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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What do you think..? [closed]
I am getting a paid host tommorow.
My website is a social network/forum. Its name is 'gyropanda'..
Can you give me some suggestions of a better name for my site, or if you like the current one?
I ...
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Subdomain redirection to directory on another domain
I was wondering what is going to be the easiest way to do the following;
Point wibble.site1.com to site2.com/directory/
So that wibble.site1.com/index.php will read from ...
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How to move a domain name from other server to plesk
I'm having a domain which is hosted in dedicated server, and i brought another server with plesk support, I created the same domian name on the plesk and now I need transfer my domiain name from older ...
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Switch Hosts With Gmail Account Attached
I am transferring a client from their old host to my new one. Their domain-based gmail/apps account was connected to their old host, so when I changed the domain's name servers to the new host, ...
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Which is best for PageRank? When multi-Aliases point to same server, with multi-language folders
Imagine situation where multiple aliases point to the same server, where htacces divides them into their own language folders.
Example:
mywebsite.fr >> /fr/home
mywebsite.de >> ...
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What are CNAME and A DNS Records?
What are CNAME and A DNS records? What are they used for? What is the difference between the two?
Edit: Where does the CNAME record exist? On the server or with the domain registrar?
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Domain Mapping with Wordpress.com
My girlfriend has set up a blog/website for herself on wordpress.com but also has a domain name she'd like to use when giving out her website URL, instead of a wordpress.com subdomain.
Wordpress has ...
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Getting a .co.uk domain that is already registered
There is a .co.uk name that I want (I've had the .com version for nearly 7 years now).
I would even be prepared to pay a small amount for it, but on http://whois.domaintools.com/ only a business name ...
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How do I buy this domain name? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I buy a domain that has already been registered?
How can I buy the domain name www.autospell.com.
It seems to have a weird status with no website, but also it ...
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dynamic url for member
It may be a very basic question. I am trying to user url of the form:
"membername.example.com" but I have no idea what would be the steps to be performed.
We are using apache web server.
Thanks,
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International Domain Names - Can I just register the punycode with any registrar?
I'm thinking of getting a non-ASCII Internationalized Domain Name (e.g. thé.com). However my current domain registrar doesn't do IDNs. Their web form reports an invalid domain name when I try to enter ...
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Why do we have to pay for a domain name?
The question may sound stupid but I find it very difficult to understand that why do we have to pay for a domain name if the web is free? And who do I pay? Why do I have to pay for a domain name?
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Does server location or TLD affects SEO
I have heard(read) SEO experts who claims that you server position will affect your SEO. In the latest example it was about an international site targeting the Russian market so:
Does the server ...
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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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Importance of Preferred Domain
Google Webmaster Tools allows to set preferred domain for a web site (with or without www). How important is it to set it in terms of SEO? Is there any difference which one I choose? Also, if I set a ...
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Just re-mapped my Squarespace site to my own domain, how about my tracking snippet?
I just re-routed mydomain.com and www.mydomain.com to redirect (sorry wrong word, the URLs are actually using mydomain.com) to mydomain.squarespace.com using the custom mapping for squarespace and ...
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How to compile a complete list of valid TLD and ccTLD domain extensions
Most domain extension lists i've found only list the ccTLD and TLD portion of the extension (e.g. .uk) and don't list the full set of valid extensions for that ccTLD or TLD (e.g. .org.uk, .ac.uk, ...
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domain name purchasing
I am about to make a site regarding programming and technology.Being very new to the webmasters field I don't know much about what features does the .com,.info,.org etc offer.If I built a site on any ...
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Forwarding a subdomain to main domain using Godaddy
I have current blog, which was hosted on Tumblr at http://blog.ryanhayes.net. I'm moving it over to http://ryanhayes.net, and have all the 301 redirects set up for the blog entries to map to my new ...
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At what thresh-hold should i get my blog its own domain?
Is there some kind of thresh-hold to start seriously considering buying a domain and moving away from the [name].[blogspot,etc].com?
In this case I have a blog that focuses on personal miscellany ...
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how to handle login between different domains?
I've a website with 2 domains (.nl and .com) and a translated version of the content is displayed depending on the domain.
My issue is that when a client login under a .nl domain, and he moves to the ...
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Sex - in domain name is this bad?
In short I am working with a company that does trade shows...
one of their new domain names has the word 'sex' in but completely innocently.
EXAMPLE: www. someproductsexpo .com (Being 'some' ...
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How do I add multiple providers DNS to my domain for website replication and access?
Hello I have a website that I would like to keep online no matter what for that purpose I don't mind buying multiple webhosting packages. Its a small website in terms of size but not in terms of ...
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How to link .рф domain to blogspot?
I have a cyrillic domain *.рф and a blog *.blogspot.com.
Now I want to link my domain to blog. I followed this official manual, but when I tried to put my domain name into blog preferences (at ...
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Find child domains of a URL
Is there a way to find all the child domains of a URL?
e.g. parent url: www.example.com
Sample child domains:
www.a.example.com
www.abracadabra.example.com
www.zoo.example.com
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How to get a super domain?
I want to buy a domain that contains some popular words, and which is occupied by some squatters. The domain is due to expire soon. How should I proceed ? Should I wait until the expiration day, and ...
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How to produce a domain name?
I want to make a blog but I am confused with the domain name.I took helped from Google to search for the keywords and found "C programming","C language"and "C language tutorials" very rich.The problem ...
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How to take back our domain name?
Sorry if this is not the right place to ask this question but I couldn't find the right stack-exch site to ask this.
We have registered a domain name a year ago and unfortunately we missed renewing ...
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How do I get a .name domain name
There was a service which provided email aliases on .name domain, but it seem to be gone now, so I was thinking of actually getting a domain for myself (martin.toth.name sounds nice).
Do I understand ...
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Domains, hosting and the law
Currently I live in the Netherlands. So, what if..
I register a .CN domainname and upload my website to it. Under which law is my website? The Chinese or the Dutch?
and I host my website at the Isle ...
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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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What does a complete rebrand/focus change do for a domains SEO?
I have a client that launched a webstore a while back and for example, lets say he sold apples on it and the domain was called www.fruit.com
The webstore is not doing so well so he has decided to do ...
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How do I know whether a site is a daughter site of another?
Given http://www.ocfaustralia.org/ and site 2 http://griffith.ocfaustralia.org/, is there a way for me to tell whether site 2 is a daughter site for site 1?
That is, if I were to remove site 1 would ...
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Importance of grabbing a domain tld
How important is it to grab all available domain TLDs for somewhat popular site? (Alexa Rank: ~20k)
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What is the idea behind occupying domains?
I see that most domain names that contain some nice words like: www.pixelmania.com , www.musicbox.com and so on... are registered but look just auto-populated with some random data. Why they do this ? ...
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Private registration of “.co” domains, is it possible?
I've registered a lot of domains in the past and have always usually purchased the additional service to make them have private whois info (e.g. domains by proxy)
Today I registered two new ".co" ...
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Is ICANN planning any changes to domain registration soon?
The BBC is reporting that domain registration will be changing next year.
The .co
landgrab could be one of the last
before ICANN overhauls the way net
addresses are assigned.
Next year ...
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Domain or Subdomain: does the choice affect traffic?
If I run a blog or something in my subdomain like www.sub.name.net is it going to have any decreasing affect like decrease traffic through search engines or low ranking through on engines?
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Does registering a second domain name with the dashes help SEO?
If I have a site registered and running on ThisIssomething.com for example, does registering This-Is-Something.com and redirecting it actually help SEO? Or is it mainly to protect your brand?
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Purchasing a Domain from a Domain Squatter
A few years ago, I purchased a .org domain. Presumably, the .com version was taken by a domain squatter because it was registered the day after I registered it and it only hosts one of those typical ...
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What is Parked Domain and how can we generate a revenue from a parked domain
I have registered a domain name abc.com from xyz company. i have the secret code too. I have heard about the revenue from parked domains.
I would like to know how can we generate revenue from it and ...
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Starting Domain Registration Service
I have been working as a web developer for long time. I have regular request from clients for web hosting and domain registration whose site i make.
I have been asking for other frens for it. And ...
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GoDaddy shared hosting with domain registed at a different registrar
I've got a shared hosting account on GoDaddy, however my domain name is registered at a seperate company. Assuming I already know how to point my domain name to whatever I want, how do I set up ...
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Which PHP hosting is better GoDaddy or 1and1? and Also domain mangement [closed]
I own a domain on GoDaddy and I bought a hosting plan from 1and1. Now my subscription is going to end and I want to renew it, but I also want to choose only one company for my web site to have both ...
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What is Alias Domain?
I notice that many hosting providers provide a feature named "Alias Domain".
What it is? and how can it benefit me?
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Help me to find a good name for my website [closed]
I have a web marketing question for you.
I'm looking for a good domain name for my web app.
This site is about writing. Any kind of user generated writings including poetry, aphorisms, short stories, ...
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About registering domain names
Domain name registration charges are yearly or a one time affair?
And how long does it take? I want to register a domain name for my personal site.
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How do I write IDN domains?
How do I write a IDN domain name with IDN codes?
E.g. mjölk.com with IDN codes? (mjölk is milk in swedish)
And is there any list of available IDN codes and letters? E.g. all possible for .com ?
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show content on domain.com from a sub directory
I have a domain that looks like domain.com
on the server files look like:
<www>
<mydirectory>
<otherstuff>
<asubdomain>
index.html
.htaccess
ok, so when you open the ...
