The domain registration companies love to make sales and you be one of their best customers, but do you need to be? The sale often happens at checkout. You buy a domain and the registration company offers many different versions of your domain– .net, .com, . us, .biz, etc. Do you really need all of …
Kids bring home from school the darnedest things. This past week my child came home talking about their technology class. They mentioned that “Everything on a .net website is true.” Whaaaat? I had to sit them down to explain where .net sites come from. Much like .com sites, anyone can by a .net domain name. GoDaddy.com …
The latest hard sale (or is it a scam?) comes from China and it may already be sitting in your email box. The email claims that a company is applying in China to use your brand name, which happens to be your registered domain name. The email hints that your branding is in jeopardy. The …
The worse message I ever have to deliver to a client: “You don’t own your own domain name, someone else does!” I hear from several business people each year who have decided to redo or upgrade their websites, however they are shocked to learn their previous web professional owns the domain and often won’t give …