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Currently, there are over 280 top-level domains that are available to use as website extensions. Many are specific country codes that are used to denote a specific geographic location with .com names being the most popular. On July 20th, 2010, the new .co names were released to the masses. These are short for company which is why the popularity with ecommerce sites has grown.
Information About .CO Domains
Anyone can register for a .CO extension as long as you can cover the financial costs. Also, these domain names can be transferred in the case of a sale. There are currently only 10 accredited registrars that can distribute these extensions to the public. There are also numerous domain name resellers that are selling them for a profit.
Advantages of .CO
The first advantage is that it is easy to remember. Since there are only two letters, the extension is easily pronounced and can be spread via word of mouth. Google has even jumped on board by officially enabling international targeting which allows the domain name to rank well among search engines.
Another advantage is that the domain names are currently extremely cheap, unique and professional. Over the next few years, these are sure to catch on. In ten years, .com may find that .co has taken over. The extension is short, recognizable and desirable in today’s competitive market that is the internet.
Why .CO?
Although .CO is short for company or corporation, there are no limitations to what they can be used for. This extension was actually created in 1991 but wasn’t considered until 2001 for use commercially. A University in Columbia believed that the .CO extension could become a replacement for the popular .COM and the domain extension has taken off ever since.
Since so many .COM domain names are taken, why not look to picking up a .CO. They are greatly gaining in popularity, especially if Google is involved. Since domain names are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis, the sooner you look into purchasing a .CO, the better chance you have of obtaining a potentially valuable name.
The internet and domain names have come a long way since the original .COM, .ORG and .INFO. The .CO seems to be an internet trend that will never dissipate due to the popularity among webmasters and major corporations. In ten years, .CO could become the most used top-level domain in history.
(The Hosting News) – Millions of Chinese language users will soon be able to access the Internet using Chinese script following a decision today by ICANN’s Board of Directors to approve a set of Chinese language internationalized domain names.
“This approval is a significant change for Chinese language users worldwide,” said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer of ICANN. “One fifth of the world speaks Chinese and that means we just increased the potential online accessibility for roughly a billion people.”
The new IDN country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and the associated organizations approved by the Board are:
• CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center)
• HKIRC (Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited)
• TWNIC (Taiwan Network Information Center).
The ICANN board also voted to allow the application for the controversial .XXX top-level domain (TLD) to move forward. The ICM registry applied for the .XXX sponsored top-level domain as a potential community site for the adult entertainment industry. The Board approved a detailed set of next steps for the application, including expedited due diligence, negotiations on a draft registry agreement, and consultation with ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee.
The decision in effect agreed with a non-binding majority decision of the Independent Review Panel. In February two of the three members of the IRP said the board should reconsider its 2007 decision to reject ICM’s sTLD application.
ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush said, “The board reached a carefully considered decision, paying close attention to the findings of the Independent Review Panel, and to the extensive public comment on our proposed action.”
“Today’s decision is a validation of ICANN’s transparency and accountability,” said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer.
The board asked the ICANN staff to conduct an expedited review of the ICM application to ensure that it is still current and that there have been no changes that might alter the validity of the application. The board decision also allows consultation on the top-level domain with ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee.
The next ICANN meeting will take place in Cartagena, Colombia, 5-10 December 2010.
ICANN Approves Internationalization of Chinese Domains
(The Hosting News) – Millions of Chinese language users will soon be able to access the Internet using Chinese script following a decision today by ICANN’s Board of Directors to approve a set of Chinese language internationalized domain names.
“This approval is a significant change for Chinese language users worldwide,” said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer of ICANN. “One fifth of the world speaks Chinese and that means we just increased the potential online accessibility for roughly a billion people.”
The new IDN country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and the associated organizations approved by the Board are:
• CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center)
• HKIRC (Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited)
• TWNIC (Taiwan Network Information Center).
The ICANN board also voted to allow the application for the controversial .XXX top-level domain (TLD) to move forward. The ICM registry applied for the .XXX sponsored top-level domain as a potential community site for the adult entertainment industry. The Board approved a detailed set of next steps for the application, including expedited due diligence, negotiations on a draft registry agreement, and consultation with ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee.
The decision in effect agreed with a non-binding majority decision of the Independent Review Panel. In February two of the three members of the IRP said the board should reconsider its 2007 decision to reject ICM’s sTLD application.
ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush said, “The board reached a carefully considered decision, paying close attention to the findings of the Independent Review Panel, and to the extensive public comment on our proposed action.”
“Today’s decision is a validation of ICANN’s transparency and accountability,” said Rod Beckstrom, President and Chief Executive Officer.
The board asked the ICANN staff to conduct an expedited review of the ICM application to ensure that it is still current and that there have been no changes that might alter the validity of the application. The board decision also allows consultation on the top-level domain with ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee.
The next ICANN meeting will take place in Cartagena, Colombia, 5-10 December 2010.
(The Hosting News) – simpledomainnames.co.uk (www.simpledomainnames.co.uk), the domain registering arm of simplewebhosting.co.uk (www.simplewebhosting.co.uk), is increasing its range of options even further for its users by offering a series of new TLDs for those in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Customers in these areas of the world now have a wider range of choice to ensure that they get the domain name that is right for them.
Adding to its already exhaustive collection of TLDs for a variety of different parts of the world, customers in Australia can now take advantage of domain names ending in .com.au, .net.au and .org.au. Those in New Zealand can now register domains with the extension .co.nz, .net.nz and .org.nz, whilst registrars from Singapore and Hong Kong can sign up for .sg and .hk domains respectively.
simpledomainnames.co.uk is an organisation that values its international customers and feels the need to be consistently expanding in order to cover as much of the worldwide range of the web as possible.
So with these new additions to its arsenal of TLDs on offer, simpledomainnames.co.uk now provides an excellent and unparalleled amount of choice for customers all over the world and will continue to do so until customers globally realise that it is the best choice for all of their domain registering needs.
For more information visit www.simpledomainnames.co.uk
About simpledomainnames.co.uk and simplewebhosting.co.uk
simpledomainnames.co.uk has been registering domain names since 2001 and, together with simplewebhosting.co.uk, provides web hosting, web design and domain name registration to thousands of customers across the UK and around the world. simpledomainnames.co.uk offers over 70 different types of domain name from .at (Austria) and .ar.com (Argentina) to .uy.com (Uruguay) and .za.com (South Africa) and provides bulk registration and transfer facilities for larger orders.
simpledomainnames.co.uk Offers Exciting New Top Level Domains
(Gawkwire.com) cPanel’s concept of Add-On, Parked and Sub-domains are very confusing for the first time cPanel user. This article will explain each of them and when/why you would use them.
We’ll start out with the easiest concept which is a domain. Before I can explain a domain there needs to be a brief discussion about “Top Level Domains” (TLD). No one really gives TLD’s that much thought. It’s really hard to define what a TLD is, so I’ll simply provide a sample list here:
§ .com
§ .net
§ .org
§ .co.uk
§ .jp
There are 100’s of different TLD’s (as well as country code TLD’s but you get the idea, right?) Domains then are pretty simple. It’s just any name that you pick (that follow domain naming rules) that are just to the left of the TLD. For the rest of our example here we’re just going to work the really simple “sample.com” domain.
So what are sub/add-on/parked domains?
We’ll start out with sub-domains first. You don’t realize it, but you use sub-domains every day. A sub-domain is simply the name just to the left of your domain name. The universally accepted sub-domain for web sites (drum roll please) is “www”. So while everyone “thinks” of their domain as www.sample.com, “www” is really a sub-domain of sample.com. Other popular sub-domains are “mail’ and “ftp”. See, that was pretty simple, wasn’t it?
At this point you’re probably asking yourself “why would I ever need a sub-domain other than www?”. There are a lot of good reasons. Some of them include “blog.domain.com”, “forum.doman.com”, “secure.domain.com” and “devel.domain.com”. Each of these sub-domains could have been created as www.domain.com/forum and www.domain.com/blog but there is one big technical difference. With www.domain.com/forum and www.domain.com/blog they both physically have to be on the same server becuase there is only one DNS record for www.domain.com. With sub-domains like blog.domain.com and forum.domain.com each sub-domain has it’s own DNS record and therefore can be on different servers. The fact that you can put the different sub-domains on different servers is not particularly useful for most cPanel web hosting clients but if you have an very large/active site you many want out put devel.domain.com on a totally different server than www.domain.com
Parked domains are pretty straight forward. When you park a domain in cPanel it simply lets one site respond to multiple names. So again, with our sample.com domain you could park sample.org and sample.net on sample.com and you would see the exact same web site for www.sample.com, www.sample.net and www.sample.org. The real confusion with parked domains is that cPanel uses a different meaning for “parked” vs. the rest of the domain world. When most people think of parked domains they think of a landing page that your domain registrar gives you to “park” your web site before you create a real one. If you simply think of cPanel’s parked domains as domain aliases I think it’s a lot less confusing.
Add-on domains in cPanel are also pretty straight forward. They literally let you “add-on” another domain to your hosting account so you can host multiple domains from a single cPanel account. So how does cPanel do this magic? Most of it has to do with the configuration of the web server and of course, you don’t have to worry about that. The only thing you really need to be concerned with is “where do I put my files?”. With cPanel your web pages will be put in your public_html directory. When you add-on domains (unless you change cPanel’s defaults) they will simply be directories under your public_html directory. Visually they look like this:
/public_html/
/public_html/domain2.com
/pubic_html/domain3.com
So what is this 1+1 and 1+10 nonsense on the Doreo web site?
OK, first off, let’s blame that on the marketing guys, ok? This is simply the best notation we could come up with to explain how many accounts you can host on a single Doreo hosting account. With our SH-A plan you can host one main domain (the one you sign up for) and then you can add one more sub-domain or add-on domain or parked domain. With the SH-B plan you can host one main domain and then up to ten more sub/add-on/parked domains. It does not matter how many of which kind as long as the totally does not exceed ten.
Hopefully this clears up the mystery a bit about sub/add-on and parked domains (and why you’d use them). If things are still not quite clear please feel free to contact Doreo sales (by phone, chat or email) and we’ll do our best to explain it.
Writer’s Bio: Frank Feingold is the President of Doreo Hosting. Frank’s responsibility at Doreo includes new product development and customer satisfaction. Frank has been involved in the web hosting industry since 2001. Prior to his web hosting career Frank had 20+ years of mainframe and mid-range experince working in corporate america.
(The Hosting News)-Following the time honoured tradition of January Sales in the United Kingdom, UK domain name and website hosting firm 34SP.com has announced a special promotional sale to run for the month of January which offers all new domain names at 50 percent off the normal retail price.
According to information released by 34SP.com, the company will offer .co.uk domain names for just £2.50 per year for the first 2 years during the promotional period. Recently conducted market research indicates that this is the lowest price currently available for UK domains. Additionally, the company said that this is the lowest .co.uk domain name price it has ever offered. The special January Sale pricing covers all top level domains offered by the company including, .com, .net, .org, .eu and .mobi to name just a few. There is no limit on the number of domains that may be ordered at the discounted price. 34SP.com is a Nominet certified domain registrar.
Stuart Melling, co-founder of 34SP.com commented on the half price domain name sale, ”We are happy to offer these historically low domain name prices during this time of economic uncertainty. Any time you can save half off a purchase that you really need, it helps out. Of course we also expect that customers will discover our service oriented web hosting products, and take advantage of our great values in hosting as well.”
34SP.com offers a wide variety of the most popular domain name types including UK domain names. The prices for these domains during the special January Sale is 50% off standard retail prices. The 50% off pricing is available on new domain purchases only (excludes renewals or transfers) and will revert to standard pricing upon renewal. The 34SP.com January Sale is for a limited time only – and will conclude at the end of January 2010.
34SP.com has solidified its reputation based on great customer service. The company recently upgraded to to the latest version of the SmarterTrack help desk application software created by SmarterTools. According to information released by 34SP.com, the company is continuing its efforts to provide the highest possible levels of technical support to web hosting clients. The company was also recently among the first web hosts to offer a new VPS template, pre-installed with the Google Go development language, ready for rapid development testing. Go is a proprietary programming language that Google has been using internally for a quite some time, and has now been released under an open source license.
To learn more about 34SP.com domain name registration and the special January Sale pricing please visit: http://www.34sp.com/domains.
About 34SP.com
34SP.com offers professional website hosting services for cost conscious web developers, designers and small businesses. The 34SP.com team of technical experts offers industry leading support and service coupled with a money back guarantee to ensure client satisfaction. Website hosting services offered include: UK domains, UK web hosting and dedicated servers. The company is headquartered in central Manchester, England.
.co.uk Domains at Half Price is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.
(The Hosting News)-Following the time honoured tradition of January Sales in the United Kingdom, UK domain name and website hosting firm 34SP.com has announced a special promotional sale to run for the month of January which offers all new domain names at 50 percent off the normal retail price.
According to information released by 34SP.com, the company will offer .co.uk domain names for just £2.50 per year for the first 2 years during the promotional period. Recently conducted market research indicates that this is the lowest price currently available for UK domains. Additionally, the company said that this is the lowest .co.uk domain name price it has ever offered. The special January Sale pricing covers all top level domains offered by the company including, .com, .net, .org, .eu and .mobi to name just a few. There is no limit on the number of domains that may be ordered at the discounted price. 34SP.com is a Nominet certified domain registrar.
Stuart Melling, co-founder of 34SP.com commented on the half price domain name sale, ”We are happy to offer these historically low domain name prices during this time of economic uncertainty. Any time you can save half off a purchase that you really need, it helps out. Of course we also expect that customers will discover our service oriented web hosting products, and take advantage of our great values in hosting as well.”
34SP.com offers a wide variety of the most popular domain name types including UK domain names. The prices for these domains during the special January Sale is 50% off standard retail prices. The 50% off pricing is available on new domain purchases only (excludes renewals or transfers) and will revert to standard pricing upon renewal. The 34SP.com January Sale is for a limited time only – and will conclude at the end of January 2010.
34SP.com has solidified its reputation based on great customer service. The company recently upgraded to to the latest version of the SmarterTrack help desk application software created by SmarterTools. According to information released by 34SP.com, the company is continuing its efforts to provide the highest possible levels of technical support to web hosting clients. The company was also recently among the first web hosts to offer a new VPS template, pre-installed with the Google Go development language, ready for rapid development testing. Go is a proprietary programming language that Google has been using internally for a quite some time, and has now been released under an open source license.
To learn more about 34SP.com domain name registration and the special January Sale pricing please visit: http://www.34sp.com/domains.
About 34SP.com
34SP.com offers professional website hosting services for cost conscious web developers, designers and small businesses. The 34SP.com team of technical experts offers industry leading support and service coupled with a money back guarantee to ensure client satisfaction. Website hosting services offered include: UK domains, UK web hosting and dedicated servers. The company is headquartered in central Manchester, England.
.co.uk Domains at Half Price is a post from: Hosting News and Reseller Web Hosting information.
The late 90s saw the trendy .com extension take the internet world by storm. Thousands of individuals and businesses invested a significant amount of time and money into obtaining domain names attached with this extension; some to use for a website, others solely to make a profit. The .com explosion should have taught us a lot, and one of those lessons is that if you have your heart set a particular domain name, you must act fast and secure it before someone beats you to it. Many hopeful registrants take a trip to the register only to find that their idea name has already been registered and taken off the market. This just goes to show that a good piece of internet real estate is becoming harder to find. With the recent launch of .tel top level domains, internet users have another opportunity to secure the domain name they actually want.
The Benefits of .tel Domains
.tel domains are not your ordinary extension. This new global internet standard allows you to control how and where you connect with your audience. Below are some of the many benefits internet users are raving about:
Stay in Touch from any Device - A .tel domain enables your brand name or business to be accessible from any client device connected to the internet. For example, customers can type your website address into their browser, choose their preferred method of contact and simply click a button to initiate the communication process. Since the TLD is optimized for mobile devices, it allows you to create a strong mobile presence through the increasing large number of compatible devices
Potential Revenue Generator - You could also use a .tel domain for a variety of services based on generic names such as shoes.tel, computers.tel, hosting.tel or whatever you desire. Just like .coms, each individual domain can easily be configured to have numerous sub-domains in order provide convenient navigation to local vendors or specialists.
Increased Exposure - By registering a .tel domain, you can greatly increase the visibility of your business as it allows you to publish multilingual keywords specific to each department and location associated with your company. Because these keywords are indexed by the major search engines, this extension can easily improve optimization and exposure for your online business.
Increased E-commerce Traffic – A .tel domain can be useful in offering and selling various storefront products and services. For instance, a music orientated site could provide their users with the latest news or popular downloadable mobile content such as ringtones or MP3 files. Such exclusive offerings can work wonders at driving traffic to traditional online storefronts.
Is it Time for a .Tel?
Though certainly not as widespread as the more mature options, .tel is catching on quickly as a viable TLD. The hype and distinct benefits could make this extension just as popular and highly sought after as .com in a few years. And while still not available at all registrars, .tel is being increasingly adopted and comes at a price that is comparable to traditional extensions. We don’t encourage you to give up that catchy .com you finally secured, but this new option is definitely one you want to consider.
Herndon, Virginia – (The Hosting News) – July 1, 2009 – Web hosting provider, domain name registration and services firm, Network Solutions, recently announced, in celebration of Independence Day, that it will offer .US names at a discounted price.
Sean Kaine of Network Solutions remarked, ”The World Wide Web is moving beyond .com. As new top level domains are being added, the .US domain name extension remains a popular alternative for domain name registrations.”
After the original .com, .net and .org domain name extensions, .US is one of the most popular among United States individuals. The .US domain name is useful in signifying that a business is American owned and operated, as well as for companies for whom the business name .com domain name extension is taken by another organization.
Surrounding the July 4th celebration of Independence Day in the US, Network Solutions will have a banner on their Web site storefront offering access to the $9.99 .US domain name promotion.
Mr. Kaine added, ”Registering a .US domain is just as easy as before. But this discount offers added incentive.”
Network Solutions is a provider of web solutions and domain name registration services, offers a full range of web-related services, including web hosting, web design, e-commerce software, search engine marketing, SSL certificates, e-mail services and domain name registration. Network Solutions is privately owned by General Atlantic a leading global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growth companies. General Atlantic combines a collaborative global approach, sector-specific expertise, long-term investment horizon and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great management and build exceptional businesses worldwide.
For more information, please visit: www.networksolutions.com.
Herndon, Virginia – (The Hosting News) – July 1, 2009 – Web hosting provider, domain name registration and services firm, Network Solutions, recently announced, in celebration of Independence Day, that it will offer .US names at a discounted price.
Sean Kaine of Network Solutions remarked, ”The World Wide Web is moving beyond .com. As new top level domains are being added, the .US domain name extension remains a popular alternative for domain name registrations.”
After the original .com, .net and .org domain name extensions, .US is one of the most popular among United States individuals. The .US domain name is useful in signifying that a business is American owned and operated, as well as for companies for whom the business name .com domain name extension is taken by another organization.
Surrounding the July 4th celebration of Independence Day in the US, Network Solutions will have a banner on their Web site storefront offering access to the $9.99 .US domain name promotion.
Mr. Kaine added, ”Registering a .US domain is just as easy as before. But this discount offers added incentive.”
Network Solutions is a provider of web solutions and domain name registration services, offers a full range of web-related services, including web hosting, web design, e-commerce software, search engine marketing, SSL certificates, e-mail services and domain name registration. Network Solutions is privately owned by General Atlantic a leading global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growth companies. General Atlantic combines a collaborative global approach, sector-specific expertise, long-term investment horizon and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great management and build exceptional businesses worldwide.
For more information, please visit: www.networksolutions.com.
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