Domain Names

Nobody can argue with the fact that domain names are pretty cheap. I can pay $5 or less at some places Online and get my domain name registered with little or no fuss at all. TechCrunch is reporting thought that this might change in the near future.
Verisign, the domain name registry that controls [...]

When you get a new Web hosting account, there are a lot of things that can be confusing. I mean you are about to embark on a journey of server issues and configurations you have never seen before. It is intimidating. I got an e-mail the other day asking about one of [...]

When it comes to managing domain names, you have three major things you can do. You can setup a subdomain. You can park a domain name and you can have an addon domain name. So what does all this jargon mean and what is the differences between each management type?
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A lot of Web host these days are allowing their customers to host more than one domain name from their Web hosting plan. Now should you do this? I say it is a great way to get a lot of little Web sites hosted and it is a lot cheaper than buying a [...]

When it comes to learning more about a domain name, you have or a domain name you are interested in, there are a lot of ways you can go for good quality information. Over the past year or so there have been many Web applications that let you do everything from whois searches to [...]

Over the past month or so we have tackled just about everything there is to tackle when it comes to domain names. I told you my thoughts on how to pick one, how to shop for one, and how to get it up and going. What is left to talk about? Well, [...]

I’ve told you about picking the perfect domain name and how to shop for that same domain name. What is next? We have to get that domain name and your Web hosting account talking to each other. We have to set up your new domain name so that when you go to [...]

Last week I talked to you about picking the perfect domain name, now this week I am going to teach you how to shop for that domain name in the wide market of choices you have available. Shopping for the domain name of your dreams is sometimes just as confusing and as hard as [...]

Back in March of this year I wrote about how folks should stay away from hyphenated domain names. More than a few months have passed between now and then, but now somebody has finally called me on my statements. Christine Roeder from PlusDomains.com argues the other side of the conversation. She does [...]

This is just crazy. Now I’m not really crazy about the .xxx domain name one way or the other. So what if a few more porn Web sites open up. It isn’t like you could stop them anyways. If you are surprised to hear that there is adult material Online.. welcome [...]

I have seen plenty of Web sites that let you rate how hot you are. I have seen some that let you rate how hot your pet is. I have even seen a few that let you rate how great your Web hosting provider is. NameBays.com is the first place I have [...]

In a few months you will be able to toss yet another huge company into the domain name registration business. EV1 Servers has been accredited for top level domains including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info and .us. EV1 is already one of the best Web hosting server data centers on the face of [...]

No the title of this article was not a typo. I did not mean to say, “What is Who is?”. Why? Well, that wouldn’t make much sense now would it? Now “What is Whois?” does make a lot more sense, at least it will by the time you are done reading [...]

There is a reason why you don’t see many hyphenated domain names out there today. Why? There is a whole plethora of reasons why they are just a bad idea. From being hard to remember to just being ugly, you could pick and choose why they are a bad idea. The [...]

Go ahead, cut your domain name prices! It looks like everybody else is! Netcraft is reporting that Yahoo plans on keeping their own $4.98 domain name prices for a little longer. The price which was suppose to run out at the end of December, is now running till February 8.

After my article describing what a .htaccess file is and how it can be used to help your own Web development, I received dozens of E-mails on the subject. It has been one of the most popular topics I have covered for 2005 so far. Of all of them I have plowed through [...]

Nobody in their right mind would dispute the fact that these days it is important to have yourself one way or another with a Web presence Online. As we move towards a more digital world, everybody who is anybody needs to have something they can point folks to for more information. Would you [...]

The last thing you think of when you think of Web hosting security is your domain name. The domain name is most often the most neglected as your thoughts race for things to do with your Web site. There are security issues though that could effect you, your Web site and your domain [...]

It seems that Yahoo! wants to become a stronger competitor in the domain name market. It has already done a pretty good job in the Web hosting industry. Currently it is in the top ten, although I would not consider its services to be as equal to some other Web hosts out there. [...]

When you started your Web site, was there a domain name that you really wanted that just wasn’t available at the time? It happens to even the best of us, then we have to go with our second choice. Well what if there was a way you could keep track of the domain [...]