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Can the blog subdomain take precedence over my own domain in search engines?
Suppose I create a blog with SomeName in blogger.com or tubmlr.com. So the address is SomeName.blogger.com or SomeName.tumblr.com. I need some clarification as to the situation when I want to use ...
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Github pages and custom domain issues
I have used jekyllbootstrap to setup my blog at primux.in about 2 weeks ago. The blog has been hosted at github pages at primalpop.github.com. Following the advice from here I have created a CNAME ...
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Where can I find cheap domains for sale?
I have been settling on the .biz namespace for some time because I cannot find any available .com's. However, I run a computer repair business and someone tried to sell me motherboardrepair.com for ...
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Transferring blogspot blog to own domain blog hosted by blogger
I currently have a blogspot.com blog and I'm thinking of transferring everything to a custom domain blog, but one which is hosted by Blogger. Will my old posts and images be automatically transferred ...
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Domain registrar holding on to domain name
We have a customer based in Kenya who owns a co.ke domain name.
The registrar refuses to re-assign the nameservers to ours for some reason unknown, and indirectly insists that our customer hosts her ...
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What organizations handle the TLD registries and what are the links to their whois search pages
Cautionary Tale: Registrars get rich by screwing you out of money
My first foray into web design included a site with a handful of issues. The original designer/developer created it as a one-off and ...
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How to manage multiple domains on same server
I have more than one (4 to be exact) domains and only one server host with same ip. How I can run all my domains from same server. All websites are wordpress sites.
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Do different TLDs affect your search engine ranking? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Does Google penalize .me or .tv sites?
I have two identical domain names with different suffixes org and com.
I just installed POSTFIX which has auto configured itself ...
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Managing Client's Hosting and Domain Services [closed]
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Hosting and domain registrations for multiple clients
When creating a website for a client, how do you go about handling the domain registration and hosting?
For ...
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How would you convince a domain owner to sell his domain to you?
I'm wanting to have a domain name for my business that has already been registered by someone but that he is not using. He is offering it to me for $1000 (which is too much for me) and I offered him ...
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Use Addon domain within login name for FTP account in cPanel
Let's say I have a cPanel (version 11.30.6 (build 3), cPanel Pro 1.0 (RC1)) shared hosting account for myDomain.com.
I also have several other "Addon" domain names on this account, each with their ...
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Does anyone know where I can register a website with a .cat TLD?
I have been looking to register a website with the TLD '.cat'. I know it was created for catalan websites, but I want to do a domain hack, like bit.ly (which appears to be English).
But all the hosts ...
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How to point google apps subdomain to external sites?
I have registered for a domain in google apps. It is automatically registered with godaddy.
I was wondering how can I make a subdomain point to my blog.
blog.mydomain.com => myname.blogspot.com
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Why do some large companies use a different domain for sending emails?
I've received notifications and newsletters from Microsoft and Facebook in the past and noticed that both emails came not from an address such as something@facebook.com or something@microsoft.com.
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Pointing a subdomain to Github Pages
I set up an Octopress blog on Github Pages at myusername.github.com. I now want blog.myusername.me (which currently has a Wordpress blog set up) to point to this Octopress blog.
So I followed the ...
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SEO friendly way of linking/redirecting 2 domains to 1 - shoes example ;)
Suppose I have a shoe shop with website: myshoeshop.com. I generate some traffic, but only 10 visitors per week. I then realize that green shoes are very popular and what everybody searches for.
Of ...
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Ideas for a new domain name? [closed]
I'll get a new domain name for a personal web site, however I'dont have ideas about a name for this, I want a name related to programming but all ideas that I had are already in use. In this new ...
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DNS: How can I determine which IP a subdomain is associated with?
I bought a domain(tohid.ir.tc) from a hosting company. it seems that it is a sub domain of this domain(Ir.tc).
it made lot's of problems for me. I don't now to which DNS server it is pointing. both ...
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Setting up an email only domain
I want to set up an email address with a custom domain. What would be the best way to do this ?
My only real requirement is the email address, the service may be hosted or just email forwarding.
Is ...
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“Website Cannot Be Found” [closed]
I wasn't sure if this was the right place to ask this, but here goes. I was editing a file using filezilla (it's early in the morning where I am, but I wanted to get my project done so I [was] working ...
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Duplicate domain names with hyphens being the only difference
I have a website which is not being picked up by Google. The only thing I can see is that the domain is exactly the same as another domain, but the words are split by hyphens.
The sites are:
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Decision to change domains to one that's almost the same - effect on Results?
I have a decision to make about whether to use a new domain for a business site that has been completely redesigned. The reason a new domain is needed is that the current one contains a small grammar ...
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Can a registrar ransom a domain name which has become popular?
I am slightly paranoid about my domain name I have. I think the site I am building could have potential and take off in the future. I am worried though if the people I registered the domain name with ...
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Add-on domain for better SEO [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Could I buy a domain name to increase traffic to my site like this?
So here's the thing. Suppose I have my domain called BUSINESS.COM that sells shoes. Now, I want ...
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domain extension is matter for seo [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Does server location or TLD affects SEO
I would like to buy domain for my blog, while registering the blog i saw the price variations between domain extensions.
Is ...
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How to host a subdomain of a domain which is associated with blogger?
I have a domain www.example.com which is hosted on Blogger platform. Is any hosting site like Blogger, WordPress where I can host my sub-domian like abc.example.com? My original website ...
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What is the advantage to hosting static resources on a separate domain?
I notice a lot of sites host their resources on a separate domain from the main site, e.g. StackExchange using sstatic.net, Barnes & Noble using imagesbn.com, etc.
I understand that there are ...
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Why does my site only work with a www in the URL?
I'm a bit confused as the following points:
There is a simple text website, with no javascript, that works only with the prefix. http://www.mysite.corporation.com works but ...
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Can I sell a .eu domain to a registrant outside the European Union?
I would like to sell my domain, which is a .eu domain.
The Wikipedia page states that .eu domains may only be registered by residents of member states of the European Union.
For that reason, I ...
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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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How do a forward my domain's traffic to my wordpress.com hosted blog
I own a domain e.g. myname.com but host my blog with wordpress.com e.g. myname.wordpress.com
Can I forward the traffic visiting my domain name to my wordpress.com blog so that when my friends look ...
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Would it be wrong to register a local domain (.ro) which has the same name as a famous forum .com?
Let's say there is a niche forum called HowToChopOnionWithoutCrying.com (I'm making it up, of course) and it's in English.
And I want to create a similar forum in Romanian, registering ...
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How do I check if a domain is blacklisted before buying it?
I found a domain which I'm interested in buying from another person (not a registrar or premium domains site) and I am not sure how to find out if it is blacklisted.
I checked http://www.archive.org/ ...
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transfer domain from godaddy
I bought a domain name on godaddy a couple of weeks (before SOPA) back. Now I want to transfer the hosting to bluehost where I have my other domains. When I try to transfer, bluehost tells me
The ...
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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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Best practice for URL direction in a multi TLD site
I'm about to re-launch a uk based community interest company website which has the same link structure for each of 10 different top level domains.
There are presently no international websites, but ...
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If I use a web hosting service with a custom domain name then later want to move to a different host, will I be able to use that same domain name?
Disclaimer: I am new to everything web development so I might have looked over something basic, but I tried doing a bit of research and couldn't find an answer to my question, which is why I'm asking ...
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Process of automating domain registration?
I have a website where users register domain.com/user/username. I'd like to add a feature where users can search for and purchase a domain name that maps back to that URL.
I'm not sure how big of a ...
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I am looking for a good free domain [closed]
I am looking for a good free domain based upon these criteria :
1. No ads.
2. Full DNS management.
3. Free renewal for both personal and business use.
4. No any requirement to maintain the domain ...
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How do I change where a domain points to?
I've just finished making a website for my dad and need to get it on line. He has a domain already (and I have access to the admin panel for that on 'fasthosts') and my mum already has some server ...
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Configuring A Subdomain (cPanel) - www works, subdomain on it's own doesn't
I've created a sub domain on my website using cPanel at test.mydomain.com, and this created a folder in my main 'www' directory called test.
In this folder is a folder called cgi-bin, and it seems to ...
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What is the safest way to search for domain names availability?
I am victim of Domain name front running. I searched for domain names on some sites
& I lost those names soon.
Now, what is the safest way to search for availability of domain names ? Using
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How to register a single character SLD
Most of the major registrars have a 3 character minimum for second-level domains. However, I know that it's possible to register them. (a.cc, o.co)
You can ever register single unicode domain names ...
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.in Domains for less then $2 [closed]
Can anyone suggest me .in domains for less then $2 per year. It would be nice to have some type of email hosting with it.
I am looking to setup some domain forwarding and tinyURL like site, So it ...
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CNAME | A-Record | MX Record | Problems
I have a domain (e.g. domain1.com) and I only want to CNAME repoint the A-Record to domain2.com
CNAME repointing will affect both A-Record and MX-Record.
I do not want to affect the MX record, but I ...
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Google Site SEO after domain mapping change
I have a google site https://sites.google.com/a/fractalsystems.org/buuf-decisions/
which used to be mapped http://buuf.fractalsystems.org
Since stripping away that mapping SEO has not changed and it ...
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Can I buy a domain from one company and use it at another web host?
I've been out of the loop of this kind of stuff for a while but can someone please explain to me how buying a domain name and then getting it hosted works; Let say if for example i bought a domain ...
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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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Domain name at different host to website
I have someone i'm making a website for with a domain name and current website hosted at fasthosts. I've built them a website hosted at a different host, unlimitedwebhosting. The website i've made ...
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Will having multiple domains with redirects to my main domain have an impact on search rankings? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Could I buy a domain name to increase traffic to my site like this?
If I register 10 or so related domain names and 301-redirect them all to appropriate pages within my ...
