Domains are hostnames that identify Internet Protocol (IP) resources such as web sites. They provide a human-friendly, easily recognizable and memorizable names to numerically addressed Internet resources.
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I registered my domain, but it doesn't appear to exist
I wanted to register a domain with No-Ip and clicked the Sign Up button on their homepage. I entered my desired domain name (I won't publish it until I get this resolved, to prevent "domain theft"), ...
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Can I host www.example.com/subpage on different machine?
If I am the owner of www.example.com that is hosted on one machine, is it technically possible to host www.example.com/subpage on different machine, with different IP?
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URLs which begin “www2”
I was sent a link recently http://www2.biotech.wisc.edu/
I've occasionally noticed this appear in some web addresses, where does the "2" come from? Does it mean anything? How would I go about getting ...
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is there a good registrar for .com.br and .it?
I am searching a good registrar (not godaddy) for
.com.br
.it
.fr
.de
.ch
.es
Is there someone who can take it all?
I would go with Enom but it hasn't .fr .com.br .ch .es
Thanks guys
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Can I use a .net domain for selling goods?
I have a .net domain. I plan to use it for selling goods/commercials. Is that ok? Are there any rules about domain usage?
Thanks in advance.
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Will domain change affect my pagerank? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Renaming a domain and preserving PageRank
I have two blogger's blog. (http://chankeypathak.blogspot.com and http://javaenthusiastic.blogspot.com)
One blog has PR 3 and ...
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foobar.com working, but www.foobar.com not working?
I am setting up a web site for a client. She is using GoDaddy for domain registration, and a hosting company I have never used before. After setting up the nameservers on GoDaddy's side, the address ...
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What's the difference between cheap and expensive domain registrars?
A few years ago I registered a domain with Network Solutions. In recent years I've been using cheaper services such as namecheap, powerpipe etc.
Every time that I need to renew some of the older ...
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How to find whom a registrar is reselling?
In case a domain is registered not with an ICANN accredited registrar and only the reseller is mentioned in the whois, how can I find out whom is the reseller actually reselling? For example, whois ...
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Alternative to GoDaddy's ConsoliDate feature (change domain expiration date)
I've been using GoDaddy to manage about 50 domain names for a few years, but recently decided to move (probably to namecheap) because of the elephant killing incident.
One GoDaddy's feature I like a ...
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Why am I seeing 'blisque.mydomain.com' in my analytics? [closed]
When looking through my Google Analytics reports, I see visits via mydomain.com but also 'blisque.mydomain.com'. When I visit there, the site is served up, however I haven't configured this subdomain ...
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Transferring a .com domain… Realistic timeframe?
I'm transferring a .com domain from GoDaddy to 1and1 (UK) and I'm wondering if anyone could tell me a likely timeframe for its completion? 1and1 say "up to 5 days", but that's pretty vague.
What's ...
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How can I associate my main domain to a RSS?
This is an institutional site which uses Tumblr to keep the visitors updated. The Tumblr is linked via frames in the subdirectory /blog/ of the domain to track stats. My question is:
How can I allow ...
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How to use the domain of my old site to my new site?
the site1.com is a joomla website.. that site is converted into wordpress. I want to have the domain of the joomla site (site1.com) to be the domain name of the wordpress.
Note the two site have ...
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Move site to new domain divided by language across subdomains
I managed to find a nice domain for a fairly fledgling site of mine that actually hasn't been parked by scumbag squatters. Given the upcoming move I'm thinking I'd take the opportunity to split the ...
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2 hosted domains = 2 websites?
I have a website hosted by a company and would like to add another, separate, website to the same account. The company offers 2 hosted domains, so does that mean this will be possible? I'm not sure ...
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Does it matter that our website can't be found without the www?
If you try and go to our website without typing the www. You get a page not found error. In my case it goes to a Yahoo 404 page where the website you typed is not even shown in the search results.
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Get all registered country code top-level domain names
Is there a way to get all the registered domain names for .CN or another country code (CC) top-level domain (TLD)?
Is there a central registry for such data? If not, how do I go about collecting ...
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Domain registrar changed DNS without warning
We have had a very long an damaging outage which lasted around 24hrs due to a change in our DNS servers by our registrar. What happened (according to our registrar) was that for some reason their ...
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Best technical blog site for existing domain
I would like to have a blog site, tough I have created my own by writing the code.. Huhhh... hosting cost is killing me.
I have my domain name with me and I just wanted to get the blog where I can ...
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How do I host my website with another web hosting provider which is not the provider I registered domain name with?
Recently I registered for a domain name and bought it. I had failed to check their hosting plans first :(. They charge a lot for hosting a website. I am thinking of hosting it under some free web ...
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reliable place to register .kr domains
can someone direct me to a reliable place to buy .kr domains?
I have found some places but not sure I should register it in hurry.
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www. of domain name not found (on PC)
I have a domain name setup with LCN but I'm having a problem with the www. part of it on a PC.
On a mac if you type in www.teamworksdesign.com if we direct you to our holding page. However, if you ...
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Is it proper (or legal) for the government to buy non-.gov TLDs to monopolize a topic?
I came across a government site that had also registered the .com, .net, .org, etc of a specific topic. It seems like squatting and monopolizing a topic to me. Just seems wrong to me but I'm no ...
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How to point a domain to another subdomain?
I'm really a newbie about this issues so excuse me if this is a rather dumb question, I'm trying to point a domain a client of mine bought to a sub-domain of mine, they're both from different ...
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Using a hyphen in the domain name [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it better to put hyphens in a domain name ?
I am looking to buy a domain where the obvious choices have already been purchased.
Example: domaintest.com or ...
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How do I use a domain name on a dedicated hosting server?
I recently purchased a domain name from godaddy and am probably going to set up a dedicated server soon. Are there any articles that people know of which can help me set up my domain name on the ...
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Domain name, which one is more appropriate?
HI guys,
I have 2 domains and want to start a hardware related website, but I want to make sure which one is the correct term in English:
1- Hardwareden.com
2- HardwaresDen.com
plesae note the "S"!
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How do I register a domain name, but keep who I am secret?
Over the years I've seen a number of owner proxy services, but have never used one, and have no idea if they work; or for that matter if there's any legal risk to using them, such as making easier to ...
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Registered a .PRO domain, can't change DNS for 120 days?
I noticed the following in Gandi's terms and conditions for .PRO domains:
Once the domain has been registered, you cannot modify the contacts or DNS for 120 days.
What the heck? How am I ...
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Two domains, one site - what's the best way to set this up?
I'm setting up a site, say mysite.com. I've also bought mysite.net.
What's the best way to mange this so that regardless which the user types, they end up on mysite.com?
Also, what are the ...
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How do I get a domain like bit.ly and goog.gl?
Where do i can buy/rent domain just like bit.ly, goog.gl, etc.
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Does the main URL of the website matter most in Google?
Say I have a website/blog about 'tech news' at my URL mattynews.com, and my website is dedicated for 'tech news' with friendly SEO, and someone else has a site with the URL technews.com - will they ...
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web address begins with www1. not www
Go Here: http://www1.w3schools.com/css/css_reference_atoz.asp
Why does the website URL begin with http://www1 rather than http://www?
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SEO domain keyword adventage - alltogether.com or all-different-words.com? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it better to put hyphens in a domain name ?
I have heard that if someone searches for a term, and your domain name matches that term (e.g. stackexchange.com ranks ...
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Domain hijack or spam?
I've changed my DNS from a host to a new host. It took about a day to propagate. Now my site has factious home page from a "searchdiscovered.com".
I crosschecked the DNS, it is as required by the new ...
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Google webmaster tools: changing address from domain name to subdomain
So we originally have our blog on our main domain (for example, it would be on www.example.com). Now we have moved it to http://blog.example.com. My question is how do we change the address from ...
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Transferring a domain difficulty
I registered a domain using Google apps. The process was simple and only cost $10 and the domain was registered automatically by Google through godaddy.
Now I need to transfer the domain to its new ...
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Setting up a personal domain name [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
I'm looking to set up a personal website, but I know very little about web hosting. Could somebody recommend a (not ...
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What to choose for a multilingual site with support for Markdown and commenting
I want to publish articles at a multilingual site.
I want to be able to write an article in two languages and have them available on separate URLs:
thesite.foo/english-breakfast
...
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Changing nameservers for a domain on GoDaddy
I am redoing a website for a friend of mine. The domain was purchased on GoDaddy. The hosting was purchased elsewhere. After having problems with the hosting company and making some updates I decided ...
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Changing nameservers for a domain on GoDaddy [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Changing nameservers for a domain on GoDaddy
I am redoing a website for a friend of mine. The domain was purchased on GoDaddy. The hosting was purchased elsewhere. ...
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. Rk domain registration
Anybody knows where I can get .rk domains? Looks like nowhere so far - any idea?
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domain name suggestion tool (SEO friendly)
I'm looking to purchase a domain, and of couse the one that I really want is taken, what would be best way to find an alternative domain that would rate good for SEO?
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Starting from scratch xxx.yyy.com or www.xxxyyy.com (any SEO difference?)
I know there are lots of answers both here (e.g. this and this) and elsewhere which deal with subdomains and their impact on SEO. However, often the questioners are either asking about subdomain ...
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Why would you want to own just the MX rights to a website?
I acquired an existing small website not too long ago. When I went to register the domain on google apps, it turned out the domain was already registered and I would need to contact whoever had ...
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HELP! When I fixed the redirect from my naked domain, the hosted links on my site no longer connect, how do i fix this? [closed]
I've been having so much trouble figuring this out. My site is hosted thru godaddy, and is a music blog. We upload music for streaming and download. The site wouldnt redirect from the naked domain, so ...
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Are hyphens bad for domain names? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it better to put hyphens in a domain name ?
I would just trying to think of a popular website
that has hyphens in its domain, and honestly - I was having
problems ...
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What DNS records are needed to point a domain to an IP address?
I have a newly registered domain ice-hot.co.uk which I have bought from 123-reg.co.uk and I want to point it to IP address 94.76.224.52 which is a VPS hosted by a different company.
What DNS records ...
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Domain manager to consolidate many domain here and there
I have about 20 domains to manage. Some registered to the client (i impersonated him) and other register by me, under different name and address (over the years).
I like to get ALL THE DOMAINS under ...
