A registrar is a company that you can register a domain from.
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Who is a great domain registrar company?
I have used numerous domain registrars in the past, including Godaddy, 1&1, Host Monster, IX web Hosting, the list goes on. (not talking about hosting)
I currently use GoDaddy, however, I'm not ...
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How long does propagation of newly registered private name servers typically take?
I have an account with Hostgator, and have registered private name servers (ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com). How long should I expect to wait for those changes to take place? Should my ...
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Does registering a domain for 10+ years help search rank?
I've heard that registering a domain name for a very long time, say 5 to 10+ years, can help with your search rank.
This seems at least plausible to me, since a fly-by-night, massive domain name farm ...
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Registrar with good security, DNS hosting, and DNSSEC and IPv6 resolvers?
I'm looking to move my domains away from GoDaddy, but I'm having a tough time finding anyone with comparable features at a (even remotely) similar price.
I've looked at the usual suggestions ...
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How to back order domain
It seems that information on the topic is a bit sparse in the wild. How do you go about back ordering a domain?
If you do find a service that will do it for you, does the current owner of the domain ...
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domain expiration during transfer
What happens to domain expiration during transfer to a different registrar?
Currently my domain will expire in 2012. I wonder if it will be affected in any way.
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Best reseller for a domain name
Looking to purchase a domain name separately from the package (using SliceHost and want a domain name) and I was wondering what is the best reseller to purchase from.
All the pricing for a yearly ...
