123 Reg logo Blog
MENU

Articles for the 'Domains' Category

Global brands see greater value in .com

By Tim Fuell - November 8, 2011

An article in the US business magazine Bloomberg BusinessWeek suggests two of the world’s biggest brands don’t think new gTLD plans will affect them using their traditional .com. The article includes confirmation...

Failure to renew really can prove costly

By Tim Fuell - September 19, 2011

We’ve not run with a story for a while of somebody nearly losing their business by failing to re-new their domain name, so we thought this story last week from the other...

Fast-track closure for criminal domains

By Tim Fuell - September 7, 2011

UK Police could find it easier to close down .uk domain names being used for suspected criminal activity if draft recommendations out for discussion are adopted by national Internet registry Nominet. Under the...

Are you .XXX cited?

By 123 Reg - July 21, 2011

It’s the nexxxt big thing and one of the biggest talking points in the hosting industry for years. This week we launched our .xxx domain registration and with lots of debate but mixed...

What do .xxx domain names mean for you?

By John - June 28, 2011

(Image: Flickr user SPakhrin under Creative Commons.) So, the world’s first adult domain name extension is finally here. In a saga that’s gone on longer than the wait for a white iPhone, US...

Ooops, someone did it again!

By 123 Reg - June 22, 2011

We seem to report these slip-ups on a regular basis but this time Disney are the big corporate left with egg on their face after failing to automatically renew the domain name...

A domain name can last a lifetime

By John - May 23, 2011

Once you’ve got the domain name you want, you probably won’t want to let it go. And holding on to it’s even more important if you’re running a website or business –...

The birth of a new domain name

By John - March 25, 2011

You might have noticed that we’ve launched a few new domain name extensions on 123-reg over the last year or so. Most recently, it’s been the turn of .so domains – you’ll...

Doh! Main mistake

By Tim Fuell - January 21, 2011

We’ve covered these sorts of stories time and time again and we even suggested it would happen again this year,  so you may have thought the chances of a big brand hitting...

Domain name predictions for 2011

By John - January 10, 2011

(Image courtesy of gwire under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.) The start of the year is traditionally a time when bloggers make foolhardy predictions, thus putting themselves at risk of ridicule in the...