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  • Domain Registration Length – Does it Matter?
    By Forsaken on June 24, 2009 | 34 Comments34 Comments  Comments
    Many webmasters have always been inquisitive whether the number of years they register their domain name for, matters. The common trend has always been to initially register the domain name for a year and renew it annually. This practice does give the registrant enough flexibility to control the re...
  • Some tips on choosing killer domain names!
    By Forsaken on June 20, 2009 | 24 Comments24 Comments  Comments
    Ok, every time you read a domain related post, what is one idea that is common in all these articles? Yes, you said right! Many people advocate selection of a good/attractive domain name for your web presence. Sadly, anyone hardly ever takes time to elaborate on how this can be done. I write this p...
  • Can .sex (or the new gTLDs) finally dethrone .com?
    By Forsaken on June 15, 2009 | 19 Comments19 Comments  Comments
    .com is so 90′s! Or that is what the advocates of .sex top level domain would say once .sex becomes fully implemented. ICANN’s opening up of domain name extensions to anything imaginable was surely going to revolutionize the domaining world; and approval of the .sex gTLD is set to spark...
  • The most Expensive Domain Names
    By Forsaken on June 12, 2009 | 19 Comments19 Comments  Comments
    Recently, toys.com was auctioned for $5.1 million dollars; domaining experts have stated that the domain could have been sold multiple times more than this value if the auction had taken place outside of the current worldwide economic recession. Why so much? Generic words, such as “toys”...
  • Can Domain Parking violate basic Copyrights?
    By Forsaken on June 10, 2009 | 13 Comments13 Comments  Comments
    People parking domain names similar to existing trademarks or copyright names must be careful not to cause an infringement of rights of third parties. What is Domain Parking? Domain Parking is simply a service – predominately to earn money – whereby the domain name is registered witho...