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By John - May 6, 2008
I’ve been off on holiday for the last couple of weeks, and as usual my return to the office this morning has resulted in an inbox full of messages and an RSS...
Articles for the 'Domains' Category
Celebrating with free .uk domains
By 123 Reg - May 2, 2008
Thanks to all our millions of customers we are the first to register one million .uk domains on one tag. To celebrate this, we are now giving away a free .uk domain with...
Manufacturing domain names to register
By 123 Reg - May 1, 2008
I personally don’t register a lot of domain names. The domains I do own tend to those I stumbled across that I can’t believe no one else has already got, or I...
Owners of .web.com domains: read this!
By John - March 31, 2008
This one’s important for anyone who owns a domain ending in .web.com which they control through a 123-reg account. (The information below only applies to domains ending in .web.com – all other .com...
Scotland seeks its own domain name extension
By John - March 31, 2008
We’ve been chatting about an interesting story in the office this morning: the Scottish National Party wants to establish a top level domain (TLD) for Scotland. The story has been covered by...
123-reg: first to a million .uk domains
By John - March 26, 2008
123-reg has become the first .uk tag holder to amass over a million domains on a single tag. What does this mean? Well, essentially, we’re now responsible for the management of over a...
30% off new domains with web hosting
By 123 Reg - March 13, 2008
Back in February, we added brand new domains to our portfolio. These include: .cn (China) .es (Spain) .at (Austria) .be (Belgium) To celebrate the new additions to our domain portfolio, we are giving 30% off each of...
Spot the tricks and stop domain name scams
By John - March 10, 2008
We wrote about a typical domain name scam a couple of weeks ago. Since then, a couple of people in the office have been targeted, so we thought we’d revisit the subject...
The economics of domain disputes
By John - February 21, 2008
Another day, another well known name involved in a domain name dispute. This time it’s The Economist, which has failed to wrestle control of theeconomist.com from a chap called Jason Rose. He bought...
How to view military secrets with a domain name
By John - February 19, 2008
I try to monitor the web for interesting domain name-related stories, and every now and then I stumble across one in a place where you wouldn’t expect it. Today must be one of...
