Category Archives: domain registrar

Nominet Overhauls Its Procedures

  Nominet, a popular registrar of .co.uk domain names, recently outlined a comprehensive set of changes to its services, which it will implement beginning in May of 2012. The biggest change is that a single-year registration of a .uk domain … Continue reading

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Should You Worry About UDRP?

The Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) is a policy established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to put some order to disputes between people who have purchased certain domain names and people who want the rights to those … Continue reading

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Who Pioneered Domain Registration?

Ever wondered when people first started registering domains? Domain names are a big deal now, and can mean big business: in 2010 the domain name ‘sex.com’ sold for $17 million dollars. So how and when did this industry of registering, … Continue reading

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Who Do You Use For Hosting, Domains, and SSL?

With all this talk about running a website, it’s worth talking about and exploring the various providers of website services. We’ve certainly went through our share of hosting providers and some of them were a real nightmare to deal with. … Continue reading

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Use Promo Codes and Coupons!

Everytime I encounter promo codes and coupons in the web I always got hesitant and doubtful and always avoid them. It is actually a good practice because as well all know, if its too good to be true then its … Continue reading

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Personalized Domain Extension… anyone?

Our society is living the “.com” age now but aren’t you tired of .com? Well if your developing a company website then “.com” is the appropriate extension but if it’s a personal website then don’t you think it would be … Continue reading

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Domain Name Disputes

As a lecturer on Web Development Trends and technologies, My students often asked me questions like “What happens if someone wants the same domain name? What if someone register your company’s name and does not want to give the name … Continue reading

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Bob’s 16 Rules from a Registrar Dominator

You have probably heard of Bob Parsons, you can read his blog here. Bob started the domain registrar godaddy, it is probably the best known registrar around. They offer hosting as well as domains, and a lot more. Basically they … Continue reading

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Let the social web find the best registrars

To be happen to mention that the best place to find deals on hosting or domain registrars is typically by asking others. In other words this is perfect for the social web 2.0 community, allowing others to communicate the best … Continue reading

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ICANN to Add More Domain Names

ICANN will be expanding the internet Domain Name System (DNS). At their recent annual meeting in Paris they decided to expand the languages and character sets for internationalized domain names. There will be a final version of the plan approved … Continue reading

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