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What To Do When Your Domain Expires
In: Domains
23 Oct 2009Domain registration can be a confusing business, if you’re unfortunate enough to let your domain expire. There are certain guidelines that domain registrars follow, which have no flexibility and are often hard to follow. Luckily, you have me to break it down for you!
Domains are registered in one year increments, and any time your registration [...]
Reasons to Not Use Free Web Hosting
In: Domains| Web Hosting
17 Aug 2009If you go to a search engine, and type in web hosting, the number of results you get is astronomical. So how do you sort through all the results? For starters, do not be lured in by companies offering free web hosting. If you’re starting a web site for the family to post photos, [...]
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What is DNS?
In: Domains| Web Hosting
13 Aug 2009DNS stands for Domain Name System. If you read our post The Importance of a Dedicated IP Address, then you already know that an IP is your site’s “location” on the internet. DNS is an internet-wide system that relates domain names with IP addresses. An easy way to look at DNS is like a phone [...]
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