Category Archives: Domain Names

What is Web Hosting and Domain Name?

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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.

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I bought my domain through Google Domains which is closing…

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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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How do you check if your desired domain name for your website is available?

Check Domain Name Availability tool

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:

  1. Visit the UltimateWB Domain Name Availability Checker: Go to https://www.ultimatewb.com/check-domain-names.
  2. 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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If you code your own website, do you still need to purchase a domain?

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Ask David! Question:

I want my own custom domain name for my new website. If I code my website from scratch, do I still need to purchase a domain name? How do domain names work?

David's Answer:

Yes, if you want to use your own domain name, you will need to register and pay for the domain. Coding your own website does not replace the need for a domain.

But you can code a website without purchasing a domain. You

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Sanmay Ved owns Google.com domain for 1 minute

Google domain purchase Anyone here watch the tv show "How I Met Your Mother"? "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M." is the 18th episode in the first season of the television series. In this case, it was around 1:20 AM Eastern Time, on Tuesday September 29.  Sanmay Ved was testing out the Google Domains interface, typed "google.com", and then something strange happened.  Google Domains showed that the domain google.com was actually available:   Ved thought for sure that at some point in the... Continue reading
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Google buys domain name Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com

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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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Why use “WWW” for your website?

www-domain You have 2 options for the url display of your website - with the "www" in the beginning, or without the "www", otherwise known as a "naked domain".  That terminology itself might persuade you to lean towards the "www" version for your website, and it's actually a pretty good portrayal of the domain not having as much protection from the elements as one with the "www".

Naked domains & CNAME records for server traffic redirects

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Google’s new Parent Company, Alphabet, opts for new tld: abc.xyz

g-icon This week Google announced that it will now be operating under a newly created parent company, named Alphabet.  Alphabet will be run by Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin - Page as CEO and Brin as president.  And Google's new CEO will be Sundar Pichai. In this restructuring, Alphabet will consist of a variety of companies that have been previously all run by Google, and Google will focus on the core Internet products, i.e. Android, YouTube, Google search, Google... Continue reading
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Mixing and Matching Website Builder, Web Hosting, & Domain Name

Domain name, website builder, web hosting It's almost like we are coordinating an outfit.  But unlike clothes, you can't always make it all work together. Domain Name: This is your website address, i.e. your-website.com, how people will access your website.  Generally, you can get your domain name anywhere, from any domain name selling company/domain name registrar.  We haven't found a case yet where you couldn't, but still, it could be possible theoretically that a company would mandate that you purchase your domain name through them to... Continue reading
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Should you get the .com, .org, .net, .biz., country tld … all tld’s … or what?

Choosing between various tlds for domain name

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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