For problems and issues around the registration of domain names.
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Domain registration public information, measures domain authority in SEO?
I have seen on internet in various places talking about this and they says this information do have impact on SEO, specially in the domain authority section. Is it so?
If so, Is there any proper ...
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Can I fulfill the Catalan requirement for .cat by offering it as a language option? [closed]
I plan to make a portfolio site for someone, and a very ideal name would be ****.cat. I have checked, and it is available.
Now the thing is, .cat requires to be related somehow to Catalan. More ...
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How do you perform renewal pricing comparison on the domain name you already owned
Last year, I just purchased 2 domain names from a domain registrar company.
Now, my owned domain names are going to expire in few more months. When I decide to continue to renew the domain names with ...
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Advantage of using a domain purchasing service through your registrar vs. and independent domain buying service?
Is there much of an advantage of using a domain purchasing service through your registrar vs. and independent domain buying service?
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Creating date based back entries for a blog and its site registration
So I am showing a blog to a colleague and telling him how the author has been regularly blogging for over ten years now. My colleague tells me that anyone can register a domain name and start entries ...
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What Can I do to Contact a Domain Owner?
A few months ago, I found a perfect .com domain name for a website I'm working on. Bad news: it was taken. Good news: It was set to expire on January 12, 2012. It's not a premium name or anything ...
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Domain Name protection
I have purchased a domain name and I don't have plan to launch my website in the next few months. But one thing I am worrying about is that if in the mean time someone else uses my domain name for ...
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Registering a web-domain with different TLD
I am planning to buy a web-domain for myself. I am looking for a particular word combination and in the process I notice many combinations are already taken up in .com TLD. If someone owns ...
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How can I keep my privacy while owning multiple domain names?
I want to own, create and run few domains. I do not want 'whois' to have my name, home address and home phone available to anyone who looks me up.
I've already bought a mailbox that I can use for my ...
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Things to consider while picking domain name?
We want to buy a domain name for our company. But all of the domain name we've discussed has already taken by some one else.
Is it good to use trailing character to existing domain name so we have ...
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Is it a bad idea to use a domain hack for my personal website name?
I want to create a personal webpage for info about myself (potentially for employment or other contact purposes), but the .com extension for my intended name is already taken. The name I want ends in ...
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Buying a custom domain for blogger
I'm about to move my blogger site to a custom domain.
I do all the steps as told but whenever I find the perfect custom domain (that is free) I get redirected to Google apps for business.
Is it ...
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Registering my domain with a different service provider
Almost before one year I registered my domain with Godaddy for one year , and it expired 2 weeks ago, but it still seems Godaddy has the domain, and I can't register with another service provider.
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Is a domain name transfer required or can I just link to old domain name without transferring?
I have two domain names (www.abc.com and www.xyz.com) which are hosted using say a company called Old-Host. Now, the hosting plan has expired and they have taken down all data residing in their ...
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Domain Name Registration via Microsoft?
Is it possible to get Domain Name Registration services through Microsoft? I am currently using two well-known companies for two different domains and I am not happy with either of them. One of the ...
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How do I register Two-letter domain names for URL shortening?
Some websites - mainly for URL shortening - have short domain names.
Now my question is: How can I register two-letter domain names like aa.com or bb.in?
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List of websites/domain name that's registered daily
I want to know if there is a website that can provide me a list of domain names that is registered on a certain date. For example today or last week thursday? Does that website which can provide me ...
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Where can I register .tw domain extensions?
I'm currently looking to register the Taiwanese version of my company's domain. Dynadot, doesn't register domains with that extension. I found a few places on the web: Godaddy has them, and a fewer ...
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How to find domain registrar and DNS hosting with good DNSSEC support?
Simplified problem
I want to buy a domain and make a website that is fully secured with DNSSEC.
I want to make sure that only the one right SSL certificate could be validated by the browsers and all ...
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Where do I register .sh domain?
I want to register a personal domain with sh extension. Where to register? I didn't find any registrar. I will use this for my personal blog and portfolio. I didn't have any organisation or any ...
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Seperate .com domain name purchasing for a VPS
I am looking at getting a VPS with RackSRV, and they don't sell domain names, but are happy to set it up after I get one elsewhere.
Can anyone recommend somewhere I can purchase just the domain, and ...
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private domain registration
I have seen many people hide their personal details like address and phone number while registering a domain. Sometimes they pay for this private registration. So that their information doesn't ...
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Suggestion for cheap but good domain-registrar for com, org or net? [duplicate]
Does anybody have recommendations for good - but cheap - domain-registrars for the com, org or net domain? I'm not after hosting, just registering a few domain-names (unless there's a really good ...
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Is it possible to use Whois Guard on dot pro domains?
I have purchased two dot pro domains but the holder info is exposed.
Is it possible to use Whois Guard or the like on dot pro domains? If so, Do you know any service provider or registrar that offers ...
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Buying a domain name, does it matter where the server is located?
When it comes to domain names, does it matter where the server is located? Let's say the server is in Canada and I have a .com domain, will this effect download speed? or is the .com just a word?
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How do register an emojii domain?
I am trying to register an emojii domain, like Panic did, but I can't seem to get the registrar to recognize the Unicode version of the emojii. Panic's domain is: http://xn--di8h.la/. I was trying to ...
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Where can I buy .ar domain names? [closed]
I am having trouble finding a registrar that allows the purchase of one-off .ar domains.
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Is there any system in place to recover a domain that expired and someone else has registered?
There was a domain name that was registered for many years for a DOS based software package. The original owners of the domain and software package passed away several years ago and at the time we had ...
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I want to transfer a domain to another registrar
I have a domain registered at hostgator.com which would expire in a day.Now i want to use godaddy for the domain, what would be the best practise for me:
1. Wait for the domain to expire and then ...
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How can I buy my own personalized Top Level Domain TLD?
Starting frOm tomorrow January/12/2012 I heard it's possible to apply for your own TLD i.e. .whatever in place of .com .org etc.
I thought it would be something required a huge amount of money, and ...
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Is all data about a domain name provided to a TLD registry by the registrar visible on Whois?
I am trying to understand more about how the domain registration process works between the registry and the registrar. My question is when a domain name is registered by a registrar such as GoDaddy, ...
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How to begin editing sites? [closed]
I'm new to creating web-sites and I have just registered a domain name here: from Europe Registry and started trial version of hosting from: ispserver.com.
I shall connect domain and hosting somehow ...
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Registering a domain directly at nic.sm?
I am an individual and would like to register a ".sm" domain.
Nic.sm provides forms for individuals to send them by fax or mail and information for payment is also available. The cheapest reseller ...
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Do I own a registered domain?
A couple of years ago I entered (as a silent partner) into a business. I was asked if I could get a website up and running, which included registering the domain. We have since parted ways but the ...
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Is charging for a free domain transfer justified?
A client of ours is trying to transfer a .co.uk domain name away from her current web company. They are trying to charge her upwards of £100 for the transfer.
I know that transfers of a .co.uk domain ...
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Selling my primary GoDaddy domain. Recommendations on how not to not break things?
My father and I are selling our family business and with it, our domain name. We are not selling the website or the hosting itself.
The domain and is registered AND hosted on GoDaddy, with one ...
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Domain Registration and Hosting Transfer
Domain Registration and Hosting Transfer
I am in a kind of situation here and I need your help. I have a domain (www.myowndomainname.com), which is registered and hosted by a reseller in UK. The ...
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Are there any risk if your DNS's SOA or admin contact are using the same domain as the DNS
For example, Google.com [1]
The SOA email is : dns-admin.google.com
The contact is:
Administrative Contact:
DNS Admin
Google Inc.
dns-admin.google.com
As you can see, both are using ...
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Best foreign domain registrars? [closed]
Does anyone have a preference for foreign domain registrars?
I am specifically interested in registering an .it domain. I understand that Europe Registry provides this service (and allows one to ...
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Which domain better for language version?
My company is based in Russia and it's website is mycompany.ru.
Now, we are planning to launch German language version and we have option for two domains:
mycompany.de
germankeyword.ru
Which one ...
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How to redirect my brand new domain to Dlinkddns.com
Today I bought a domain from GoDaddy for my personal usage. I'm trying to forward requests from the domain to a DlinkDDNS account with no success so far.
https://account.dlinkddns.com:port works ...
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Which domain name structure, if any, is better for SEO? [closed]
I'm purchasing a domain for a new blog, and wonder which structure is better for domain name. I have these two options (domain changed to ensure it doesn't get swiped away from me!):
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why did Wordpress put the word “dot” in my account name. [closed]
I already have a registered domain with Go Daddy and wanted to use WordPress as my host. when I set up an account with WordPress they took my account and added the word "dot" in between my domain name ...
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Where to buy a domain for my local server [closed]
I have made a website and hosted in my local computer using a static ip
Where can i buy a domain name such as www.something.com such that it can redirect to my static IP.
So that if i m using a page ...
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DNS domain redemption policy
I want to know if my registrar could have done what I expected, and if they could still fix the mistake. See QUESTIONS below.
I intentionally deleted a domain name with my host/registar, because I ...
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Providing fake info during domain registration - does it matter?
As you are all most likely aware already all domain registrars ask for your personal information.
Such Personal Information Includes:
Forename and Surname
Address Information
Email Address
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What happens if I have a domain registered with 1 company and the hosting with another and the registrar has server issues?
If I have a domain registered through a company like 1&1 but I want to host my files with Hostgator. I know I point the DNS entries to the Hostgator information, but my question is, if 1&1 ...
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New Domain Registration - Price differences
I need to register new domain name. I gone through many sites. All sites are showing different prices. Lowest price (99/- Rs) I found on http://www.bigrock.in/. On other sites, like GoDaddy or ...
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How to register a domain for a beginner?
I've never registered a .com , .net like domain before, and I would like to do some research before doing so.
I currently have a ruby on rails app running Heroku. Is there anything special I have to ...
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Possible Fraudulent Registration of Company Domains
Currently we have the domain name company.com (I'm using 'company' rather than our name for anonymity).
I'm getting ready to purchase several more like *.org, *.net, etc to prevent others from ...
