by Ewan Bain
In this article we will cover the basics of what a domain name is, how they work and why you need to have at least one. I am going to try and avoid complicated computer terms and stick to explanations that should be easily understood by someone without a computer science degree.
What is a Domain Name? Before we can go into what a domain name is I'm going to tell you why we need them as the answers compliment each other. The Internet is just a really big collection of connected computers (a network). For the purpose of explaining domain names you can think of the Internet a bit like the phone system and just like the phone system every computer on the Internet has it's own phone number except an Internet phone number is called an IP addresses. This address is made up of up to 12 digits in the form 123.123.123.123, computers use these IP addresses to send information to each other over the Internet.
When the Internet was first created it quickly became clear that these IP addresses were not easy to remember and another method was need to make these addresses more human friendly. The solution to this was the Domain Name System (DNS). Basically the DNS is a really really big phone book for computers. When you type a web site address into your web browser it checks the DNS for that website name and finds the IP address. Once it has the IP address it can then send a message to that computer and ask it for the web page you wanted.
Ok so you know a domain name is part of a web site address but which part? Lets look at a website address so we can identify and discuss what bit of it is a domain name.
http://www.itxcel.com/index.htm
The above address is the home page of the itXcel web site. It can be split into 3 main parts. The first part is http:// this just tells your web browser what kind of information it is going to get and how to get it. The last part is /index.htm this is name of the files on the remote computer that you want your browser to get. The bit in the middle www.itxcel.com is a domain name. This is the name that your computer sends to the DNS to get back the IP address.
So you know what a domain name is and that there is a phone book called the DNS to change your easy to remember domain name into an IP address that you computer can understand. The Internet phone book (DNS) is special in that everyone on the Internet needs to be able to use it. This makes the DNS very very big (100+ million addresses big). Due to the size of this phone book it needed to have a carefully organised and managed structure.
Domain names themselves are split into different levels like a hierarchy. The DNS system uses this hierarchy to search the DNS for the IP address of the domain name it is trying to find. The last bit of a domain, in the previous example the com part is called the top level domain. There are a large selection of top level domains like com, net, org and info. There are also very similar endings called country level domains like uk and de. Each of the top level and country level domains are managed by a different organization, sometimes these are companies or non profit organizations and sometimes governments. In the domain business these organisations are referred to as the registries. Each registry looks after it's own part of the domain name system.
If you decide you want to use a domain name in the top level domain com, like mycompany.com you would have to have this name assigned by the registry that manages that top level domain (for .com a US company called VeriSign). The process of being assigned a domain name is called domain registration.
Domain registration is more like a lease than a purchase. You are renting the second level domain (the mycompany bit) from Verisign for a specific amount of time normally between 1 and 10 years at a time. Most of the organizations that allow you to register a second level domain charge a fee for each year that you register the domain for. With almost all domain names you are also given the option to renew your registration (lease) when it is close to running out (expiring).
Once you have registered a second level domain you are free to create as many third level domains (sometimes called sub domains) as you like. In our previous example the www is a sub domain of itxcel.com
Most of the registries that manage these top level domain names do not allow individuals or businesses to register domains directly with them. To register a domain you need to use a company like itXcel. We act as a registrar and send all the required information and the registration fee to the registry. Registrars are useful as they hide the differences that exist in each of the registries from the customer and provide a simple step by step process for registering a domain. A registrar also allows you to manage and track all your domains from one place rather than having to deal with a different company for each top level domain.
OK so I know what a domain name is, Why do need one? Can you image what a nightmare it would be if you had an email address like myname@123.246.128.255 or a web site address http://123.246.128.255/. These addresses are possible but not very easy to remember. Now if you register a domain name you could create an email address like myname@mycompany.com and a web site address like http://mycompany.com These are much easier to remember and look 100 times more professional.
One of the important points about registering a domain is that once done you have an exclusive right to use that domain for as long as you keep the domain registered in your name. If you do not renew a domain at the end of it's registration period it will again become available for registration by someone else. For this reason even if you don't want or need a web site at the moment, it's still a good idea to register a domain as soon as possible. Just imagine if your competition registered the domain name of your company or product. Although there is a process in place to retrieve these domain it can be long and complicated. It is definitely simpler to spend a little money up front to secure your chosen domain names.
To find out what domains are available and to quickly and cheaply register them visit http://www.itxcel.com now and enter your desired name in the domain search box.
About the Author
Ewan Bain is the general manager at itXcel Internet Limited - Based in the UK itXcel provide Internet services, including domain name registration and web site hosting to small to medium sized businesses and home users. For more information visit Our Website.
Source : http://www.website2.com/articles/domains.htm
Selasa, 10 Juli 2007
What is a domain name at all? A domain name is the text name corresponding to the numeric IP address of a computer server and associated website on th
What is a domain name at all? A domain name is the text name corresponding to the numeric IP address of a computer server and associated website on the Internet. When you decide to have your own website you also need to decide on a domain name where you can use your website and where people can find it. But how do you find a good domain name and what do you have to be aware of when choosing a domain name?
Sometimes a good domain name for your website is to choose a domain name that matches the name of your website. As an example, a website uses the business name it represents as its name and the matching domain name is "businessname.com". This helps identifying the business on the Internet. A very well known real life example is the website of Microsoft, which can be found at Microsoft.com.
The use of keywords in domain names can be important. Some search engines identify the keywords and deliver the matching website as a search results to people doing a search for this keyword. Using keywords in domain names can often have significant impact on how well a website is ranked in the search results. However - keyword stuffing in domain names is a bad thing to. People will have difficulties remembering those names and it just does not look as professional. If you are serious about your domain name avoid domain names like "search-engine-success-guaranteed.com" or something like that. You will get the idea. How long or short should a domain name be? The shorter a domain name the easier it is to remember. A short domain name also looks more professional (some exceptions may apply though). The perfect domain name has 14 characters or less. However - it is not always possible to follow this rule. If you need to work with more than 14 characters, 22 characters should be your upper limit. Do not go with longer domain names to avoid problems.
Should a domain name include hyphens? Hyphens in general are not a bad thing but you might loose visitors to the same domain name without hyphens. Using a hyphenated domain name makes verbal advertising more difficult as the speaker has to make sure that people understand the hyphen (dash) in the domain name. Still - it will be a significant disadvantage using a hyphenated domain name for advertising. For search engine optimization a hyphen does not really matter though and the domain name or better - website will show up at the same position as a non-hyphenated domain name.
The domain name extension or TLD (Top Level Domain) plays an important role, too. ?.com? domain names will always be the best choice to go with. This does not mean that your website will not be successful if you decide to go with a different TLD like .us or .info.
Source : http://www.thewhir.com/find/domain-names/guides/tips_tricks_choosing_right_domain_name.cfm
Sometimes a good domain name for your website is to choose a domain name that matches the name of your website. As an example, a website uses the business name it represents as its name and the matching domain name is "businessname.com". This helps identifying the business on the Internet. A very well known real life example is the website of Microsoft, which can be found at Microsoft.com.
The use of keywords in domain names can be important. Some search engines identify the keywords and deliver the matching website as a search results to people doing a search for this keyword. Using keywords in domain names can often have significant impact on how well a website is ranked in the search results. However - keyword stuffing in domain names is a bad thing to. People will have difficulties remembering those names and it just does not look as professional. If you are serious about your domain name avoid domain names like "search-engine-success-guaranteed.com" or something like that. You will get the idea. How long or short should a domain name be? The shorter a domain name the easier it is to remember. A short domain name also looks more professional (some exceptions may apply though). The perfect domain name has 14 characters or less. However - it is not always possible to follow this rule. If you need to work with more than 14 characters, 22 characters should be your upper limit. Do not go with longer domain names to avoid problems.
Should a domain name include hyphens? Hyphens in general are not a bad thing but you might loose visitors to the same domain name without hyphens. Using a hyphenated domain name makes verbal advertising more difficult as the speaker has to make sure that people understand the hyphen (dash) in the domain name. Still - it will be a significant disadvantage using a hyphenated domain name for advertising. For search engine optimization a hyphen does not really matter though and the domain name or better - website will show up at the same position as a non-hyphenated domain name.
The domain name extension or TLD (Top Level Domain) plays an important role, too. ?.com? domain names will always be the best choice to go with. This does not mean that your website will not be successful if you decide to go with a different TLD like .us or .info.
Source : http://www.thewhir.com/find/domain-names/guides/tips_tricks_choosing_right_domain_name.cfm
Research article: Domain Name Protection in China: Practice under the Current Regime by Gary Soo Abstract: With the Internet becoming the nerve syst
Research article: Domain Name Protection in China:
Practice under the Current Regime by Gary Soo
Abstract: With the Internet becoming the nerve system
of the global economy, domain names acquire the
important status of virtual identities of corporations
on the Internet in the ever enlarging global market.
The commercial values of domain names in China are of
increasing importance as business identifiers in
current times of exponential growth of trade
activities and large-scale economic development. This
paper describes the current law and practice governing
registration of Internet domain names in China.
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v11n3/soo113.html
Source : http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/apple/archive/2004/11/msg00007.html
Practice under the Current Regime by Gary Soo
Abstract: With the Internet becoming the nerve system
of the global economy, domain names acquire the
important status of virtual identities of corporations
on the Internet in the ever enlarging global market.
The commercial values of domain names in China are of
increasing importance as business identifiers in
current times of exponential growth of trade
activities and large-scale economic development. This
paper describes the current law and practice governing
registration of Internet domain names in China.
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v11n3/soo113.html
Source : http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/apple/archive/2004/11/msg00007.html
Net Watch Article - Domain Names
Domain Names, those little things people scramble to get to help make them unique from all the other Web Sites. There was a day when things were pretty simple. There was one authority and they kept a big database of all the names and who they belonged to. Network Solutions was the only “Registrar.” The only problem with this arrangement is that being the only registrar they monopolized the pricing. Today the picture is very different. There are several top level Registrars and many of them have reseller arrangements that allow for anyone to manage domain names for their clients. The good news is that the prices have come from $35 per year to as low as $14.95 per year. The bad news is that some of these registrars favor the reseller over the registrant.
Ok so what do I mean by that last statement. Here is how a typical transaction used to take place. If you wanted a domain name you would go to Network Solutions pay the $35 fee and “register” your name. There were three contacts for every domain: Administrator, the “owner” of the domain; Technical contact, the person responsible for making technical changes to the domain like host name changes, etc; and the Billing contact, this is where to send the yearly bill. In most cases you would be the Administrative contact and billing contact and your web host would be the technical contact. You being the administrative contact, have total control over the domain. This scenario favors you the registrant. Many registrars still follow this rule, however there are some that don’t.
Recently I was helping a client move about 20+ domains from his old web provider to a new registrar. This should not be a difficult thing to accomplish. Well it has been two months trying and we are still not done. The reason, he was registered with BulkRegister.com through one of their resellers and they favor the reseller over the registrant. Even though he was the Administrative contact, the reseller had to approve all requests! In a practical sense his domains were being held hostage by the reseller. I finally had to make calls to BulkRegister.com and have them place an automatic approval flag on his records in order to bypass the reseller’s involvement. We will find out this week if this solves the problem.
Truthfully, these problems have more to do with the character of the person that is handling your Web Site than the place your domain is registered. If the reseller had simply approved the notices, things would have gone smoothly the first time. It really gets dangerous when you “trust” the person to register your domain and you are not listed as the administrative contact. There are times when out of convenience and timing that we register a domain for a client using our own contact info, but once the site is up and paid for, we modify the admin contact to that of the site owner. It really is a matter of trust and track record.
We currently use our web host as the registrar for all our domains and are in the process of creating an easy interface for our clients to access and change their registration information and to administer their domains. If you are curious as to what is going on with your domain, point your browser here http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois and type in your domain name without the www. The results should display who manages or who is listed as the contacts for the domain.
Source : http://www.dogriverdesign.com/articles/a2003-04-01.asp
Ok so what do I mean by that last statement. Here is how a typical transaction used to take place. If you wanted a domain name you would go to Network Solutions pay the $35 fee and “register” your name. There were three contacts for every domain: Administrator, the “owner” of the domain; Technical contact, the person responsible for making technical changes to the domain like host name changes, etc; and the Billing contact, this is where to send the yearly bill. In most cases you would be the Administrative contact and billing contact and your web host would be the technical contact. You being the administrative contact, have total control over the domain. This scenario favors you the registrant. Many registrars still follow this rule, however there are some that don’t.
Recently I was helping a client move about 20+ domains from his old web provider to a new registrar. This should not be a difficult thing to accomplish. Well it has been two months trying and we are still not done. The reason, he was registered with BulkRegister.com through one of their resellers and they favor the reseller over the registrant. Even though he was the Administrative contact, the reseller had to approve all requests! In a practical sense his domains were being held hostage by the reseller. I finally had to make calls to BulkRegister.com and have them place an automatic approval flag on his records in order to bypass the reseller’s involvement. We will find out this week if this solves the problem.
Truthfully, these problems have more to do with the character of the person that is handling your Web Site than the place your domain is registered. If the reseller had simply approved the notices, things would have gone smoothly the first time. It really gets dangerous when you “trust” the person to register your domain and you are not listed as the administrative contact. There are times when out of convenience and timing that we register a domain for a client using our own contact info, but once the site is up and paid for, we modify the admin contact to that of the site owner. It really is a matter of trust and track record.
We currently use our web host as the registrar for all our domains and are in the process of creating an easy interface for our clients to access and change their registration information and to administer their domains. If you are curious as to what is going on with your domain, point your browser here http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois and type in your domain name without the www. The results should display who manages or who is listed as the contacts for the domain.
Source : http://www.dogriverdesign.com/articles/a2003-04-01.asp
How To Become A Domain Name Registrar
One of the hallmarks of the Internet is its unregulated, uncensored content. Virtually anyone can own and operate a Web site affordably. But one prominent area of the 'Net is regulated and costs a lot of money to join—the business of domain name registration.
ICANN, the U.S.-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, oversees the businesses that register domain names for end users. Because it is the governing body for the regulation of old and designation of new TLDs (top-level domains; the identifying extension at the end of a URL), it determines who can and cannot register domain names that have ICANN-designated TLDs.
The good news is that the steps for applying to become an ICANN-accredited registrar are clearly spelled out on the ICANN site (www.icann.org/registrars/accreditation.htm). Application is open to anyone—that is, anyone with a Web-based business, a big pile of cash, and good credit.
Forms. Your first step is to complete the ICANN Registrar Accreditation Application and submit it with supporting documents and a nonrefundable $2,500 application fee to ICANN headquarters in Marina del Rey, Calif. A copy of the application is available at the ICANN Web site, but online application is not permissible. Hard copies of the application and supporting documents, along with the fee, must be delivered to ICANN offices.
The application begins with a request for general information about your business or proposed business, such as its location; legal description; and the names of its directors, officers, and anyone owning at least 5% of the company.
When you get to the applications tenth question, you'll see that the process of applying for ICANN approval is not for the faint of heart. This is a 15-part inquiry that seeks a thorough disclosure of your business's capabilities (or proposed capabilities) and overall company plan. You'll need to address topics such as system security, information processing systems, the number of domain name registrations you anticipate handling in a month's time, insurance coverage of your business, and working capital.
The supporting documents you'll need to include with the application are indicated within the questionnaire. One such document is proof of insurance coverage for your business; another is a copy of your company's most recent annual report, if applicable.
Funding. Now, get out your checkbook. As mentioned, you'll need to send the nonrefundable registration fee of $2,500USD along with your application. If ICANN approves you as a registrar, you'll need to come up with more money for each TLD you register domain names in. Annually, the accreditation fee for one TLD is $4,000, plus $500 for each additional TLD. Currently, ICANN is accrediting registrars in the .biz, .com, .info, .name, .net, and .org TLDs.
But wait—there's more. You must prove to ICANN that you have at least $70,000 in working capital, cash, or credit. For proof, you can submit an independently verified financial statement of your capital. In addition, ICANN will assess your business a quarterly accreditation fee after you have begun registering names. This fee goes to support the operating costs of ICANN, a nonprofit governing body founded four years ago by a coalition of Internet-related groups. The fee will vary depending on the number of names you register and the number of all names ICANN-accredited registrars register.
ICANN advises that these costs are not necessarily all the expenses you might encounter to get your registrar business up and running, but they do include all that you'll need to pay for ICANN accreditation.
Final considerations. Once you have submitted all the necessary forms and fees, ICANN will notify you by email to let you know if you won accreditation status. With your approval, it will also list your business's name and contact information on its Web site in a section listing all ICANN-accredited registrars. (You may choose to delay the announcement of your accreditation for business purposes.)
Next, you must read, sign, and return a Registrar Accreditation Agreement to ICANN. A copy of this agreement is posted at www.icann.org/registrars/ra-agreement-17may01.htm. A few weeks after submitting this agreement to ICANN, you will be required to send in your annual TLD fees. Once you pass testing and become operational, you may begin registering domain names.
Source : http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0209/48c09/48c09.asp&guid
ICANN, the U.S.-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, oversees the businesses that register domain names for end users. Because it is the governing body for the regulation of old and designation of new TLDs (top-level domains; the identifying extension at the end of a URL), it determines who can and cannot register domain names that have ICANN-designated TLDs.
The good news is that the steps for applying to become an ICANN-accredited registrar are clearly spelled out on the ICANN site (www.icann.org/registrars/accreditation.htm). Application is open to anyone—that is, anyone with a Web-based business, a big pile of cash, and good credit.
Forms. Your first step is to complete the ICANN Registrar Accreditation Application and submit it with supporting documents and a nonrefundable $2,500 application fee to ICANN headquarters in Marina del Rey, Calif. A copy of the application is available at the ICANN Web site, but online application is not permissible. Hard copies of the application and supporting documents, along with the fee, must be delivered to ICANN offices.
The application begins with a request for general information about your business or proposed business, such as its location; legal description; and the names of its directors, officers, and anyone owning at least 5% of the company.
When you get to the applications tenth question, you'll see that the process of applying for ICANN approval is not for the faint of heart. This is a 15-part inquiry that seeks a thorough disclosure of your business's capabilities (or proposed capabilities) and overall company plan. You'll need to address topics such as system security, information processing systems, the number of domain name registrations you anticipate handling in a month's time, insurance coverage of your business, and working capital.
The supporting documents you'll need to include with the application are indicated within the questionnaire. One such document is proof of insurance coverage for your business; another is a copy of your company's most recent annual report, if applicable.
Funding. Now, get out your checkbook. As mentioned, you'll need to send the nonrefundable registration fee of $2,500USD along with your application. If ICANN approves you as a registrar, you'll need to come up with more money for each TLD you register domain names in. Annually, the accreditation fee for one TLD is $4,000, plus $500 for each additional TLD. Currently, ICANN is accrediting registrars in the .biz, .com, .info, .name, .net, and .org TLDs.
But wait—there's more. You must prove to ICANN that you have at least $70,000 in working capital, cash, or credit. For proof, you can submit an independently verified financial statement of your capital. In addition, ICANN will assess your business a quarterly accreditation fee after you have begun registering names. This fee goes to support the operating costs of ICANN, a nonprofit governing body founded four years ago by a coalition of Internet-related groups. The fee will vary depending on the number of names you register and the number of all names ICANN-accredited registrars register.
ICANN advises that these costs are not necessarily all the expenses you might encounter to get your registrar business up and running, but they do include all that you'll need to pay for ICANN accreditation.
Final considerations. Once you have submitted all the necessary forms and fees, ICANN will notify you by email to let you know if you won accreditation status. With your approval, it will also list your business's name and contact information on its Web site in a section listing all ICANN-accredited registrars. (You may choose to delay the announcement of your accreditation for business purposes.)
Next, you must read, sign, and return a Registrar Accreditation Agreement to ICANN. A copy of this agreement is posted at www.icann.org/registrars/ra-agreement-17may01.htm. A few weeks after submitting this agreement to ICANN, you will be required to send in your annual TLD fees. Once you pass testing and become operational, you may begin registering domain names.
Source : http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0209/48c09/48c09.asp&guid
Domain Names
Domain Names
Yahoo! Domains Is A Convenient Option
Before you jump into creating a Web site for your small business, you need to first register a domain name. The domain name forms the address that people use to access your site. You may also register a domain name if you want to reserve it for future use, or if it’s similar to a name you already reserved. Domain name registration is one of the services that Yahoo! Small Business (smallbusiness.yahoo.com) offers.
What You Get
With Yahoo! Domains you can register your domain name using the TLD (top-level domain) designations of .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, and .us.
When you register a domain name with Yahoo! Domains you can sign up for one, two, three, or five years at $9.95 per year (Yahoo! was offer-ing discounts on names recently, so the cost may be lower); use a Web-based domain name management tool; and create a customizable starter Web page. You can also use a Yahoo! mailbox to receive email sent to your domain name, forward the domain name to an existing site, and access 24-hour email and toll-free telephone support. You also have the option to subscribe to Yahoo! email and Web hosting plans and use the domain locking feature.
If you want to register a domain name for personal use rather than business use, you can do so with Yahoo! Domains. However, if your goal is to create a personal Web site, check out Yahoo!’s Geo-Cities service (geocities.yahoo.com). GeoCities is designed specifically for low-traffic, personal Web sites. It offers free and low-cost service options.
Register & Manage A New Domain
The Yahoo! Domains service is located at smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains. To register, click the Sign Up button. The service displays a tool that searches for the....
Source : http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/r1002/46r02/46r02.asp&guid
Yahoo! Domains Is A Convenient Option
Before you jump into creating a Web site for your small business, you need to first register a domain name. The domain name forms the address that people use to access your site. You may also register a domain name if you want to reserve it for future use, or if it’s similar to a name you already reserved. Domain name registration is one of the services that Yahoo! Small Business (smallbusiness.yahoo.com) offers.
What You Get
With Yahoo! Domains you can register your domain name using the TLD (top-level domain) designations of .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, and .us.
When you register a domain name with Yahoo! Domains you can sign up for one, two, three, or five years at $9.95 per year (Yahoo! was offer-ing discounts on names recently, so the cost may be lower); use a Web-based domain name management tool; and create a customizable starter Web page. You can also use a Yahoo! mailbox to receive email sent to your domain name, forward the domain name to an existing site, and access 24-hour email and toll-free telephone support. You also have the option to subscribe to Yahoo! email and Web hosting plans and use the domain locking feature.
If you want to register a domain name for personal use rather than business use, you can do so with Yahoo! Domains. However, if your goal is to create a personal Web site, check out Yahoo!’s Geo-Cities service (geocities.yahoo.com). GeoCities is designed specifically for low-traffic, personal Web sites. It offers free and low-cost service options.
Register & Manage A New Domain
The Yahoo! Domains service is located at smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains. To register, click the Sign Up button. The service displays a tool that searches for the....
Source : http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/r1002/46r02/46r02.asp&guid
Domain Names Need Standard Format
American City & County, June, 2000
Looking for the local government website for Ferndale, Michigan? Try www.ferndale-mi.com. Users searching for information on Walker, Michigan will end up at www.ci.walker.mi.us. Hanover Park, Illinois can be found at www.hanoverparkillinois.org. Those addresses have one thing in common: each is the location of a city website. However, their inconsistencies have created much confusion for people searching for city web pages. Standardizing the domain names for city and county websites will allow any user to find any city or county web page by following a basic formula:
ci.cityname.stateabbreviation.us or co.countyname.stateabbreviation.us
Many cities and counties are not aware that there is a standard name that their local governments should use. The above address for Walker is the only one that follows the conventions set by the U.S. Domain Registry, which is administered by the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. U.S. domains are reserved for locality-based organizations. However, a quick scan of local websites at www.officialcitysites.org shows that fewer than 50 percent of cities use the proper name, with the rest evenly split between dot-com and dot-org.
The U.S. domain can be used by businesses, individuals, state government agencies, schools, libraries, museums, and city and county government agencies. Differences in the addresses reflect the types of jurisdictions using them. For example, Novi, Michigan uses ci.novi.mi.us. Businesses in Novi can register as businessname.novi.mi.us. And, Oakland County, home of Novi is properly registered as co.oakland.mi.us.
Users can register local government names at no charge at www.nic.us. Commercial and nonprofit organizations are charged $35 per year for their dot-com or dot-org domain names.
It is easy to register a domain name; in fact, the lack of difficulty has created problems for some dot-us users. Before a 1997 policy change, several private groups each snapped up as many as 500 local government domain names. When cities began developing their sites, they either had to buy the domain name from the previous registrants, pay a monthly fee to the "squatters" or find alternate addresses. ISI has since modified its policy to require a local government official to be named as administrator of the domain, allowing the city to control the domain name.
Currently, the squatters are charging cities $35 to $50 a year to "lease" domain names, but nothing prevents the squatters from increasing prices. Additionally, many domain name managers have mismanaged the sites, preventing users from accessing them. Partly to avoid the fees and partly because they prefer to own their domain names directly, many municipalities have chosen web addresses that may incorporate a dot-com or dot-org instead of dot-us.
"I can't allow my village to be held hostage over something as important as our website name," says Mary Malloy-Rhee, director of public relations for Hanover Park, Illinois. "If I can't sign a long-term agreement [with the name owner], I'd rather find an appropriate dot-org domain name."
As a result of those problems, the U.S. Domain is used infrequently. But some cities and counties are calling for ISI to institute some new policies for domain name management. They reason that, if ISI were to institute an annual charge for domains and regulate the price that can be charged, the squatters might release the domains.
They also argue that ISI should strip rights from squatters when chronic mismanagement of a domain is documented. According to local governments, a website's success should not be affected by the incompetence of a domain manager that the city or county did not choose and cannot change.
The author is owner of Municipal Web Services, a Birmingham, Mich.-based firm that provides Internet services to municipalities. He can be reached at curt@muniweb.com.
Source : http://www.muniweb.com/NewsAndViews/0006ACC.htm
Looking for the local government website for Ferndale, Michigan? Try www.ferndale-mi.com. Users searching for information on Walker, Michigan will end up at www.ci.walker.mi.us. Hanover Park, Illinois can be found at www.hanoverparkillinois.org. Those addresses have one thing in common: each is the location of a city website. However, their inconsistencies have created much confusion for people searching for city web pages. Standardizing the domain names for city and county websites will allow any user to find any city or county web page by following a basic formula:
ci.cityname.stateabbreviation.us or co.countyname.stateabbreviation.us
Many cities and counties are not aware that there is a standard name that their local governments should use. The above address for Walker is the only one that follows the conventions set by the U.S. Domain Registry, which is administered by the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. U.S. domains are reserved for locality-based organizations. However, a quick scan of local websites at www.officialcitysites.org shows that fewer than 50 percent of cities use the proper name, with the rest evenly split between dot-com and dot-org.
The U.S. domain can be used by businesses, individuals, state government agencies, schools, libraries, museums, and city and county government agencies. Differences in the addresses reflect the types of jurisdictions using them. For example, Novi, Michigan uses ci.novi.mi.us. Businesses in Novi can register as businessname.novi.mi.us. And, Oakland County, home of Novi is properly registered as co.oakland.mi.us.
Users can register local government names at no charge at www.nic.us. Commercial and nonprofit organizations are charged $35 per year for their dot-com or dot-org domain names.
It is easy to register a domain name; in fact, the lack of difficulty has created problems for some dot-us users. Before a 1997 policy change, several private groups each snapped up as many as 500 local government domain names. When cities began developing their sites, they either had to buy the domain name from the previous registrants, pay a monthly fee to the "squatters" or find alternate addresses. ISI has since modified its policy to require a local government official to be named as administrator of the domain, allowing the city to control the domain name.
Currently, the squatters are charging cities $35 to $50 a year to "lease" domain names, but nothing prevents the squatters from increasing prices. Additionally, many domain name managers have mismanaged the sites, preventing users from accessing them. Partly to avoid the fees and partly because they prefer to own their domain names directly, many municipalities have chosen web addresses that may incorporate a dot-com or dot-org instead of dot-us.
"I can't allow my village to be held hostage over something as important as our website name," says Mary Malloy-Rhee, director of public relations for Hanover Park, Illinois. "If I can't sign a long-term agreement [with the name owner], I'd rather find an appropriate dot-org domain name."
As a result of those problems, the U.S. Domain is used infrequently. But some cities and counties are calling for ISI to institute some new policies for domain name management. They reason that, if ISI were to institute an annual charge for domains and regulate the price that can be charged, the squatters might release the domains.
They also argue that ISI should strip rights from squatters when chronic mismanagement of a domain is documented. According to local governments, a website's success should not be affected by the incompetence of a domain manager that the city or county did not choose and cannot change.
The author is owner of Municipal Web Services, a Birmingham, Mich.-based firm that provides Internet services to municipalities. He can be reached at curt@muniweb.com.
Source : http://www.muniweb.com/NewsAndViews/0006ACC.htm
Domain name scammer Brad Norrish declared bankrupt
For the last week I have been dealing with the biggest headache. My domain registrar Registerfly has always sucked. The only reason I stayed with it was the fact I had started using them when I first got into the web. I accumulated so many domains that I didn’t want to spend the money to transfer.
I am changing host this last week and wanted to transfer my domain names as well. It turns out that Registerfly has become the worst domain registrar ever. First they loose their ICANN accreditation, since then the owner, Kevin Medina has decided to take control of people domains by deleting them, not unlocking them for transfer and they are currently under a class action lawsuit. I knew I should of just transferred back in January…
I don’t even know if I will have this domain anymore. It says that the transfer has initiated but who knows if it will work. Two of my other domains are unlocked in the Registerfly control panel but I got errors from my new registrar, saying they are locked. Of course Registerfly isn’t responding to the support tickets and emails, though I expected this because its the main problem people are having.
Besides that, I have moved to a great new host, Media Temple. I have seen so much about these guys on other blogs, of which I highly respect. I figured I would give them a go and I am truly happy. I think everyone should check out their great hosting, its different then any other hosting I have seen in the past. I got the Grid Server hosting, which offers the following
* 100 GBs of premium storage
* 1 TB of short-path bandwidth
* Host up to 100 individual sites
* 1000 email accounts
* 64 MB Ruby/Mongrel container
* Money Back Guarantee
All for just $20 a month, also I would say its the best control panel I have used. I will keep you guys updated with the experience I have with them in the future.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pm and is filed under Personal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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2 Responses to “Domain Names and Hosting Fun!”
1. dan klyn Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
umm.. i dont wanna pee on your MediaTemple parade, but i’ve got a domain hosted there that’s given me no end of email unhappyness. comcast has a blanket ban on any email domains that live in the MT ip space, which means you wont be able to get any emails thru to comcast addresses using email accounts you host with MT.
im serious!
maybe the grid servers have a different enough IP space for this to not be a problem? thought you should know…
2. Dan Shields Says:
April 29th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
I’m going to have to look into all that and make sure my emails don’t get all messed up. Thats the main reason I switched from a friends server, because some people weren’t getting through to my inbox.
In some other news, I successfully transferred this domain and another one of my businesses to my new registrar. Now I just have two others that for some reason won’t get unlocked from RegisterFly.
Source : http://theshieldsdesign.com/blog/2007/04/25/domain-names-and-hosting-fun/
I am changing host this last week and wanted to transfer my domain names as well. It turns out that Registerfly has become the worst domain registrar ever. First they loose their ICANN accreditation, since then the owner, Kevin Medina has decided to take control of people domains by deleting them, not unlocking them for transfer and they are currently under a class action lawsuit. I knew I should of just transferred back in January…
I don’t even know if I will have this domain anymore. It says that the transfer has initiated but who knows if it will work. Two of my other domains are unlocked in the Registerfly control panel but I got errors from my new registrar, saying they are locked. Of course Registerfly isn’t responding to the support tickets and emails, though I expected this because its the main problem people are having.
Besides that, I have moved to a great new host, Media Temple. I have seen so much about these guys on other blogs, of which I highly respect. I figured I would give them a go and I am truly happy. I think everyone should check out their great hosting, its different then any other hosting I have seen in the past. I got the Grid Server hosting, which offers the following
* 100 GBs of premium storage
* 1 TB of short-path bandwidth
* Host up to 100 individual sites
* 1000 email accounts
* 64 MB Ruby/Mongrel container
* Money Back Guarantee
All for just $20 a month, also I would say its the best control panel I have used. I will keep you guys updated with the experience I have with them in the future.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pm and is filed under Personal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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2 Responses to “Domain Names and Hosting Fun!”
1. dan klyn Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
umm.. i dont wanna pee on your MediaTemple parade, but i’ve got a domain hosted there that’s given me no end of email unhappyness. comcast has a blanket ban on any email domains that live in the MT ip space, which means you wont be able to get any emails thru to comcast addresses using email accounts you host with MT.
im serious!
maybe the grid servers have a different enough IP space for this to not be a problem? thought you should know…
2. Dan Shields Says:
April 29th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
I’m going to have to look into all that and make sure my emails don’t get all messed up. Thats the main reason I switched from a friends server, because some people weren’t getting through to my inbox.
In some other news, I successfully transferred this domain and another one of my businesses to my new registrar. Now I just have two others that for some reason won’t get unlocked from RegisterFly.
Source : http://theshieldsdesign.com/blog/2007/04/25/domain-names-and-hosting-fun/
Domain Names and Hosting Fun!
For the last week I have been dealing with the biggest headache. My domain registrar Registerfly has always sucked. The only reason I stayed with it was the fact I had started using them when I first got into the web. I accumulated so many domains that I didn’t want to spend the money to transfer.
I am changing host this last week and wanted to transfer my domain names as well. It turns out that Registerfly has become the worst domain registrar ever. First they loose their ICANN accreditation, since then the owner, Kevin Medina has decided to take control of people domains by deleting them, not unlocking them for transfer and they are currently under a class action lawsuit. I knew I should of just transferred back in January…
I don’t even know if I will have this domain anymore. It says that the transfer has initiated but who knows if it will work. Two of my other domains are unlocked in the Registerfly control panel but I got errors from my new registrar, saying they are locked. Of course Registerfly isn’t responding to the support tickets and emails, though I expected this because its the main problem people are having.
Besides that, I have moved to a great new host, Media Temple. I have seen so much about these guys on other blogs, of which I highly respect. I figured I would give them a go and I am truly happy. I think everyone should check out their great hosting, its different then any other hosting I have seen in the past. I got the Grid Server hosting, which offers the following
* 100 GBs of premium storage
* 1 TB of short-path bandwidth
* Host up to 100 individual sites
* 1000 email accounts
* 64 MB Ruby/Mongrel container
* Money Back Guarantee
All for just $20 a month, also I would say its the best control panel I have used. I will keep you guys updated with the experience I have with them in the future.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pm and is filed under Personal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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2 Responses to “Domain Names and Hosting Fun!”
1. dan klyn Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
umm.. i dont wanna pee on your MediaTemple parade, but i’ve got a domain hosted there that’s given me no end of email unhappyness. comcast has a blanket ban on any email domains that live in the MT ip space, which means you wont be able to get any emails thru to comcast addresses using email accounts you host with MT.
im serious!
maybe the grid servers have a different enough IP space for this to not be a problem? thought you should know…
2. Dan Shields Says:
April 29th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
I’m going to have to look into all that and make sure my emails don’t get all messed up. Thats the main reason I switched from a friends server, because some people weren’t getting through to my inbox.
In some other news, I successfully transferred this domain and another one of my businesses to my new registrar. Now I just have two others that for some reason won’t get unlocked from RegisterFly.
Source : http://theshieldsdesign.com/blog/2007/04/25/domain-names-and-hosting-fun/
I am changing host this last week and wanted to transfer my domain names as well. It turns out that Registerfly has become the worst domain registrar ever. First they loose their ICANN accreditation, since then the owner, Kevin Medina has decided to take control of people domains by deleting them, not unlocking them for transfer and they are currently under a class action lawsuit. I knew I should of just transferred back in January…
I don’t even know if I will have this domain anymore. It says that the transfer has initiated but who knows if it will work. Two of my other domains are unlocked in the Registerfly control panel but I got errors from my new registrar, saying they are locked. Of course Registerfly isn’t responding to the support tickets and emails, though I expected this because its the main problem people are having.
Besides that, I have moved to a great new host, Media Temple. I have seen so much about these guys on other blogs, of which I highly respect. I figured I would give them a go and I am truly happy. I think everyone should check out their great hosting, its different then any other hosting I have seen in the past. I got the Grid Server hosting, which offers the following
* 100 GBs of premium storage
* 1 TB of short-path bandwidth
* Host up to 100 individual sites
* 1000 email accounts
* 64 MB Ruby/Mongrel container
* Money Back Guarantee
All for just $20 a month, also I would say its the best control panel I have used. I will keep you guys updated with the experience I have with them in the future.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pm and is filed under Personal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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2 Responses to “Domain Names and Hosting Fun!”
1. dan klyn Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
umm.. i dont wanna pee on your MediaTemple parade, but i’ve got a domain hosted there that’s given me no end of email unhappyness. comcast has a blanket ban on any email domains that live in the MT ip space, which means you wont be able to get any emails thru to comcast addresses using email accounts you host with MT.
im serious!
maybe the grid servers have a different enough IP space for this to not be a problem? thought you should know…
2. Dan Shields Says:
April 29th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
I’m going to have to look into all that and make sure my emails don’t get all messed up. Thats the main reason I switched from a friends server, because some people weren’t getting through to my inbox.
In some other news, I successfully transferred this domain and another one of my businesses to my new registrar. Now I just have two others that for some reason won’t get unlocked from RegisterFly.
Source : http://theshieldsdesign.com/blog/2007/04/25/domain-names-and-hosting-fun/
Domain Name Registry
Grab A Piece Of The Web For Yourself
A domain name on the Web is more unique and identifying than your personal name. Although there's no rule against how many people can be named Bob Johnson or Susan Miller, there can be only one www.bobjohnson.pro or www.susanmiller.name. The role of assigning domain names falls to Web–based domain name registars.
ICANN Do It
To sell domain name rights, registrars must receive Accredited Registrar status with ICANN. This technical coordinating organization has the responsibility of overseeing the assignment of Internet domain names, IP address numbers, and protocol parameter and port numbers.
All domain names are organized in the Internet DNS (Domain Name System) directory. When a domain name is registered, the DNS directory keeps track of the computer on the Internet that is hosting that URL for the duration of the registration period.
Not all domain name registrars handle registrations in each of the top-level domains. When a registrar applies for Accredited Registrar status, it must pay a separate fee for each global TLD (such as .com, net. and .org) it wants to offer. ICANN-accredited registrars may also issue names with different country code TLDs, but ICANN does not specifically accredit registrars to provide registration services for ccTLDs.
VeriSign & Register.com
The process of registering a domain name is not complicated. The steps you need to take at two of the top sites—VeriSign (www.verisign.com) and Register.com (www.register.com)—are similar.
According to SnapNames, a company that analyzes domain name registrars, VeriSign is the top-ranked domain name registrar. (VeriSign acquired Network Solutions, the then-leading registrar, in March 2000 in a $21 billion deal.) VeriSign's registry service is just a portion of the many services it offers customers looking for an online presence or wanting to enhance their ecommerce.
At VeriSign, you'll start by using the free domain name lookup tool (www.netsol.com) to see if the name you want is available. VeriSign manages more than 12 million active domain names, but your search will extend beyond that database. Through its Global Registry Services, VeriSign maintains a directory of more than 27 million URLs in the .com, .net, and .org gTLDs and handles billions of domain name lookups every day.
If the name you want is available, you can begin the buying process. The domain name will cost $35 per year. If you sign up for multiple years, the annual cost will be less. (Prices are slightly higher for a domain name in the .tv gTLD.)
Before you finalize your domain name purchase, you can get additional VeriSign services. Want to forward your site visitors to an existing Web site? That'll be $12 a year. To get your site listed in top search engines, you'll have to fork over $39 a year. VeriSign's personalized email service runs $49 annually, but that includes the price of registering your domain name. Other services you can consider include transferring domain names from one owner to another and one-page or five-page Web site design and hosting. The cost of the latter includes the price of acquiring the domain name.
Register.com works similarly to VeriSign. You'll find a free domain name lookup tool on the home page. If your search is successful, Register.com will include other possible domain names similar to the one you searched for. The price of a .org, .net, or .com domain name for a year is $35. Register.com also offers the free Domain Fast Find service, which will help you create a domain name if you're stumped for a good one at the moment.
Like VeriSign, Register.com offers a number of extra options, from bulk registration of domain names to email boxes and Web site design. Using the WebSiteNOW! Service, you can create a small site for less than $5 a month.
All the good names are gone. The only thing that may impede your domain name registration is if someone has already taken the name you want. If that's the case, one option is to back order the name using the SnapBack service on the VeriSign site. For $69, the service will create a SnapNames account for you and then monitor the status of that domain name for as long as one year. If it becomes available, SnapBack will try to register the name for you. The $69 charge for this service includes the fee for registering the domain name through VeriSign for one year. If SnapBack can't get the name for you, you can apply that fee to the cost of registering a different domain name.
VeriSign's search tool also will suggest alternative names for you if the domain name you looked up is unavailable. When we searched for www.breadbox.com, VeriSign informed us that it was already taken but helpfully offered a long list of alternatives, including www.bread-box.com and www.sandwichesbox.com.
Tucows OpenSRS
Although they welcome individual customers, both VeriSign and Register.com also target businesses of all sizes that typically need to purchase extra services in addition to a domain name. If you don't need those add-on services, you may want to hunt around for bargain registrars. There are hundreds of them.
One of the more unique registrars is Tucows. Instead of registering domain names for individuals, this site recruits companies, such as local ISPs and Web site hosts, to become registrars through its Reseller Program. Tucows resellers, found in more than 100 countries, register domain names and digital certificates using Tucows' OpenSRS platform (resellers.tucows.com/opensrs). This system lets resellers offer their customers domain name registration, renewal, and transfer services that are similar to the ones you'll find at VeriSign and Register.com. And the bulk nature of the OpenSRS program keeps costs to the end user low.
The number of total annual domain name registrations through Tucows resellers has vaulted this firm into the ranks of the top domain name registrars, along with VeriSign and Register.com. Tucows end-user customers may not even know they have registered a domain name through this company unless the reseller they went through informs them.
by Rachel Derowitsch
Source : http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0209/48c09/48c09.asp&guid
A domain name on the Web is more unique and identifying than your personal name. Although there's no rule against how many people can be named Bob Johnson or Susan Miller, there can be only one www.bobjohnson.pro or www.susanmiller.name. The role of assigning domain names falls to Web–based domain name registars.
ICANN Do It
To sell domain name rights, registrars must receive Accredited Registrar status with ICANN. This technical coordinating organization has the responsibility of overseeing the assignment of Internet domain names, IP address numbers, and protocol parameter and port numbers.
All domain names are organized in the Internet DNS (Domain Name System) directory. When a domain name is registered, the DNS directory keeps track of the computer on the Internet that is hosting that URL for the duration of the registration period.
Not all domain name registrars handle registrations in each of the top-level domains. When a registrar applies for Accredited Registrar status, it must pay a separate fee for each global TLD (such as .com, net. and .org) it wants to offer. ICANN-accredited registrars may also issue names with different country code TLDs, but ICANN does not specifically accredit registrars to provide registration services for ccTLDs.
VeriSign & Register.com
The process of registering a domain name is not complicated. The steps you need to take at two of the top sites—VeriSign (www.verisign.com) and Register.com (www.register.com)—are similar.
According to SnapNames, a company that analyzes domain name registrars, VeriSign is the top-ranked domain name registrar. (VeriSign acquired Network Solutions, the then-leading registrar, in March 2000 in a $21 billion deal.) VeriSign's registry service is just a portion of the many services it offers customers looking for an online presence or wanting to enhance their ecommerce.
At VeriSign, you'll start by using the free domain name lookup tool (www.netsol.com) to see if the name you want is available. VeriSign manages more than 12 million active domain names, but your search will extend beyond that database. Through its Global Registry Services, VeriSign maintains a directory of more than 27 million URLs in the .com, .net, and .org gTLDs and handles billions of domain name lookups every day.
If the name you want is available, you can begin the buying process. The domain name will cost $35 per year. If you sign up for multiple years, the annual cost will be less. (Prices are slightly higher for a domain name in the .tv gTLD.)
Before you finalize your domain name purchase, you can get additional VeriSign services. Want to forward your site visitors to an existing Web site? That'll be $12 a year. To get your site listed in top search engines, you'll have to fork over $39 a year. VeriSign's personalized email service runs $49 annually, but that includes the price of registering your domain name. Other services you can consider include transferring domain names from one owner to another and one-page or five-page Web site design and hosting. The cost of the latter includes the price of acquiring the domain name.
Register.com works similarly to VeriSign. You'll find a free domain name lookup tool on the home page. If your search is successful, Register.com will include other possible domain names similar to the one you searched for. The price of a .org, .net, or .com domain name for a year is $35. Register.com also offers the free Domain Fast Find service, which will help you create a domain name if you're stumped for a good one at the moment.
Like VeriSign, Register.com offers a number of extra options, from bulk registration of domain names to email boxes and Web site design. Using the WebSiteNOW! Service, you can create a small site for less than $5 a month.
All the good names are gone. The only thing that may impede your domain name registration is if someone has already taken the name you want. If that's the case, one option is to back order the name using the SnapBack service on the VeriSign site. For $69, the service will create a SnapNames account for you and then monitor the status of that domain name for as long as one year. If it becomes available, SnapBack will try to register the name for you. The $69 charge for this service includes the fee for registering the domain name through VeriSign for one year. If SnapBack can't get the name for you, you can apply that fee to the cost of registering a different domain name.
VeriSign's search tool also will suggest alternative names for you if the domain name you looked up is unavailable. When we searched for www.breadbox.com, VeriSign informed us that it was already taken but helpfully offered a long list of alternatives, including www.bread-box.com and www.sandwichesbox.com.
Tucows OpenSRS
Although they welcome individual customers, both VeriSign and Register.com also target businesses of all sizes that typically need to purchase extra services in addition to a domain name. If you don't need those add-on services, you may want to hunt around for bargain registrars. There are hundreds of them.
One of the more unique registrars is Tucows. Instead of registering domain names for individuals, this site recruits companies, such as local ISPs and Web site hosts, to become registrars through its Reseller Program. Tucows resellers, found in more than 100 countries, register domain names and digital certificates using Tucows' OpenSRS platform (resellers.tucows.com/opensrs). This system lets resellers offer their customers domain name registration, renewal, and transfer services that are similar to the ones you'll find at VeriSign and Register.com. And the bulk nature of the OpenSRS program keeps costs to the end user low.
The number of total annual domain name registrations through Tucows resellers has vaulted this firm into the ranks of the top domain name registrars, along with VeriSign and Register.com. Tucows end-user customers may not even know they have registered a domain name through this company unless the reseller they went through informs them.
by Rachel Derowitsch
Source : http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0209/48c09/48c09.asp&guid
Domain Name Registration and Deletion Cycle
Active Domain
The process starts with someone such as yourself going to a domain registrar and buying a domain. You are trully not buying the domain, in a sense you are leasing it for a period of time. That length of time can range from 1 year to 10 years.
You can also buy a domain from another business/person and take control for the remainder of that year or years that they have control of it. A full explanation will come in a further article.
Once you have purchased the domain name, your domain registrar will update its domain registry and from there the DNS (Domain Name Servers) around the world will update thier domain registry as well. This process takes on the average of 24-48 hours for the entire world to be updated.
Domain is Expired
This time of expiration for a domain name can range from 1-45 days. 45 days is the normal max but in some cases it may take longer to delete the record.
For example, say you wake up early New Years Day and register a domain name. If you register that domain for only 1 year, then exactly in one years time it will be expired. You are able to renew or add years to your current purchase at anytime.
Most domain registrars allow you to "transer" a domain to them and will charge you a lower price for the added year. As always, shop around if you are not happy with your current registrar.
Redemption Grace Period
The domain name is held by the registry for a 30 day period called the Redemption Grace Period. At this time no one is able to secure the domain name.
Deleting of Domain
The actual process of deleting a domain can take up to 5 days. This once again is due to the registry holding the domain.
Available Domain
Upon the release of the domain name it is available for anyone to register. It is a first come first serve.
Some companies now offer for a price of course the chance to "secure" or "reserve" a domain that is already taken. In every case that I have seen thus far, none guarantee anything expect that you will pay between $9 - 70 for a "chance" to be the new owner. If this is a domain you really must have, then by all means take the gamble.
Source : http://www.webhostingedge.com/webmaster/index.cfm/sub/domain-renewal-cycle.htm
The process starts with someone such as yourself going to a domain registrar and buying a domain. You are trully not buying the domain, in a sense you are leasing it for a period of time. That length of time can range from 1 year to 10 years.
You can also buy a domain from another business/person and take control for the remainder of that year or years that they have control of it. A full explanation will come in a further article.
Once you have purchased the domain name, your domain registrar will update its domain registry and from there the DNS (Domain Name Servers) around the world will update thier domain registry as well. This process takes on the average of 24-48 hours for the entire world to be updated.
Domain is Expired
This time of expiration for a domain name can range from 1-45 days. 45 days is the normal max but in some cases it may take longer to delete the record.
For example, say you wake up early New Years Day and register a domain name. If you register that domain for only 1 year, then exactly in one years time it will be expired. You are able to renew or add years to your current purchase at anytime.
Most domain registrars allow you to "transer" a domain to them and will charge you a lower price for the added year. As always, shop around if you are not happy with your current registrar.
Redemption Grace Period
The domain name is held by the registry for a 30 day period called the Redemption Grace Period. At this time no one is able to secure the domain name.
Deleting of Domain
The actual process of deleting a domain can take up to 5 days. This once again is due to the registry holding the domain.
Available Domain
Upon the release of the domain name it is available for anyone to register. It is a first come first serve.
Some companies now offer for a price of course the chance to "secure" or "reserve" a domain that is already taken. In every case that I have seen thus far, none guarantee anything expect that you will pay between $9 - 70 for a "chance" to be the new owner. If this is a domain you really must have, then by all means take the gamble.
Source : http://www.webhostingedge.com/webmaster/index.cfm/sub/domain-renewal-cycle.htm
Domain Name Industry First Community-Driven Website To Power Latest News
Recently launched DNHour.com is the domain name industry's first revenue-sharing and community-driven niche website. Modeled after the popular social-content site, Digg.com, DNHour.com is designed for members to submit short reviews of the latest industry news with a link to the source. Using an algorithm to determine the popularity of the news, members can choose to help promote or demote contents submitted by fellow members through a voting process. With enough votes, popular news stories are promoted to the main page of the website, exposing it to a broader audience.
According to site founder Koay Al Vin, the portal is for domainers to consolidate all important industry news, compiled and ranked by the community in one central location. Instead of sifting through journals or domain forums, members can now sort for popular news in categories such as Recent Sales & Prices or Domains On Auction. Still in Beta mode, the site is aimed at domainers-on-the-go, where social-reporting will help alert them of any domains available at a steal or the next big domain on auction. Members can also network among peers by contacting fellow members within the community and comment on posts.
'The talk of the today is social-everything. In this generation of Web 2.0, we are talking about blogging, wikis and crowd clout where like-minded groups connect online and exert influence in an industry,' says Koay. 'DNHour.com is crowd clout for the domain name industry,' he adds. 'Now domainers are discovering that they can choose which news or services are popular and demote those that are not.'
About DNHour.com
DNHour.com is founded by a Malaysian-based domainer and serial entrepreneur, Koay Al Vin. After missing out on some big domain name purchases, he decided to keep in the know by tediously scouring domain forums and listing sites for what is available. He founded DNHour.com to ease the process and today, all domainers can help each other by sharing those important news and events at DNHour.com.
Media Contact:
Koay Al Vin
+60124726233
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Source : http://www.topix.net/content/prweb/2007/06/domain-name-industry-first-community-driven-website-to-power-latest-news
According to site founder Koay Al Vin, the portal is for domainers to consolidate all important industry news, compiled and ranked by the community in one central location. Instead of sifting through journals or domain forums, members can now sort for popular news in categories such as Recent Sales & Prices or Domains On Auction. Still in Beta mode, the site is aimed at domainers-on-the-go, where social-reporting will help alert them of any domains available at a steal or the next big domain on auction. Members can also network among peers by contacting fellow members within the community and comment on posts.
'The talk of the today is social-everything. In this generation of Web 2.0, we are talking about blogging, wikis and crowd clout where like-minded groups connect online and exert influence in an industry,' says Koay. 'DNHour.com is crowd clout for the domain name industry,' he adds. 'Now domainers are discovering that they can choose which news or services are popular and demote those that are not.'
About DNHour.com
DNHour.com is founded by a Malaysian-based domainer and serial entrepreneur, Koay Al Vin. After missing out on some big domain name purchases, he decided to keep in the know by tediously scouring domain forums and listing sites for what is available. He founded DNHour.com to ease the process and today, all domainers can help each other by sharing those important news and events at DNHour.com.
Media Contact:
Koay Al Vin
+60124726233
Trackback URL: http://prweb.com/pingpr.php/TG92ZS1UaGlyLUZhbHUtQ291cC1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Source : http://www.topix.net/content/prweb/2007/06/domain-name-industry-first-community-driven-website-to-power-latest-news
Domain Name Hijacking Affects Local Illinois Campaign
We've previously noted here the challenge of dealing
with domain name disputes based on personal names,
particularly in the political arena.
http://www.circleid.com/article/798_0_1_0_C/
New Rules Make Domain Hijacking Easier
Tanktalus writes "Netcraft seems to have a little
ditty about new rules from ICANN that take effect on
Friday making it easier to hijack domain names.
Essentially, if someone tries to take your domain, and
you don't answer within 5 days, they now assume you
are okay with the transfer. Previously, the default
answer was no, and you had to explicitly state your
acceptance of the domain transfer. Owners of small
domains, beware: no more computerless vacations that
last more than 4 days at a time!"
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/10/0425218
Source : http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/apple/archive/2004/11/msg00007.html
with domain name disputes based on personal names,
particularly in the political arena.
http://www.circleid.com/article/798_0_1_0_C/
New Rules Make Domain Hijacking Easier
Tanktalus writes "Netcraft seems to have a little
ditty about new rules from ICANN that take effect on
Friday making it easier to hijack domain names.
Essentially, if someone tries to take your domain, and
you don't answer within 5 days, they now assume you
are okay with the transfer. Previously, the default
answer was no, and you had to explicitly state your
acceptance of the domain transfer. Owners of small
domains, beware: no more computerless vacations that
last more than 4 days at a time!"
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/10/0425218
Source : http://www.apnic.net/mailing-lists/apple/archive/2004/11/msg00007.html
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