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Written on 09 May, 2016 by Verity Meagher
5 fatal errors when choosing a domain name
With the rapid growth of online marketing, your domain name should be considered the foundation of your business's online presence. It's the first thing customers look at when they land on your site, and the closer it is to the name you use on all your social media platforms and... Read more
Categories: Domains, Small Business | Tags: domain names, online business, online marketing, small business
Written on 18 April, 2016 by Lisa Shannahan
How to pick an SEO-friendly (and marketable) domain
15 years ago, choosing a domain name was as simple as picking a name you liked and buying it. Today there are more than 1 billion websites and the pool of available domain names is ever dwindling. Then there's the issue of online marketing and the ability to choose a... Read more
Written on 25 February, 2016 by Katharine Gray
Happy 1st birthday, .sydney!
A year ago, the .sydney extension became available as a new variety of generic top-level domain (gTLD), giving businesses the opportunity to swap generic extensions such as .net and .com.au for more localised varieties. To celebrate this milestone, Netregistry is currently offering a 30% discount on .sydney domain names. †... Read more
Categories: Domains | Tags: domain names
Written on 23 February, 2016 by James Baylis
Domain registration vs web hosting: What’s the difference?
Two things are vital when setting up a website: a domain name and hosting. As they often come as a package deal, it can be difficult to tell the difference between the two, but they are quite separate things. What is domain registration? A domain name is the URL or... Read more
Written on 03 September, 2015 by Cameron Van Ryn
Vote YES to opening .au to direct registrations
.com.au & .net.au domains are probably very familiar to you. How about just .au domains? If you’ve never heard of those, that’s because to date .au has never been open to the public for registration, despite being the only country code domain name in the top 20 not to do so. However,... Read more
Categories: Domains | Tags: domain names
Written on 20 July, 2015 by Karen Lam
30 Years of .ORG
Happy Birthday to .ORG! It was the year that U.S. President Ronald Reagan was sworn in for a second term in office, that Coca-Cola Co regrettably changed its formula and that Microsoft Corporation released the first version of Windows, but it was also the year of the very first .ORG... Read more
Written on 09 July, 2015 by Karen Lam
Domain trends you need to know about
Remember the days when .com and .net were the only domains you needed to worry about? Today there’s a plethora of domain names on offer, including .io, .biz, .local, .tips and even .guru. As your business’s online presence becomes increasingly important, part of your branding – and what makes your... Read more
Written on 29 June, 2015 by Cameron Vanryn
ICANN propose privacy rule change
ICANN, the regulatory body which oversees the registration of .com and .net domains, have asked for public comment after releasing a potential policy change for domain privacy services. The report proposes that domain names with associated commercial websites will no longer be able to utilise a privacy service to prevent... Read more
Written on 27 May, 2015 by Brett Fenton
Why we should have anything .au?
Let’s face it, the policies and rules for .au domain names are confusing, arbitrary and burden the industry and users alike with pointless red-tape. Our current system of names is nothing more than a cut and paste job based on the US-centric top levels created by Robert Elz nearly 30... Read more
Written on 17 December, 2014 by Jessica O'Brien
From Cyberspace to your place: The new gTLD real estate that you need to be ready to move into
gTLD-WHAT? gTLD stands for Generic Top-Level Domain. You can find gTLDs at the end of a URL string. The most well-known gTLD is .com, although you are likely familiar with others such as .net and .org. gTLD-WHY? The internet’s domain-name real estate portfolio has been exponentially boosted by the... Read more
Categories: Domains | Tags: domain names