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Is using .se, Sweden's top level domain name, a bad idea for a website hosted in the United States [duplicate]
I have a client with a website name that ends with se. I thought instead of dealing with .com domain names I would register something like gardenho.se.
Is there anything wrong with this? Does this ...
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Why the sudden popularity of .io domains?
I've noticed a number of new webapps and sites are being hosted at .io domains (the top-level domain for the British Indian Ocean Territories). A couple examples include:
Forecast.io
GitHub.io
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Buying a top level domain specific to my industry, will it improve my seo ratings?
Currently we run a few websites selling products in the travel industry using .com and .co.uk extensions.
Would our search rating improve if we were to buy one of the .travel domains ? So we would ...
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Wordpress with .TEL domains is it Possible
Is it possible to host a WordPress site with .Tel domain. When i checked for .TEL extension website, all the site's are similar in design.
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Possible for using a surrogate to buy a .it domain?
I'm a US citizen interested in buying an Italian TLD (*.it). However, those domains can only be registered by EU citizens or residents, or businesses with a registrant who is an Italian citizen and ...
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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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How to deal with .ch domains? I need a DNS
I need to register a .ch domain, but SWITCH does not seem to offer free (or paid) DNS as other registrars do.
So I need to know at least one of these:
Is there a registrar where I can buy a .ch ...
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Who is the official registrar of the .com domain name? [closed]
I know there are official registrars for some domains (especially 2-digit country domains), so are there registrars for all of them? For example, who is the official registrar for .com, .net, or .org?
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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 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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ICANN Violation and Trademarks
I'm trying to register a domain name with a .eg(i live in egypt) as the top-level domain. However, the local registrant told me to register a domain with the .eg extension i need to have a registered ...
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Google analytics and multiple domains
I need some urgent advice please with regard to Google analytics and multiple domains, and how best to handle them.
Got a very sensitive customer who has a number of domains:
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Is it wise to use a country-based tld when a .com already exists, but is “Under Construction”?
So I have an idea I want to try for a side-business, and it's web-based.
I think about names, and find one I like, let's pretend it's wibblewobble.
I check for wibblewobble.com and it's taken, but ...
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What's your thoughts about .it instead of .com? [closed]
I'm thinking of using a my-new-webapp.it instead of my-new-webapp.com (since it's already in use by someone else)
What's your thoughts about the .it top domain? Does it feels foreign compared to ...
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Are domain hacks advisable? and how do they affect SEO?
I'm interested in creating a domain hack, using the .es ccTLD. If the website does not target Spain, is this advisable? I've seen URL shortening services use ccTLDs to provide shorter URLs, however ...
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gTLDs… Should they be something to look at? [closed]
I've received a few marketing emails in the last couple of days trying to sell seats at conventions wanting to explain the concept of gTLD's.
My understanding is that gTLDs will allow the average joe ...
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How Google value .in/.info domains currently?
As .info domain price increased, how much Google value .info domain now? Also .in domain is now cost less then .info (for first year).
Is Google going to less value .in domain now? I have couple of ...
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Is it possible to register .mv domains?
Some time ago I tried to register a tld from malvides and found out that it is only possible to register .com.mv or .net.mv but not .mv
Now I found this website that offers registration of .mv.
I ...
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Cms group system, unique domains
I apologise is the question isnt worded quite right or too simplistic in nature.
I am currently planning on building a new cms system that allows for user generated pages.
similar to groups on ...
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How do I optimize SEO for a domain with an “exotic” (.st) TLD?
What are the gotchas to optimizing SEO for a domain on an exotic TLD (in my case, .st)?
For example, should I tell Google the actual geographic target of the website?
One more thing: I want to rank ...
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Can I buy a .CA if I have no affiliation with Canada?
Well, the title says it all. It seems by CIRA (http://www.cira.ca/home-en/?lang=en) that I cannot, but the website doesn't make it explicitly clear how they check or anything like that...
I have a ...
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Can I reuse my nameservers from one domain registrar with another?
My regular domain is one I got from GoDaddy.
Just recently, I registered a short .cr domain (Costa Rica) in http://www.nic.cr/ . During registration, they asked for nameservers (and just ...
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What's the best TLD for a personal, international website? [closed]
I'd like to register a domain for myself. On it, I'll publish SciFi stories that I'm writing. The stories will be available in English and German (the two languages that I know) but if fans want to ...
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will .tk domain get indexed on google what are its disadvantages
I configured dns of .tk with blogger and made it work as website as it can have many webpages, but now I have some doubts: will .tk (free domains) get indexed on search engines like google, yahoo, ...
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Tonga domains for commercial websites
Does anyone knows disadvantatges on installing a commercial website on Tonga domains? I mean, maybe it is not advisable to link a website for .TO domains (these domains tends to be for torrents, for ...
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What are the reasons not to use a .us domain name?
I have a client considering using a .us domain name. Are there any particular reasons, other than familiarity, not to use a .us name? In this case, the site visitors will likely be mostly non-us based ...
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How to register a .eu domain?
I want register a domain under the .eu TLD, but I don't live in Europe [which is a requiriment to that].
I'd like to know if there is any website which register the domain on its name or any other ...
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Does the .biz internet top-level domain deserve to be taken seriously?
.com is the most preferable TLD most of the time, so many people choosing domain names have to pick between desiredname.something_else or totallydifferent.com.
From wikipedia:
The biz TLD was ...
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Does Google penalize .me or .tv sites?
If I am thinking about using one of the fancy country domains such as .me or .tv should I be worried about how Google treats such domains?
Or to put it another way, if all other things are equal ...
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Which TLD would be suited to a personal site?
I'm planning what is essentially a "business card" website for myself, and have been looking at domains. My primary site (a .com) is for my blog and portfolio and the like, but I want a separate site ...
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What are the advantages of using country specific top level domains?
For instance, do country-specific sites and/or search engines give more weight to sites under a specific country level TLD?
Or, do country-specific TLDs exist just to increase the WWW namespace and ...
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SEO + international sites? country.domain.com or domain.country?
is it better to have seperate country specific domains (which costs more money) or subdomains which define the country, for better SEO?
eg.
stackoverflow.com
stackoverflow.com.au
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