What’s in a name?
By Tim Fuell - November 18, 2011
If you are serious about your new project, then you should be considering covering all international options in terms of your domain name. You may be starting off in the UK, but...
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...
