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Category Archives: Domain Names
What is Web Hosting and Domain Name?
When you create a website, you need two things to make it accessible to the public: web hosting and a domain name.
Web hosting is the service that stores your website's files and makes them accessible to visitors. When someone types your website's address into their web browser, their computer sends a request to your web hosting provider, which then delivers the requested files to the user's computer.
A domain name is the address of your website on the internet.
... Continue readingI bought my domain through Google Domains which is closing…
Ask David!” question: I bought my domain myself through Google Domains to use with UltimateWB website builder. I just heard that Google Domains is being sold to Squarespace - do you know how will this affect me? I chose UltimateWB over Squarespace and want to keep using UltimateWB.
Short Answer: No worries! You can continue to use your current setup, with UltimateWB as your website builder and web hosting. Your domain configuration settings will just transfer over to your new
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Tagged domain registration, google domains, squarespace
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How do you check if your desired domain name for your website is available?
Quickly Check Domain Name Availability with UltimateWB!
Look no further than UltimateWB's check domain name availability tool. This handy tool allows you to quickly check multiple domain names at once, saving you time and effort.
Here's how to use it:
- Visit the UltimateWB Domain Name Availability Checker: Go to https://www.ultimatewb.com/check-domain-names.
- Enter Your Domain Names: In the provided field, input the domain names you want to check, separating each with a new line. One domain name per line, 10
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Posted in Domain Names, Technology in the News
Tagged domain names, google, google domains, google.com, michael chaney, microsoft, passport, renew domain, sanmay ved
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Google buys domain name Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com
Alphabet’s New Structure and Domain Strategy
Google has officially become a subsidiary of Alphabet, its new holding company. After U.S. markets closed last Friday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company, consisting of Google search, Adsense, Google Maps, YouTube, and other new ventures such as driverless cars. Alphabet chose a new tld for their website, abx.xyz, but they are still making similar domain name purchases. They just recently purchased the "full alphabet", domain name that is, Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com. Yes, each
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Tagged abc.xyz, Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com, alphabet, Alphabet.com, bmw, brand protection, choose domain name, domain names, domain purchase, domain registrations, domain strategy, google, google domains, misspelled domains, tech news, tld
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Why use “WWW” for your website?
Naked domains & CNAME records for server traffic redirects
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Posted in Domain Names, Web Hosting, Website Security
Tagged .htaccess, alphabet, domain name, domain redirect, google, naked domain, non-www, security, twitter, website speed, www
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Google’s new Parent Company, Alphabet, opts for new tld: abc.xyz
Posted in Domain Names, Technology in the News
Tagged abc.xyz, alphabet, bmw, Chris Andrikanich, facebook, google, Larry Page, robert frost, Sergey Brin, social media, Sundar Pichai, tld, twitter, xyz
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Mixing and Matching Website Builder, Web Hosting, & Domain Name
Posted in Compare Website Builders, Domain Names, Web Hosting
Tagged bigcommerce, classipress, domain names, dreamweaver, Drupal, GeoCore, GoDaddy website builder, Google Sites, hosted website builder, Jimdo, joomla, Moonfruit, ning, osclass, osCommerce, photoshelter, phpfox, Shopify, socialgo, squarespace, uCoz, vistaprint sitebuilder, volusion, web hosting, Webs, website builder, weebly, Wild Apricot, Wix, WordPress, Yahoo SiteBuilder, Yahoo Store Builder, Zen Cart, zenfolio
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Should you get the .com, .org, .net, .biz., country tld … all tld’s … or what?
If you are new to buying a domain name for your website, you might be wondering which tld - top level domain - extension to get. The main ones to choose from are .com, .org, and .net. But then there are also .biz, and of course the .[country abbreviations], like .us for USA domains, .co.uk for the United Kingdom, etc. And there are even some new ones that registers are starting to advertise. Here are some tips to help you
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Tagged .com, .net, .org, country tlds, domain name, non-profit, tlds
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WWW or no WWW – That is the question
We are talking about whether your website is "www.your-website.com" or just "your-website.com" . You want your website to be accessible both ways of course, whether the user types in the "www" or not (most people won't take the extra time to type what's not necessary right?). You would lose traffic if you didn't make your website accessible both ways. But you actually want your website to recognize one version as "the one", and redirect the other to it.
Why? SEO
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