1. | Dead Domains - learn how to give them a Great Send-Off! by E Margaret MacGillivray There are several things which you ought to know about your domain name registration. While you pay for the annual renewal of the registration, and especially if you have “locked” your domain name, it is yours. However, when you don’t renew the name with your registrar, it goes through a protection scheme of ... | |||
2. | What is Domain Name Backordering? Watch Out For This One! by Martin Lemieux Domain names are the hottest net-real-estate on the internet. It's no wonder services like: "Domain Name Backordering" is available to the public. Can someone really backorder your domain right from underneath you? Guess again... So what is Domain Name Backordering? This is a service that allows anybody on the internet to reserve a ... | |||
3. | Are You Being Scammed By Your Web Design Company? by Martin Lemieux This is a growing concern amongst many business owners. Does your web design company own you? This may be possible if you've allowed them to host your web site for you and also register your domain name for your company. Web design companies have a lot of control over their clients. I refer to ... | |||
4. | How To Really Profit from Domain Names by J. Stephen Pope Have you heard about domain names that sold for over a million dollars? Inspired by this, you imagine registering a great domain name, hanging onto it for a while, and then selling it off to become the next multi-millionaire. It could happen, but don`t count on it! First of all, ... | |||
5. | Tips on Domain Name Choice by Clare Lawrence Tips on Domain Name Choice By Clare Lawrence 3rd November 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. Before buying your domain name, give some thought to the followng:- 1) If possible use your sites name as the basis of your domain name e.g www.discountdomainsuk.com for Discount ... | |||
6. | An Alternative to the .COM Domain? by Clare Lawrence An Alternative to the .COM Domain? By Clare Lawrence CEO Discount Domains Ltd, March 2003 Small countries such as Tonga, Turkmenistan and Niue are offering an alternative to customers that have been squeezed out of the Internet as .com domain names have been registered. It is sometimes the unhappy task of a Domain registrar company, ... | |||
7. | Registering a domain name by Clare Lawrence Registering a domain name By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. If your planning your own website, then your really need to consider getting your own domain name. They aren't free but if your serious about building your own corporate or ... | |||
8. | Domain Name Organisations by Clare Lawrence Domain Name Organisations By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. The following are some of the important organisations in the domain name industry. ARIN American Registry for Internet Numbers is a a not for profit organisation established to handle the administration and ... | |||
9. | Domain and website tools by Clare Lawrence Domain and website tools By Clare Lawrence 29th October 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. I use several tools to monitor the performance of my own websites, by regularly reviewing their progress I can see what works and what does not. Ranking tools Where is my ... | |||
10. | Detagged domains. by Clare Lawrence Detagged domains. By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. What is a DETAGGED domain name? We get asked this question regularly. Only UK domain names can be detagged. A domain name that has been DETAGGED is no longer hosted on valid name ... | |||
11. | Domain registries from around the world. by Clare Lawrence Domain registries from around the world. By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service. Do you sometimes come across exotic looking TLD's? Ever wondered which domain name is from where? I created the following table out of interest. Watch out for the new ... | |||
12. | Good Domain Names by Clare Lawrence Good Domain Names By Clare Lawrence 13th September 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK domain registrar No matter what domain name you buy its unlikely to be worth $ millions straight away, but with some careful though and preparation you can maximise your domain names potential. Using hyphens Almost every word in ... | |||
13. | Domain Names by Clare Lawrence Domain Names By Clare Lawrence 11th May 2004 Domain names are relatively straightforward! Or at least that’s the theory!! The domain name is also, but technically not quiet correct, known as the website address. Using an ISP’s domain name can look amateurish in an e-mail addresses, it is much more so with websites, giving the impression ... | |||
14. | Global Domain Sales by Clare Lawrence Global Domain Sales Domain name growth 1992 – 2003 March 2003, updated December 2003 By Clare Lawrence CEO Discount Domains Ltd Domain name growth is starting to recover, but we are a long way from the rapid growth we saw in 1998 –2000. I am confident that the market for domain names will move back into a ... | |||
15. | How to understand the Domain Name System by Clare Lawrence How to understand the Domain Name System By Clare Lawrence 13th August 2004 Ever wonder why DNS systems came into existence? Efficiency. Every computer has a distinct IP address, and the Internet needed an elite method for obtaining these addresses and for managing the system as a whole. Enter ICANN. The Internet Corporation for Assigned ... | |||
16. | What is a domain name and why would I want one? by Ewan Bain In this article we will cover the basics of what a domain name is, how they work and why you need to have at least one. I am going to try and avoid complicated computer terms and stick to explanations that should be easily understood by someone without a computer science degree. What is a Domain ... | |||
17. | Did you forget your own name? by Gary King (Note to editor: Thanks for taking the time to review this!) Begin Article ======================================= This article may be freely distributed provided the author bio is included in its entirety. ======================================= Did you forget your own name? Now before you go reaching for your identification to check who you are, let me reassure you… I’m talking about your domain name. Forgetting to renew ... | |||