Posts Tagged ‘domains’

Google approves .CO as an international domain

July 28th, 2010

Google has clarified its stance on the .co domain, days after it was released for sale. Google generally keeps country specific top level domain names local, such as with .nz domain names where you will rank better in New Zealand but not elsewhere.

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NZ Domain Names

July 1st, 2010

Cost of .nz domain names about to get a lot cheaper.

The New Zealand Domain Name registry is reducing the wholesale domain name fee for .nz domain names by 16% as of the 1st of July. This reduces the annual wholesale fee for the 400,000 active .nz domains from $18 to $15 per domain.

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Private Domain Registration

April 2nd, 2010

Private domain name registration allows users to register a domain name and remain anonymous as the owner. This is frequently requsted to avoid having contact details listed when a WHOIS query is run on a domain.

The downside of private domain name registrations is that it makes it easy for cybersquatting and phishing and general misuse of domains.

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