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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Providing fake info during domain registration - does it matter?
As you are all most likely aware already all domain registrars ask for your personal information.
Such personal information includes:
Forename and surname
Address information
Email address
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Using multiple A-records for my domain - do web browsers ever try more than one?
If I add multiple A-records for my domain, they are returned in a round robin order by DNS servers.
Example:
192.0.2.1 A example.com
192.0.2.2 A example.com
192.0.2.3 A example.com
But how does web ...
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How hard is to be the anonymous owner of a website?
I'd like to create a website with a very radical political message. It won't be unethical (encouraging violence, etc) but I feel the points I plan to list in it will definitely make me a lot of ...
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Should I include "www" in my website's URLs? What are the pros and cons?
What are the pros and cons of having http://www.example.com/ vs http://example.com/?
For example a problem I'm aware of is that if I use a domain without www I can't set a cookie for the current ...
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Should I set up standard email accounts? What are they?
A long time ago one used to be able to count on domains having addresses like webmaster@example.com, postmaster@example.com, or abuse@example.com ... is this convention dead?
Note: I always try to ...
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How can URLs have a dot . at the end, e.g. www.bla.de.?
I never believed URLs could have a period at the end, as in www.google.de. (which obvious is not working).
However, www.youtu.be. is working perfectly well. How did they manage that?
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Who is a great domain registrar company? [closed]
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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Will having multiple domains improve my seo?
Lets say I have a domain already, for example www.automobile4u.com (not mine), with a website fully running and all.
The title of my "Website" says:
<title>Used cars - buy and sell your used ...
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How do I rename a domain and preserve SEO?
As part of graduating from Area51 and becoming a full fledged site we sometimes change domain names from http://topic.stackexchange.com to http://example.com. Aside from the obvious 301 redirect rules ...
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How come com.google is a valid domain name?
https://com.google appears to be a Google upside-down-rightside-left.
But how come .google is a valid domain name? Or wait, .com is and it is just somehow reversed using some hidden technique? Oh, ...
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How to use Cloudflare and Namecheap email forwarding at the same time?
I want to use Cloudflare, and it requires that I use their nameservers.
The problem is that I'm using some features from Namecheap like email forwarding, which will be disabled (if I didn't get it ...
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How can I find common misspellings for my domain name?
I'd like to register misspellings for my domain name, but I don't want to speculatively register a zillion "just guessing" forms. For example, this tool offers the following options in a Keyword Typo ...
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Maximum domain name length
Out of curiosity, does anyone know what's the maximum length (in characters) for a domain name?
Let's exclude the http://www.
I know the maximum length of an url is about 2000 chars. But here I'm ...
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Forward naked domain with URL path for my Google Domain
I purchased a domain through Google Domains and I am hosting my app on Heroku.
I would like users to be able to access my app through the naked domain, but Google Domains does not allow CNAME's to ...
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What is the safest way to search for domain names availability?
I am victim of Domain name front running. I searched for domain names on some sites
& I lost those names soon.
Now, what is the safest way to search for availability of domain names? Using
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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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Is it better to put hyphens in a domain name?
Both in terms of SEO and user friendliness, is it better to put hyphens in a multi-words domain name or not ?
For example, is www.stackoverflow.com better than www.stack-overflow.com ?
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What are the steps to ensure that if you die, your hosting & domain will live on?
Assuming you are micro independent software vendor (MISV) or one man web shop (OMWS), how do you reduce your Bus Factor?
In my specific case, I'm supporting a few websites that takes me a few minutes ...
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Where can I safetly search domain whois without worrying about the search engine parking on the domain immediately after the search?
There are a lot of companies that provide domain whois but I've heard of a lot of people who had bad experiences where the domain was bought soon after the whois search and the price was increased ...
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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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How do you calculate exacty when a domain in pending delete status will become available?
A domain I want is in the "pendingDelete" stage according to WHOIS.
I have been monitoring it since "redemptionPeriod", and it entered into pendingDelete five days ago today.
After checking a few ...
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Why isn't a newly purchased domain showing up in Google searches?
The domain ...
http://trello.com
... was purchased a few months ago and is now live as of a week or so ago -- and has been linked from several prominent places on the web -- but searching for the ...
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What is the advantage to hosting static resources on a separate domain?
I notice a lot of sites host their resources on a separate domain from the main site, e.g. StackExchange using sstatic.net, Barnes & Noble using imagesbn.com, etc.
I understand that there are ...
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Should I use a domain name registrar's free DNS hosting, or host DNS servers with another company?
Should I use my domain name registrar's free DNS hosting service, or host DNS servers with another company? (or both?)
What are some advantages to using a DNS hosting company separate from the domain ...
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Should I have both example.com and www.example.com?
I used to have a website which could be addressed by both example.com and www.example.com leading to the same page.
Now, I moved to another server and only the example.com works.
I got an email from ...
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SEO International Websites usage of sub domains and ccTLD domains
Is it better to have separate country specific domains (which costs more money) or sub domains which define the country, for better SEO?
e.g.
example.com
example.com.au
example.co.uk
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example....
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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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Registrar with good security, DNS hosting, and DNSSEC and IPv6 resolvers? [closed]
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 do I get my site verified such that it shows a green box in Chrome's address bar?
How do I get my site verified by Google Chrome so it has the green box in the address bar? I honestly don't know how to do this. Also, do I have to ask Google to verify it?
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Should I create a 'Website coming soon' page for my recently-acquired domain?
When launching a website the domain name is usually purchased before the content is ready.
What is considered best practice with these domains just floating in space? Should there be a 'coming soon' ...
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Can a registrar ransom a domain name which has become popular?
I am slightly paranoid about my domain name I have. I think the site I am building could have potential and take off in the future. I am worried though if the people I registered the domain name with ...
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IP ADDRESS request vs. DOMAIN NAME request?
Today I bought a shared hosting package. Then I added an index.html to it via FTP. When I enter my given IP address in Chrome, I'm always seeing Plesk's default page, instead of my index.html. But ...
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How do I set up a cookie-less domain?
I've read that it's best to serve static content (css, javascript, etc.) from a cookie-less domain or subdomain for better performance. I assume a domain is not cookie-less by default. How do I ...
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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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Can I buy a domain from one company and use it at another web host?
I've been out of the loop of this kind of stuff for a while but can someone please explain to me how buying a domain name and then getting it hosted works. Let's say if for example I bought a domain ...
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Is it possible to transfer a domain without a "gap" in Whois privacy protection?
I currently own several domains on which I am using a Whois privacy protection service to hide my personal details. In the near future, I would like to transfer some of these domains to a different ...
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Why do we have to wait 60 days between each domain transfer?
I understand that ICANN does make the rules requiring this, but I don't understand why we have to? Each time we do transfer the domain, we have to pay to do so. That partially stops fraud. I also do ...
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Are there any technical issues with having an 'internationalized' domain name?
In my language there are numerous characters that are not allowed in the standard domain name. However, most of these can be easily replaced with safe equivalents (mostly dropping accents í becomes i ...
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How do I check that a domain is available without triggering a grabber?
A few days ago, I checked whether a domain was available by tying the name in the web browser. Also host returned not found 3(NXDOMAIN)
When I tried again today, some domain grabber had snatched it.
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Is it possible to use cloudflare without having them managing my DNS?
I need to use cloudflare without having them managing my DNS, My DNS server have much more options that I do need.
Instead of setting cloudflare as my dns server, I have added it as a NS record from ...
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Why are the new TLD's so expensive?
Recently new TLD's such as .actor, .agency and many more were introduced. There is a significant price difference between the 'old' and new TLD's.
For example:
I can buy a .com for $9.45 but .ceo ...
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CNAME: does a cname change the url that the browser displays?
I have a web site www.somewhere.com and I want the alias fr.somewhere.com.
I set up a CNAME record for www.somewhere.com alias fr.somewhere.com. When a user types in http://fr.somewhere.com in their ...
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Are there any downsides to starting a domain name with a digit?
In response to my domain name suggestion on meta, Kris said:
Something about having a domain name begin with a digit just feels ... off to me.
Does it affect site ranks on search engines?
Do you ...
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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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How can I hide whois information?
Is it possible to hide ownership of a domain, so i won't show up on whois searches for domains I own, even if you know where to look?
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How do shared hosting providers know you own a domain when you point the DNS to their server?
I recently set a server up on Digital Ocean. The process of pointing the domain to Digital Ocean name servers was as easy as updating them on the registrar's website, and just adding them to my server....
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"Another company is trying to register some <company name> domain names with us" - legit?
I was wondering if anyone has encountered this before and knows whether or not it's legitimate.
A domain registrar - e-int.cn - has just contacted me. They claim that another party is attempting to ...
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Purchasing domains from "unstable" country TLDs
Is there any risk associated with purchasing a domain with a TLD for a politically unstable or authoritarian country?
ex, if I purchase a .ly domain and there is a dramatic political change in Libya, ...
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Concerns regarding registering a domain name with a home address
If I purchase a domain, I'm usually required to enter an address. Usually, the address can be accessed publicly by any sort of WHOIS lookup. I'm uncomfortable publishing my real home address; what do ...
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What is the maximum number of DNS A-records you can use on one domain?
Is it correct that there is no limit to how many DNS A records can be set on a domain?
My boss asked me this and it made me curious, I can't find anything online.
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