{"id":7956,"date":"2015-06-22T15:55:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/second-level-domain\/"},"modified":"2017-01-04T16:20:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T16:20:26","slug":"second-level-domain","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/15489\/second-level-domain-sld","title":{"rendered":"Second-Level Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_second-level_domain_mean\">What Does Second-Level Domain Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A second-level domain is a specific part of a website, page domain name or URL address that complements a top-level domain. One of the easiest ways to define a second-level domain is that it consists of that portion of the domain name to the left of the &#8220;.com&#8221; or other similar extension, which is called a top-level domain. Analysis of the top-level and second-level domains helps to analyze a URL or page address.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_second-level_domain\">Techopedia Explains Second-Level Domain<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In a very general sense, a second-level domain is often thought of as the &#8220;name&#8221; of the domain. The top-level domain, which is an extension such as &#8220;.com,&#8221; is fairly generic. Although it is the controlling address feature, it does not help to distinguish a site from others. The second-level domain often plays this role; for example, in a domain name like &#8220;google.com,&#8221; the word &#8220;google,&#8221; as the second-level domain, is where domain holders put the brand name, project name, organization name or other familiar identifier for users.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these common second-level domains, there is also the idea of a country code second-level domain (ccSLD). 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