Questions tagged [domains]
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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Transferring domain registration to new registrar and switching email hosting at the same time?
I need to transfer an existing domain that's currently with SiteGround to Porkbun. I also need to move the existing custom email addresses from SiteGround to Zoho Mail. I'm not sure if I should ...
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Is changing the A record of main domain safe for seo?
I have two hosts with different IPs.
The first one (say host A) serves the old version of website at site.com, plus some subdomains and emails (ema[email protected]).
Host B serves the new version of ...
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Can I access my old server after domain transfer?
I need to migrate my web sites to another host, the domain name remains the same, but I need to access my files on the old server after I changed the nameservers, is that posiibile? I have shared ip ...
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domain whois record does not display expiry date
I came accross a domain ending with ".ai" TLD. Ran the whois query for that domain, but the result did not show the expiry data, though it showed the creation date and other fields. I also ...
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Google Domains - forwarding does not work over http
This is my configuration for my domain.
This is the results when i use curl. It seems like the https request is correct, but the http request crashes the DNS server (squid is DNS server software).
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Should I renew Google Domain at low yearly price before the transfer to Squarespace?
So I'm using Google Domains with yearly renewal to host my static GitHub pages website and I was wondering if it would be a good idea to renew the domain for the next 9 years (which is the max limit) ...
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Domain change - So how to update google properties?
Recently one of my clients changes the domain name and I am facing some issues with changing the new domain in Google tools like search console and Analytics GA4 and AdWords.
Option 1 : Go ahead and ...
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Can a regional domain beat a .com one all other things being equal?
This is a theoretical question.
Asumming that one example is named something.[ccTLD] and the second one is named somethingelse.com
Both websites have same quality content (I know it is hard to compare ...
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Namecheap + Format.com = DNS issue
Problem: my domain often goes nowhere when entered into a browser without the leading www. (Below, my real domain is changed to 'example')
I've had a domain on NameCheap for a while and was using ...
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New domain not working in chrome
I've been coding a website as part of my development. Nothing fancy. Mostly CSS/HTML with a an external js carousel.
I purchased the domain through google and I'm hosting via google cloud using ...
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Adding new DNS record to Netlify in order to make my domain point a new site
I have a new site: newsite.com (my new site has no subdomain such as www or ftp), so I wrote "@" to Name section when I created my DNS record.
I had an old site that I wanted to redo. I registered a ...
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Does a domain sale share the owner’s contact info?
I am selling a domain online and my registrar uses privacy protection which is automatically enabled. Behind the privacy protection, I have myself listed as all 3 contacts, along with my personal ...
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Setting up DKIM, SPF, and DMARC Records for Domains that You Won't Use for Email
I have a few domains out there that are never used for email. If you look at the domains, you'll know the company. This makes me wonder, should I set up DMARC, DKIM, and SPF for these domains even ...
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I have a domain name. What is the cheapest or free way I can forward email to those domain to a gmail? [closed]
Basically I want an email alias.
I suppose I can use google workspace that cost $4 per month.
Just simple forwarding. No need for full email.
I wonder if we even need 3rd party for this?
Do registrar ...
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How do you transfer a domain with BlueHost?
I have a domain purchased. I have a website without a domain that I can view with the IP address. I need to point the website to the domain. It is hosted with BlueHost but for the life of me I cannot ...
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Registry Expiry Date
I'm fairly new to dealing with domain names and I have a question that's been puzzling me. Upon checking the WHOIS information for my domain, I came across two distinct expiration dates:
Registry ...
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Is it possible to transfer an old domain to a new subdomain?
Is it possible to move an old domain to a new subdomain permanently without losing search engine rankings? For example, going from https://www.example.com/ to https://blog.newexample.com/?
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What is wrong with my zone records and name server configuration? My domain name isn't resolving
I've moved to Amazon Route 53 as my registrar, but my domain (kellshaw.com) isn't resolving. However the website is up, as I can see it via the IP address.
According to infoDNS it's to do with the ...
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Does domain history affect indexing?
I bought this domain in March without knowing that it had some past records dating back to 2019. The Wayback Machine didn't show anything, but later I noticed some links in Search Console.
Semrush ...
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renewing an expired domain through a different company?
My current provider let my domain expire. I paid for the renewal a month in advance, they let it expire, and when I reached out, they ghosted me for about a week and a half. Only resurfaced when I ...
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migrate domain-name and hosting from google-sites to wordpress
I don't have website deveoplemnt experience.
For keeping my personal blogs, I took the easy plug-and-play step and I have created a website using sites.google.com. I bought the domain name and hosting ...
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Website Loads But Receiving Domain Name Does Not Resolve Error
Recently I had my Google Ads telling me that my ad is disabled because the destination is not resolving. The ad seems to actually be running, and my website is loading, however as I was digging into ...
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Translated text on multiple national level domains
I am a bit confused about multilingual websites and SEO and would be grateful if somebody could explain me how they are ranked at the moment.
For example, my company's website domain is "...
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Why are 'number only' urls so popular/ expensive on Godaddy Auctions? What are they even useful for?
The idea for domain 'names' is to provide a more memorable/ identifiable alternative to IP address.
However, I noticed that several domains like ####.com have high estimated values on Godaddy Auctions....
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Search whois for .ai tld domains to avoid front running
Recently found a nice .ai domain name available for my project on NameCheap, but found that it had been registered when I went to purchase it the next day, with the owner asking me to "place a ...
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Squarespace site not resolving - movement from Craft/Digital Ocean to interim Squarespace site [closed]
We're switching from Craft/Digital Ocean over to Squarespace (long story, temporary fix). The urls show connected from the Squarespace side. The site did resolve initially. It seems that over time ...
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What actions can I take against a registrar who falsely disabled my domain for abuse?
I've seen another post about this.
Our domain was suspended by registry due to "potential abuse"
Last week two domains I manage were disabled due to a "breach in the registration ...
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Create different version of a website in WIX based on different location
I am new to wix. I have a website. It's connected to a domain example.com. Now I want to create diffrent version of this website and connect it to a subdirectory example.com/usa. Can I do that in wix? ...
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Siteliner reports problems with www and trailing slash with my blogger site
I have a problem with my blogger site with a new domain. When checking on the site siteliner this error appears, but I don't know how to fix it.
This is the error:
Slash vs. non-Slash: Different ...
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Prevent Google Chrome for suggesting my site as a lookalike URL of some other legitimate site
Google Chrome is now warning users when the visit domains that look like a typo for some other domain. They call this feature "Navigation suggestions for lookalike URLs"
However, sometimes ...
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How can I remove the indexing to my site of a secondary domain no longer owned by me whose only function was to redirect to the main one from Google?
I had a series of domains that redirected to a main domain (let's call it A) where the website is located. One of them is no longer owned by me, and a few hours after being removed from the previous ...
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Getting huge subscriptions at website with same user name with minor difference
My Website has got 339 subscribers since hosting has been changed to Hostinger that is almost 15 days. I observe the list of subscribers and found that there were around 50 subscribers who have user ...
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Is it best to move a poorly-performing website to a new domain name upon a major update?
My rationale is since my site was poorly received, it will be better to get a clean state. There are many instances of bad user experience with the current site, related to slow loading and ...
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Redirected exact-match domain names for SEO?
Google usually favors domain name exact matches.
For example, if your domain is mailonline.com, when you search "mail online", it would recognize the similarity between the two and likely ...
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How to redirect old domain URLs without the old website?
My client deleted their website and do not have a backup of it on the old domain. I need to redirect their old domain URLs in Google Search to the new domain. I have access to their old domain and ...
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Cpanel email addresses failure connected to Google Domains
I have a domain name with google domains and I'm using cpanel. When I create an email address in cpanel and send an email to that address, it's saying it doesn't exist. Somehow it's connected to ...
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Site migration from .co.uk to previously owned .com to help with USA/global market reach?
We own our domain .co.uk and have recently purchased the .com version from a third-party private seller.
My research shows that our .co.uk has a better domain authority score and low spam score when ...
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Will redirecting links from an old domain to a new one strengthen the new domain when they are in the same industry?
I sold my company some 18 months ago. The new owner has renamed the company and is using a new domain for the websites. My new website is only a year old.
If I obtain this old domain from the new ...
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All my redirects are giving me a nice 301. Except the "http://www", for some reason it results in 302. I think I tried all the combinations already
I wanted to ask you for your help. I found this answer that is recommended on the internet - Forward naked domain with URL path for my Google Domain but it seems that it is already outdated.
I tried a ...
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Premium domain cost after deletion
There is a premium domain that is right now in redemptionPeriod and will get deleted from the registrar in two weeks (counted around 80 days from expire date). The domain cost $200 as a premium domain....
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Is there a way to redirect a domain with a slug to a new domain with a new slug on Namecheap?
So I'm no expert with domain directs, so forgive me if this is a dumb question, but here we go:
What we want to do is direct our site's blog posts from our old site (with old root domain and slug) to ...
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Will creating a 301 redirect from old domain to new domain affect Gmail?
I've rebranded a business so I want to redirect the existing site to a new domain name - presumably by setting up a 301 redirect(?) - so anyone who types in xxx1.com (old domain) will be redirected to ...
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NotServedByPagesError when trying to setup a domain name in GitHub
On GitHub, this is what I entered and what I got:
And this is what my DNS settings look like:
Please help I don't understant anything I'm just trying to setup a custom domain name for my github repo....
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How do I submit an offer to buy an expired domain?
I am looking at an expired .com domain, that expired 19th dec. 2022. When I read this it says:
If the previous Registrant fails to renew their domain after 30 days,
they forfeit ownership of the ...
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Moving .co.uk to .com for international ecommerce
I am asking for advice please on the best course of action for Shopify site that would like to expand into international markets.
Shopify has the new 'Markets' functionality, where you can easily spin ...
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Does noindex for subpages affect the whole domain?
I want to share the unreviewed version of my future website with a few people on an URL like this:
example.com/hidden-unreviewed-version
I would apply noindex on it and all its subpages to hide them ...
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ANAME record not accepted
I created a application on fleek.co and want to connect my GoDaddy domain to my application. The fleek UI tells me to add an ANAME record with an alias as DNS entry. The GoDaddy UI tells me this is ...
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How can I disable users from accessing Apache server with an IP address in the URL instead of my domains?
I have a self-hosted and self-managed web server using Apache 2.4 on Debian. I use many domains on this server and have configured them using vhosts.
I want my users to use the domains I configured to ...
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I changed the domain name, will my articles pass as duplicates?
I decided to change my domain name x.com to y.com and moved all the files from x.com to y.com and deleted x.com.
All the articles on x.com are now available on y.com. But Google doesn't like duplicate ...
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Easiest and most affordable webhost to transfer and host the domain of an existing .php website to another existing domain name? [duplicate]
I've had a friend of mine create a .php website for me that he hosts on a personal raspberry pi server.
It looks fantastic and works great. However, I already have a website and domain that was hosted ...
