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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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DOMAINfest Global Fantasy Domaining Contest

Each year, Oversee.net hosts an event in Los Angeles called DOMAINfest Global. It has expanded through the years to include just about anyone who has an interest or investment in domain names and “domaining”, and in 2012 the event will … Continue reading

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.xxx for Colleges

.xxx became available to trademark owners on September 7, 2011, and will become widely available to general domain name buyers on December 6th. In the meantime, an unlikely group of buyers has been snapping up the domain names ending in … Continue reading

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MX records are our friends!

MX records have been around since they were introduced in Internet Request For Comments (RFC) 973 in January of 1986, replacing two other DNS record types, MD (Mail Delivery) and MF (Mail Forwarding).  MX stands for “mail exchanger” and simply … Continue reading

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What to Look For

Would you look for when you’re trying to do host. In the past, years ago, a website hosts was just that they were merely a website hosts and nothing more. But times have changed substantially. These days if you use … Continue reading

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Tiny URL

Do you have a long URL that may be difficult for people to remember? Maybe it is time to check out a service like TinyURL. TInyURL allows you to take your long URLs and create a small URL which will … Continue reading

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Link to Us

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