget there is also “nameservers” which set who has control of the DNS records. For example, you can have the domain registered with GoDaddy but have the nameservers pointing to Kinsta and now to update DNS records you would have to change them within Kinsta.
GoDaddy nameservers have “domaincontrol” in their address. Other hosting companies would have their own nameserver addresses”.
Who.is
You can use who.is to find out where various records are pointing to. This is very useful in tracking down where a domain is registered as well as who is hosting the website and can even tell you who is hosting the emails for the domain.
Update DNS in GoDaddy
The following video will show you how to update DNS records inside of GoDaddy. The process will be very similar to other DNS registrars.
SPF
Click here to read about Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records
What Google has to say about SPF – https://support.google.com/a/answer/33786?hl=en
TXT
What Google has to say about TXT records – https://support.google.com/a/answer/2716800?hl=en
MX Records
MX Records declare who is in control of the emails for the domain. So if you wanted the domain emails to be with G Suite you would need to have the MX records point to Google’s servers. If you wanted WebFaction to be in control then you would use their MX records…
Google’s MX Records:
Google’s MX records have changed over time so it is possible that you will see some domains use somewhat different MX records than what is listed here. As of this post, this is what Google currently uses for MX records.
| Name/Host/Alias | Time to Live (TTL*) | Record Type | Priority | Value/Answer/Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blank or @ | 3600 | MX | 1 | ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |
| Blank or @ | 3600 | MX | 5 | ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |
| Blank or @ | 3600 | MX | 5 | ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |
| Blank or @ | 3600 | MX | 10 | ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |
| Blank or @ | 3600 | MX | 10 | ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |