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Google To Make Not Provided Keywords Exclusively Available to.Google Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

While some domain names are being held back by Google (meaning that some names are not going to be available for purchase by the general public), most names, including trademarks and most company and brand names will be available. starting at 10:00am Central Standard Time on April 1, 2014.

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dot coma – Are Domain Names Even Relevant Now?

Convince & Convert

When I started, domain names were free , because why would anyone pay money for something of no consequence? My first online voyage was in 1994, working with my college pals at Internet Direct, Arizona’s first Internet company (and also the inventor of virtual Web hosting, ultimately sold to Mindspring). Fast forward.

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MilesWeb – The best way to WordPress hosting

BeingOptimist

And this is the reason some websites owner will have to migrate their websites to other, better more friendly hosting providers. Before covering the information about the WordPress web-hosting providers, first, we need to polish some basic things about the mentioned popular CMS. at an affordable price. at an affordable price.

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Apple and Afilias Special Projects Register 1800 Nonsense Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

Ever since I originally noticed that Apple was registering nonsense domain names, I have been intrigued about why they would be registering and then not renewing nonsense domain names. And it’s not just one or two domain names, or a dozen of them. info domain names would be at least $15,000.

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Apple Owns Mystery Domains, Hosted on Amazon Cloud Server

Bill Hartzer

owns a bunch of nonsensical domain names that use Apple’s own DNS, but are hosted on Amazon’s cloud server. These domains continue to be registered on a regular basis, some as late as last week. And they’ve been buying these nonsensical domain names and setting up web hosting for at least 6 months now.

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How to Properly Redirect a Domain Name and Get Link Credit

Bill Hartzer

I recently received an email from Duane Long asking a question about redirecting a domain name that he had recently purchased. He is trying to redirect the domain name so that he can get the proper link credit; so that the links from the domain name he bought is credited to his current, live website.

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Wordpress.com Vs Wordpress.org: Which Is The Best Blog Platform

Social Media Marketing

Wordpress is one of the most popular blogging and web hosting platforms. There is a vast difference between Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org, Wordpress.com provides a downloadable web hosting package that lets you customize the code and maintain the site tweaking its technical aspects.

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