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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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Google to Retire Hosted Domains Product within AdSense

Bill Hartzer

Google has decided to retire the “hosted domains” product that they have through the Google AdSense program. According to an email directly from the Google AdSense team, they have evaluated the benefits of their partner network and decided to retire the Hosted Domains program with Google AdSense.

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Sedo.com and Sedo.co.uk Hacked, Hosting Malware on Site

Bill Hartzer

It looks like Sedo.com and Sedo.co.uk , the search engine for domain names, has been hacked, and apparently is hosting malware on their web site. Typically, when users begin seeing messages about a domain name hosting malware notices, it’s from Google. Clean your own PC.

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Rogue Snapnames Employee Bids on Domain Name Auctions, Drives Up Prices

Bill Hartzer

Snapnames, an aftermarket domain name auction service, has reportedly discovered that a rogue employee set up an account and bid against other bidders. Specific domain name registration policies for employees. Also, my buddy Chef Patrick also is talking about the Snapnames domain name scandal here.

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What to Expect When Moving WordPress to New Hosting

Kikolani

I would actually suggest that if you have a self-hosted blog or website that you sign up for a free account with Pingdom. Their entry level support team wasn’t quite helpful, and after a while I figured it was because they didn’t know what the problem was, let alone how to fix it. Better Support Service with GoDaddy.

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How to start the control panel?

BeingOptimist

Set a proper hostname if you still need one, as most control panels require a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) before the installation file can run. This Client Area is where you can manage your ownership details, contact, and products, such as hosting accounts, servers, domain names, and servers.

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AOL Security Breach: Emails Accounts Compromised

Bill Hartzer

Our security team has put enhanced protective measures in place and we urge our users to take proactive steps to help ensure the security of their accounts.”. Several years (over 10 years ago) I registered my own domain name ( billhartzer.com ) and started using the email myname @ my domain name.com. Domain Names'