Posts Tagged ‘domain names’

Buying Domain Names (And What’s Up With All Those Extensions?)

Posted on March 23rd, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

There is a dizzying array of domain name extensions (and more will be added this year and every year for the foreseeable future). When you are purchasing your domain names, it’s hard to know which ones to buy – all of them? Just .com? This post shares some ideas for you to consider when you [...]

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InterNIC—Public Information Regarding Internet Domain Name Registration Services

Posted on August 16th, 2008, by Meggin McIntosh

Resource:
http://www.internic.net/index.html (which is run by ICANN – the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for the Department of Commerce) is a place to check which companies can legally sell domain names and you can also check here to stay current on rules related to domains, etc.  It’s a place to log grievances as well (not about [...]

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Domain Names (what’s in a name?)

Posted on May 23rd, 2008, by Meggin McIntosh

Question:
What’s the difference between all the extensions on domain names? 
Posted by Cindi Supko | 5/23/08
Answer: 
The first part of the answer comes from 1and1.com (the place where I register all my domain names): 
“A domain name is a unique tag that identifies you to other computers connected to the Internet. Every domain name represents a set of [...]

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