If i assign a domain name to blogspot.com something is it permanent or can i reassign it?
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posted by maiamaia
on Dec 2, 2012 -
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Emails containing a certain domain name are going missing. How can we fix this now and prevent it in the future?
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posted by ssg
on Jan 17, 2012 -
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What are the legal/copyright/douchebag implications (if any) of registering a domain name that is already a username on a free blogging platform? Yeah, yeah, you're not a lawyer...
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posted by nataliedanger
on Jan 2, 2012 -
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Some friends and I are creating a small creative consulting group. Our skills are pretty diverse- environmental, web development, musical transcription/composition. We are trying to come up with an easy to remember name that is vague enough to cover all of what we do (with available .com URL) and drawing blanks. Any suggestions of names?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 6, 2011 -
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It's finally time for me to set up a website. Sadly, saralastname.com is being parked by someone who shares my name. What to do?
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posted by Sara C.
on Nov 4, 2011 -
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I want to buy my real name's .com domain name (e.g. johnsmith.com). It expires on August 28 and is currently owned by Oversee Domain Management. How can I get my domain back?
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posted by mrbob14
on Aug 19, 2011 -
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I've got a client who owns several
.name domains, registered with GoDaddy. She would like to move them off GoDaddy, so she's having me look for a replacement registrar. Any suggestions?
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posted by mindwarp
on Apr 1, 2011 -
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I wanted to purchase a lapsed domain, now a
PPC site, to give back to the former owner. It has a pagerank of 2. The person who snapped the domain wants $3,000 USD for the site. Is domain snapping on such a low-ranked site really that profitable?
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posted by johnofjack
on Jan 31, 2011 -
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I have a website that sells trademarked, but hard to find items that you can't find in stores. I just got a cease & desist letter from the manufacturer demanding I close the site and hand over the domain to them. Should I do that immediately, or do I have some other options?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 18, 2011 -
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What would be a catchy domain name for a website that shows off and sells my artwork?
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posted by xopaigexo
on Oct 10, 2010 -
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I'm in the market for a domain name for my law firm, and I'm looking for terms that will occur to the relevant demographic.
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posted by freshwater
on Jul 16, 2010 -
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IT Filter: When I switched my client's domain name DNSs to point to a new hosting account, they lost incoming email capabilities. Halp! (More inside)
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posted by halfguard
on Jul 8, 2010 -
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Could one register a trademark and use the ICANN Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy to acquire an already registered domain name?
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posted by samengland
on Jun 22, 2010 -
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I have a friend whose former boyfriend registered a domain and set up a site for her. I'd like to transfer the domain to her so I can change the DNS settings and move her to Google Apps. The registrar appears to be enom.com. I've sent several e-mails to the boyfriend and he responds that he's busy, etc. What can I do to get the domain in her name? He seems to have no problem with transferring the domain, he's just making it difficult and refuses to do anything.
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posted by geoff.
on Mar 23, 2010 -
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Total website noob with some questions on buying a domain name and choosing a web host. Also specific questions about Vistaprint web hosting.
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posted by yawper
on Mar 11, 2010 -
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Does anyone have experience with registering and using a .name domain for email and/or web hosting?
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posted by dammitjim
on Feb 17, 2010 -
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An ex-member of our family has taken domain names of family members' names, and hosted a hate site impersonating one of them. How can we stop him and reclaim these domain names?
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posted by Ricket
on Jan 24, 2010 -
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I'd like to buy the domain name "myfirstnamemylastname.com" (but with my actual first and last names). Unfortunately it's parked with GoDaddy, full of ads, and shows up as already taken when I do a domain name search. Do I have to buy it from GoDaddy or the owner or what? Or should I not bother, and go for the .net instead? This is the first time I've wanted a domain name that wasn't actually being used for a real website before.
posted by harriet vane
on Nov 14, 2009 -
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I'm thinking about making a website but it's years since I last did this, what are the best registrars, hosts, and insidey bits nowadays? I'm in the UK.
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posted by SebastianKnight
on Oct 11, 2009 -
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Why does the domain I just registered and added to my existing hosting account (with
1and1) contain the same files and folders as a domain that was already on that hosting package?
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posted by entropic
on Jul 8, 2009 -
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Let's say my name is Fred McMurry. Let's say that I want a new domain name for myself, but I don't want fredmcmurry.net or fred-mcmurry.net but rather I want fred.mcmurry.net -- it seems that the rule is no periods in your domain name. Okay, got it, except why does google have maps.google.com and mail.google.com -- maybe someone here can tell me how I can buy mcmurry.net and then turn that into fred.mcmurry.net?
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posted by dancestoblue
on Jul 7, 2009 -
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Received the following email yesterday in regards to my domain name. My first reaction was to hit delete, but I thought I'd just make sure I wasn't ignoring something I shouldn't be ignoring.
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posted by goshling
on Jul 1, 2009 -
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My company a domain name ending in .com. We have been contacted by a company claiming that someone else is trying to register the same address with a .net, .info, and .org suffix and have offered us first option (they contacted us because "they got a request for these and saw that we had the .com and were giving us first option)...
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posted by Gratishades
on Jun 30, 2009 -
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I want to register two domain names that I think I may use at some point in the future. I don't need hosting just yet. This is probably obvious to some, but I couldn't find a definitive answer. How do I go about it?
posted by dicetumbler
on Apr 10, 2009 -
19 answers
I need to register a domain name and get hosting services for $60 (or less)/year. Very specific details follow.
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posted by scribbler
on Nov 14, 2008 -
11 answers
I think a company is trying to do an end-around to get my domain name, what can I do about it?
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posted by rhizome
on Oct 30, 2008 -
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Which is better: mypreferrednamesoftware.com or mypreferredname.biz? Or do I have to keep trying to find anothergoodname.com that isn't already taken?
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posted by alms
on Aug 27, 2008 -
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Domain Naming Troubles - I have spent the last week and a half trying to come up with a clever dot com for my web design company. I am looking for suggestions on keywords that I can use to form a good domain name.
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posted by B(oYo)BIES
on Jun 5, 2008 -
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Help me pick a professional domain name for email. All reasonable combinations of my name are already taken (the same goes for GoogleMail addresses). I'd like to avoid firstnamelastnameUK01321@googlemail.com if I can. I'm going to be using it mainly on CVs.
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posted by dcbarker
on Apr 9, 2008 -
16 answers
What domain name registrars for the .com TLD hit the sweet spot between ease, reliability and price at present?
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posted by signal
on Mar 1, 2008 -
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Webhost takes down open source project website in response to legal threat from small company with similar name, similar product. What can be done?
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posted by _aa_
on Feb 6, 2008 -
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I recently registered a .co.uk domain name. I've since found out that my full name is visible on a WHOIS. What can I do to hide it?
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posted by Don-da-lah
on Jan 8, 2008 -
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I let my company's domain name expire, and now someone else owns it. What can I do to get it back?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 28, 2007 -
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A few years ago, I bought the .biz version of a domain name. The domain name is a common word, and the .com version was purchased by a new and now very large company. Now, I'm thinking about selling the name, or leasing the redirect.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 27, 2007 -
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