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Top Domain Registration Services
Typically, whether they know it or not, when someone talks about founding a website, they’re usually discussing two different elements. Sure, there’s the actual design of the site, as well as the choice of a web host and web hosting medium. But before all of that can even get out of dry dock, the website [...]
After Domain Transfers, Go Daddy Hopes to Fix Things
(The Hosting News) – Top web host and registrar Go Daddy has come under heat for its changing of positions on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Yesterday was dubbed “Dump Go Daddy Day” by SOPA opponents who sought to punish the web registrar for what they’ve interpreted as an inconsistent stance on the [...]
Auction of 100 .CO Domain Names Kicks-Off
(The Hosting News) – Today at 12:00 Noon, EST, .CO Internet will kick off a Special (Re)Auction of 100 high value, premium domain names that were held over from the company’s original Landrush launch phase, including: ASSETS.CO, RAD.CO, OMG.CO, ACCIDENTLAWYERS.CO, COSMETICDENTIST.CO, DOGFOOD.CO, ENGAGE.CO, FORMS.CO, HIVE.CO, HUB.CO, INTERACTIVE.CO, INJURYLAWYERS.CO and LAWN.CO. This Special (Re)Auction will last [...]
Avoiding Domain Name Scams and Dead Ends
One of the first thing that any new web master thinks of for their potential web site is its domain name. The domain name is among your companies main forms of branding, and hence, focusing on the domain name is understandable. What we have to remember is that along with it comes the people willing [...]
ICANN Defends New Domain Name Procedure
ICANN has been strongly defending the newly approved proposal to introduce thousands of new Internet domain names. The California-based nonprofit was recently attacked by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) in a letter expressing fervent concerns with the new policy. As a result, ICANN has publicly defended the process and policy. Association of National Advertisers [...]
Ongoing Battle over the new .Music Domain Extension
Critics continue to argue over the new domain name extensions that will be available in January 2012. The most recent battle is with the potential creation of the .music top-level domain name. The music industry recently announced their concerns with the new extension. However, instead of simply complaining online, the industry is bringing their concerns [...]
Domain Name Expansion Expected to Create Major Problems
The number of top-level domains is expected to become much more populated in the coming years. The landscape for this explosion will begin in the coming months so battles for branding and digital turf are expected to get ugly. This is a result of the decisions made by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and [...]
How to Prevent Domain Hijacking
Although a website owner may feel secure upon registering a domain name, many don’t realize that domains are subject to hijacking. Domain hijacking, or domain theft, is a prevalent nuisance that is on the increase. Hackers need not to even access the target web server to create havoc. The process of hijacking a website really [...]
