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Domain name

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:52:00 +0000

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By : Jayesh Vasava
Domaining is sometimes a business for some people and sometimes it is a hobby for the others. The real domaining is an art, that very less people have the knowledge of. The work and efforts that some domainers are putting is real worth it. the competition is tough enough already in the market. Still there are some gems left and the person who can spot a gem is the winner in the end.

The art and the talent comes from reading and testing in real time rather then just hearing the wonderful stories that we hear everyday that some domain name got sold for thousands of dollars.

There are many online resources that do allow users to share their previous experiences and you can learn easily from reading it rather then just jumping right into the business and then learning it the hard way. For example I did visited a http://www.nameslot.com sometime ago that had plenty of resources on domain names and investing into the right domain names. They do have a buy and sell section and tips section where senior members share their ideas and let the new people learn from the mistakes that they have committed in the past.

This does save you lots of time and is also beneficial financially as you don't waste your time pondering on other things and you can start right on with the real things that does have value in the today's market.

reference : Written By: Jayesh Vasava. The Admin of http://www.vavk.com

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noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:51:00 +0000

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Domain Name Registry

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:05:00 +0000

A domain name registry, also called Network Information Centre (NIC), is part of the Domain Name System of the Internet which resolves domain names to IP addresses. It is an organisation which centrally manages the ownership of Domain names within the top-level domains which it has been given authority of, often decides and implement the policies around domain name allocation and operates its top-level domain technically.

Authority to manage domain names is delegated hierachically. The authority on top of the hierachy is the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), which organises the top of the hierarchial DNS tree by administrating the data in the root nameservers.

IANA also operates the .int registry for intergovernmental organisations, the .arpa zone for protocol administration purposes, and other critical zones such as root-servers.net.
IANA delagates all other domain name authority to other domain name registries such as Verisign.

Country code top-level domains (ccTLD) are delegated by IANA to nationally appointed registries like DENIC in Germany, but these can only operate if the top level domain they run has been delegated to them by Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.

Top-level domain Name

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:36:00 +0000

A top-level domain (TLD), sometimes referred to as a top-level domain name (TLDN), is the last part of an Internet domain name; that is, the letters which follow the final dot of any domain name. For example, in the domain name www.example.com, the top-level domain is com (or COM, as domain names are not case-sensitive).

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) currently classifies top-level domains into three types:

-country code top-level domains (ccTLD): Used by a country or a dependent territory. It is two letters long, for example .us for the United States.
-generic top-level domains (gTLD): Used (at least in theory) by a particular class of organizations (for example, .com for commercial organizations). It is three or more letters long. Most gTLDs are available for use worldwide, but for historical reasons .mil (military) and .gov(governmental) are restricted to use by the respective U.S. authorities. gTLDs are subclassified into sponsored top-level domains (sTLD), e.g. .aero, .coop and .museum, and unsponsored top-level domains (uTLD), e.g. .biz, .info, .name and .pro.
infrastructure top-level domains (iTLD): The top-level domain .arpa is the only confirmed one. .root has been known to exist without reason.

A full list of currently existing TLDs can be found at the list of Internet top-level domains.

reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain

Subdomain : Domain name

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:31:00 +0000

In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a subdomain is a domain that is part of a larger domain. For example, "example.com" is a subdomain of the "com" top-level domain (TLD) while "www.example.com" is a subdomain in the domain "example.com". In fact, the "com" TLD is a subdomain of the root domain, ".". This hierarchical organisation is similar to that in a filesystem; something is a subdomain if it could be equated to a folder, and a record within that subdomain to a file. Note, though, that DNS names are written in descending hierarchy right-to-left, where filesystems are written left-to-right.

Relative to a subdomain, the larger domain that it is a part of is its parent domain, or alternately superdomain (the former term appears to be preferred by the

Note that "subdomain" expresses relative dependence, not absolute dependence: for example, wikipedia.org comprises a subdomain of the org domain, and en.wikipedia.org comprises a subdomain of the domain wikipedia.org. In theory, this subdivision can go down to 127 levels deep, and each label can contain up to 63 characters, as long as the whole domain name does not exceed a total length of 255 characters. But in practice some domain registries have shorter limits than that.

A subdomain is sometimes termed a vanity domain, especially when it is a subdomain of an ISP's own domain aliased to an individual user account. However, the term "vanity domain" has other usages, discussed at that article.

Some websites use a different subdomains to point to different server clusters. For example, www.example.com points to Server Cluster 1 or Datacentre 1, and www2.example.com points to Server Cluster 2 or Datacentre 2, etc.

Subdomains are commonly used by organizations that wish to assign a unique name to a particular department, function, or service related to the organization. For example, a university might assign "cs" to the computer science department, such that a number of hosts could be used inside that subdomain, such as mail.cs.example.edu or www.cs.example.edu.

Depending on application, a record inside a domain, or subdomain might refer to a Host name, or a service provided by a number of machines in a cluster.

reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdomains

Web hosting service

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:27:00 +0000

A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Webhosts can also provide data center space and connectivity to the Internet for servers they do not own to be located in their data center, called colocation.

Service scope
The scopes of hosting services vary widely. The most basic is webpage and small-scale file hosting, where files can be uploaded via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or a Web interface. The files are usually delivered to the Web "as is" or with little processing. Many Internet service providers (ISPs) offer this service for free to their subscribers. People can also obtain Web page hosting from other, alternative service providers. Personal web site hosting is typically free, advertisement-sponsored, or cheap. Business web site hosting often has a higher expense.

Single page hosting is generally sufficient only for personal web pages. A complex site calls for a more comprehensive package that provides database support and application development platforms (e.g. PHP, Java, and ASP.NET). These facilities allow the customers to write or install scripts for applications like forums and content management. For e-commerce, SSL is also required.

The host may also provide an interface control panel (e.g. cPanel, Plesk or others) for managing the Web server and installing scripts as well as other services like e-mail. Recently, Web.com holds many patents it claims cover broad methods for website building and web control panels. Hostopia, a large wholesale host, recently purchased a license to use that technology from web.com for 10% of retail revenues. Web.com recently sued Go Daddy as well for similar patent infringement

Some hosts specialize in certain software or services (e.g. e-commerce). They are commonly used by larger companies to outsource network infrastructure to a hosting company. To find a web hosting company, there are searchable directories that can be used. One must be extremely careful when searching for a new company because many of the people promoting service providers are actually affiliates and the reviews are biased.

reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_hosting

Domain name

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:10:00 +0000

-A name that identifies a computer or computers on the internet. These names appear as a component of a Web site's URL, e.g. wikipedia.org. This type of domain name is also called a hostname.
-The product that domain name registrars provide to their customers. These names are often called registered domain names.
-Names used for other purposes in the Domain Name System (DNS), for example the special name which follows the @ sign in an email address, or the Top-level domain names like .com, or the names used by the Session Initiation Protocol (VoIP), or DomainKeys.
-They are sometimes colloquially (and incorrectly) referred to by marketers as "web addresses".

This article will primarily discuss registered domain names. See the Domain Name System
rticle for technical discussions about general domain names and the hostname article for further information about the most common type of domain name.

reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name

Domain name registry : Domain name Registration

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:04:00 +0000

A domain name registry, also called Network Information Centre (NIC), is part of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet which converts domain names to IP addresses. It is an organisation that manages the registration of Domain names within the top-level domains for which it is responsible, controls the policies of domain name allocation, and technically operates its top-level domain. It is potentially distinct from a domain name registrar.
Domain names are managed under a hierarchy headed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), which manages the top of the DNS tree by administrating the data in the root nameservers.

IANA also operates the .int registry for intergovernmental organisations, the .arpa zone for protocol administration purposes, and other critical zones such as root-servers.net.
IANA delegates all other domain name authority to other domain name registries such as VeriSign.
Country code top-level domains (ccTLD) are delegated by IANA to national registries such as DENIC in Germany, or Nominet in the United Kingdom.

Operation Domain name register
Some name registries are government departments (e.g., the registry for the Vatican www.nic.va ). Some are co-operatives of internet service providers (such as DENIC) or not-for profit companies (such as Nominet UK). Others operate as commercial organizations, such as the US registry (www.nic.us ).
The allocated and assigned domain names are made available by registries by use of the Whois system and via their Domain name servers.
Some registries sell the names directly (like SWITCH in Switzerland) and others rely on separate entities to sell them. For example, names in the .com TLD is in some sense sold "wholesale" at a regulated price by VeriSign, and individual domain name registrar sell names "retail" to businesses and consumers.

reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_registry

Chinese Internet users lose 10,000 domain names

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:23:00 +0000

About 10,000 Internet domain names were reportedly lost by Internet users in China following the earthquakes off Taiwan on 26 December 2006.

According to China's official Xinhua news service, which cited the China International Network Information Center, Chinese users were unable to update or re-register the lost domain names.

Domain name servers are not responsible for lost domain names should the holder not re-register in time. However a scheme may be established enabling companies and individuals to be compensated by domain name servers.

The earthquakes last month took millions of Internet users offline and caused severe problems for many businesses in Asia.

reference : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BNG/is_2007_Jan_5/ai_n17095068

Placing a Domain Name in Escrow.

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:12:00 +0000

"I'm contemplating sale of a domain at a substantial amount. However, it involves placing the domain in escrow while the purchase price is paid over a period of two years. I know very little about escrow or the difficulties of retrieving a domain if the deal goes sour." -- Daniel

A domain name escrow service is designed to protect both the buyer and seller from fraud: The buyer pays the sales price to the escrow service. When the escrow service certifies that the money has been received and the check clears, ...

Don't Be a Domain-Name Dummy

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:09:00 +0000

Late last year, one exceptionally lucky guy in Florida managed to sell his domain name for $1.3 million (he bought men.com in 1997 for $15,000). Now folks are thinking the dot-com gold rush is back on, and they're ready to pounce on stupid domains like mydomainisdumb.com or ibetI'llsellthisformillions.com. I say hold off on the domain squatting. You are not going to get rich.

Men.com, the domain someone thought was worth more than many companies make in a year, is clearly the exception. It's a winner because it has the potential to attract a broad audience, and—perhaps as important—people can type it quickly. Your domain—i-wanna-be-rich.com—won't sell for more than a few bucks. Making a name like that the virtual front door to your online business is akin to forcing patrons of a brick-and-mortar store to enter a code to get in. You want customers simply to walk in the door, not fumble for the correct combination of keystrokes that make up the name of your dot-com. Odd conflations of dashes and words do not make winning or appealing Web businesses names. And no one will want to by those worthless domains from you, either.

When Halsey Minor made the remarkably prescient decision back in the mid-1990s to buy up domains before anyone realized it was a good idea, he selected names with very few letters that represented ideas with broad appeal—news.com, TV.com, computers.com, downloads.com, and the like—all online gold. That was pure genius. Many of my peers who have spent the decade working in the online world kick themselves when they think of what Minor did and they didn't.

His actions more or less launched the run on domains. People snatched up every single word, combinations of words, and brand name they could think of. There was a brisk business in important domain names. Some people remained blissfully unaware of what they had, and gave up valuable domains for a song. Others made fortunes. Those who purchased (rented really, since there's a yearly fee) and squatted on brand names like McDonalds.com bought more trouble than they bargained for, as new trademark laws like 1999's Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act gave companies far more trademark protection over domain names than ever before. Ultimately many cyber squatters lost their precious domains with no million dollar payouts. Mind you, I don't have a lot of sympathy for cyber squatters. These folks weren't launching viable online businesses under these domains. If you visited the Web pages, you'd often find that they were for sale to the highest bidder.

Around this time (1996), I was working at HomePC Magazine, charged with running and growing the Web site. The company owned the domain for the magazine—homepcmagazine.com. Though straightforward, I felt the URL was still too many letters. I wanted HomePC.com and noticed that although someone else owned the domain, the actual Web site was a very simple affair that looked as if it was rarely updated. Using Internic's Whois service, I traced the ownership to a gentleman in Chester, Pennsylvania.

After sending countless e-mails and a dozen or so calls, I finally tracked the owner down. I called him, explained who I was, and asked if he had ever thought of selling the domain. I tried not to sound too interested because I didn't want him to jack up the price. He said he hadn't thought of selling it and wondered what I would pay. I was pleased, because this put the ball in my court. I put him on hold and ran across the hall to my boss's office. I didn't want to lose this opportunity. What if someone else called and offered to buy the domain? Things were so crazy back then, I wouldn't have been surprised if someone had bought the domain 5 minutes after I hung up. In any case, my boss said we could offer $1,500. I returned to the phone, figuring this would be a very short conversation. Instead, the gentleman accepted. What a steal that was at the time.

Flash forward to 2004. Now we have a Don Hackett, the man who brought us the barely surviving drkoop.com (yes, you can usually do well with domains that are celebrity names), who recently attempted to sell 1-800-Schedule.com on eBay. The starting bid was $1.5 million. This would, Hackett hoped, bring in seed money to start his new venture, myDNA.com (guess he couldn't get the much more valuable DNA.com).

This guy is about to become a two-time loser. Why would anyone pay that kind of money for a domain like 1-800-schedule.com? It's too long and has dashes. No extremely valuable domain is going to have dashes. The auction unceremoniously ended with zero bids.

Here's my advice for all you would-be Internet entrepreneurs thinking about buying a whole new passel of odd domain names. Save your money. Your local lotto gives better odds.

reference : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdpcm/is_200402/ai_ziff118929

The Value of a Domain Name.

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:05:00 +0000

"I am wanting to sell my company. How do you know what a domain name is valued at?" -- Sandra Teal, SoldierTags.com

Domain names may have some inherent demand. For example, fish.com recently sold for an alleged $1 million. But few names are that good. I've purchased domains for between $250 and $1000. But average domain names are selling for $200 or less -- if the seller can get a buyer. The price is based solely on demand.

Of course, the least expensive domain is one which is unregistered, available through ...

referencec : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5062/is_200603/ai_n18435107

Name That Domain Name

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:01:00 +0000

While.com is still the most dominant top-level domain, other options are still being introduced. New entrants .postand.travel will be joining the ranks alongside .org, .net, .biz, more than 200 different country codes and a few miscellaneous others. Negotiations haven't been finalized and could drag on for several more months, but entrepreneurs who are still seeking easy-to-remember domains should have these new options available before the end of the year.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is also looking over applications to create other top-level domains such as .eu and .jobs. Still, it's hard to shake the reliance on the ubiquitous .com. According to a report from internet domain-name registrar VeriSign late last year, total domain-name registration hit an all-time high. If .post or .travel fits your business, you might want to consider jumping onboard when they become available.

reference : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DTI/is_3_33/ai_n11836459

Remain master of your domain (name)

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:32:00 +0000

Remain master of your domain (name)
The Internet is a wild and wooly place, and the rules change constantly. Unfortunately, as with any frontier, there are individuals looking to profit at others' expense.

These people, frequently called "cyber squatters," look for lapsed domain names that typically grab the interest of Web surfers or attract high volumes of traffic. Cyber squatters then often grab up the lapsed domain name and use that Web site for their own purposes.

There have been numerous examples of this. A city in Kentucky recently had its domain registration lapse and the Web site was reborn as a pornography site. Similar things have happened with the Nebraska Department of Education, the Ohio State Senate, and the Ballet Theater of Annapolis Web sites.

Unfortunately, there are examples of Syracuse companies that have inadvertently let domain names lapse only to have the site either be, in effect, held for ransom, or worse, become a gateway to pornography sites.

Tool to help avoid losing your domain name

A relatively new industry, called domain backordering, has been developed which will monitor domain names and grab them back if it happens to lapse - before it can be acquired by an unscrupulous cyber bandit.

A periodic "who is" confirmation of your company's domain name can save you work and potential embarrassment. "Whois.net" is a directory of domain-name information. This public directory contains each domain name's registrar name, postal address, e-mail address, and telephone number.

ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) is the nonprofit body that is responsible for accrediting domain-name registrars, and it requires this personal information be accurate and available for anyone to view on the Internet.

The "Who Is" directory is important to a business owner, as the information contained in this index will alert you with the status of your domain-name registration.

Registering for a domain name
If your small or new business is looking too register a domain name on the Web, you will first need to find out if there are any domain names similar to your company's name and tagline that are available for purchase.

Domain names can be registered with different companies (registrars) that compete against each other. The registrar asks for contact information to update your registration. The registrar keeps track of the contact information and submits the technical information to the central directory known as the registry.

You will enter into a registration contract with the registrar, who sets forth the terms under which your registration is accepted and will be maintained. Registrations can last from one to 10 years, and the cost of registration can range from 99 cents to $40 per year, depending on the type of contract.

Good registrars will offer services that facilitate the renewal and protection of domains, including:

* Automatic renewal systems that renew before they expire. Although this is a great idea, these systems typically bill a credit card, which will be rejected if information such as your expiration date has changed since registration. So you must periodically check to make certain your information is current.

* E-mail reminder notices that warn you of expiring domains. A good practice is to set different information for registrant, technical, administrative, and billing contacts. That way if one contact's e-mail has changed or some other error occurs, others will get a warning.

* Setting a "registrar lock," which will prevent any unauthorized changes to your domain name, including the transfer to another registrar.

* "Private registration," which can protect your personal information from entering the whois. net database.

Even with the above tools, companies should assign domainname registration to a responsible employee. The burden of having yet another deadline or responsibility to monitor is far outweighed by the potential for embarrassment and notoriety that can result if you are unfortunate enough to have your company Web site become the next target of the cyber bandits.

Value of purchasing similar domain names to your own
Parents recently complained about inappropriate images on a Web site with a domain name similar to a local school district. While it was not the school district's official Web site, employees at the school district spent months trying to shut down the pornographic Web site - a very difficult task to accomplish legally.

The process of challenging the use of a domain name is both expensive and time consuming. The minimum fee to file a complaint with ICANN is $1,250, and there is no guarantee that the offensive user will honor a decision in your favor.

The best way to avoid this legal hassle is to simply purchase a large volume of domain names upfront that are similar to your company's name and tagline. Most registrars will provide you with a list of similar domain names that you can use at a minimal cost. Additionally, they will also list the .net, org, and other suffixes available for the exact domain names you choose.

reference : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3718/is_20070302/ai_n18781366

Dot-jobs domain still under construction

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:23:00 +0000

Dot-jobs domain still under construction
Employ Media LLC, a key partner with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in the creation of the new dot-jobs Internet top-level domain, is working on details of how companies will be able to apply for the new web addresses. They hope to announce that information this summer or early fall, providing the human resource community with a simpler, easier method for connecting employment-seekers with jobs. Participating firms will be able to set up web site addresses with their company name followed by jobs, creating a universally recognized place for each company's job listings.

In the meantime, say representatives for Employ Media and SHRM, companies planning to use the jobs suffix as the place for their job postings should stay tuned for further information and prepare to act quickly.

Employ Media will be the parent company of the jobs business and will act as the "wholesaler," noted Tom Embrescia, CEO of the Cleveland-based company. It will steer applicants for jobs sites to web site registrars with which it will do business.

SHRM will help promote the service and serve as policy-maker for .jobs under an arrangement approved April 8 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Embrescia said Employ Media will be creating a new entity to manage .jobs and new web pages with information on when and how companies can apply for a .jobs site. For now, however, he suggested that interested parties monitor his web site, www.employmedia.com, and SHRM's web site, www.shrm.org, for the latest information. The Employ Media site has a description of the upcoming service as well as answers to frequently asked questions.

Under the terms of the Employ Media/SHRM application to ICANN, for applicants to qualify to receive a .jobs web site, they must be either members of SHRM or engaged in human resource management practices that meet at least one of the following conditions:

* They are certified by the Human Resource Certification Institute.
* They possess salaried-level HR management experience.
* They are supportive of the SHRM Code of Ethical and Professional Standards in HR Management.

If recent history is any guide, .jobs sites could be popular. A 2002 study showed that more than 50 million people have used the Internet to search for a job. About 4 million people seek employment opportunities online every day.

reference : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3495/is_6_50/ai_n13826258

Is Google the Master of Its Domain?

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:19:00 +0000

Is Google the Master of Its Domain?
Internet search engine Google said it mistakenly deleted its corporate blog on March 27, allowing an alleged vandal to take control of the site for about a half-hour.

Trey Parker, who identified himself as an Austin, Texas teenager, has claimed responsibility for seizing control of the blog.

Apparently by deleting its blog, Google gave up the right to operate the site's domain name, googleblog.blogspot.com.

Parker writes of registering the site in his name, giving him absolute control, after being tipped off to this situation by an error message he got trying to download the site on March 27.

Read more here how a Google slip-up exposed Gdrive, Google's unlimited storage play.

Given what Parker could have done, he was pretty kind to the Mountain View, Calif.-based company. He left a message on the Web site explaining he was an intruder, and asking Google fix its blog.

To explain the slip-up, Google quotes Homer Simpson, a character from the long-running animated television show, "The Simpsons."

"D'oh," is what Google wrote here.

This instance, and other Google slip-ups of the recent past, are somewhat out-of-character for the company, which is approaching a decade in business and not usually sloppy in its day-to-day operations.

Read more here about some of Google's recent rights, and wrongs.

But that doesn't seem to be true anymore. Take, for example, how a presentation on Google Analyst Day on March 2 mistakenly contained some of Google's financial projections, plus news of upcoming product initiatives.

Check out eWEEK.com's Search Center for the latest news, views and analysis on enterprise search technology.

reference : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdpcm/is_200603/ai_n19409354

XXX Top-Level Domain Once Again Rejected

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:15:00 +0000

XXX Top-Level Domain Once Again Rejected

It amazes me how this works time and again. There are two groups against the idea of an .xxx top-level domain. One group consists of some supposedly Christian "family values" pressure groups. The other group is the pornographers. Does anyone find this alliance a little disturbing?

Exactly what do they have in common? Apparently, they both want porn everywhere. The family-values groups (and other naïve bozos) argue that creating an .xxx domain will make it easier to find porn. Huh? How hard is it to find porn on the Net? Go to any search engine and type porn. Open your e-mail box. Who are these people kidding with this argument?

Then I've heard that .xxx will create a virtual red-light district. Yeah, it will—that's the idea. There are red-light districts in the world, and they are off in their little corner of some place. They are not scattered everywhere. They are not next to churches. Right now, the online pornographers are next to the churches, and apparently some churches like it that way. Why!??!

Someone else is going to have to dig in to why these misguided groups want porn all over the place rather than in a roped-off segment of the Net that can be monitored and filtered. Do the research; I'm sure there is a sleazy reason lurking behind it. (Note: I have written about this before with this result here .)

That said, there are a lot of people who say that .xxx will just be another domain in addition to .com for the pornographer folks, who would then maintain sites in two (or more) top-level domains. And I would expect that, but only at first.—next: Why Pornographers Don't Want .XXX >

Under serious pressure, most of the pornographers would want to stay clear of trouble, especially if it stemmed from some sort of scrutiny. If you are a pornographer, you know who you are. You attend porn events. You are in a sleazy business and you like it. And it's a good business when you are allowed to go wild. You are probably not fooling yourself into believing that you are in the sex-education business. You also have to know that tolerance of porn fluctuates, and you don't want to be some sort of "test case" or the target of a prosecutor looking to make a name for him or herself. So you'd probably move into the .xxx ghetto as requested to avoid trouble in the future.

That's the reason the pornographers are dead set against .xxx: It would become a place where all of them could be rounded up easily. And if rounded up, they could effortlessly be excluded from some big tubes running into, say, China or Saudi Arabia. They would definitely be excluded from schools and libraries worldwide.

This would limit their opportunities to attract new customers and would indeed hurt their multimillion-dollar business. But the family-values groups, including the Concerned Women for America (again!) and James Dobson's Family Research Council , among other lobbying groups, can't see it that way. Their main argument is that .xxx would legitimize porn, and that would send the wrong signal. In other words, their thinking is symbolic, period. Symbolic! It's about code and messages. And they would prefer to think porn on the Net is an anomaly that will just go away if we pretend it is not there.

In the real world, this would be like letting the adult bookstore set up shop next to the church and ignoring it because creating a red-light district would be legitimizing the bookstore. The pornographers have got to be laughing themselves silly with these dingbats as their allies.

Finally, there are the cynics out there who say none of this will work anyway. Their rationale? Uh, there is no reason. It just won't. One guy commented on a blog, "The effects will be marginal at best." How does he know this? Psychic? It's unbelievable to me how in an age of reason, we are surrounded by a populace that won't even try a solution to see what happens. 2007: Just do nothing and that will solve everything.

My advice: Now is the time to get into porn. It's wide open and a moneymaker. And nobody wants to do anything about it but blow smoke.

reference : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdpcm/is_200704/ai_n19424156

Name that domain

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:11:00 +0000

Name that domain
by Amanda C. Kooser

While.com is still the most dominant top-level domain, other options are still being introduced. New entrants .postand.travel will be joining the ranks alongside .org, .net, .biz, more than 200 different country codes and a few miscellaneous others. Negotiations haven't been finalized and could drag on for several more months, but entrepreneurs who are still seeking easy-to-remember domains should have these new options available before the end of the year.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is also looking over applications to create other top-level domains such as .eu and .jobs. Still, it's hard to shake the reliance on the ubiquitous .com. According to a report from internet domain-name registrar VeriSign late last year, total domain-name registration hit an all-time high. If .post or .travel fits your business, you might want to consider jumping onboard when they become available.

reference : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DTI/is_3_33/ai_n11836459

Free Domain Names

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:11:00 +0000

Free domain names
directory with comparison table of websites offering top-level domain names for free, such as Dot.tk.
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Domain name registration, e-mail accounts, web hosting - Namezero.com
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Free domain name test tools.

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:09:00 +0000

Mac Trojan horse discovered
Mac computers no more safer than Windows PC? Symantec researchers said about Trojan used in the attack specially computers with Mac OS.A fake codec pretends to be a free video codec from porno sites, but it’s not a video codec at all.The attack does not use any vulnerability in the Macintosh OS. Instead, Trojan horse […]

New trick from Domain scammers
Domain name scammers find new way for domain owner tricking: they calling to domain`s owners warning them that another company is trying to register all the alternative TLDs for domain, already registered.And after all offered to secure all the similar domains before it was too late for a small fee of 500-1200$/year.

Fresh proxy list
With proxy server you’ll be able to get around firewall that blocked you while visiting your favorite websites. Here is a short list of proxies:

146.164.34.14:80
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Please use anonymous proxy servers from proxy list for legal purposes only!

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Load Balancing And Yahoo !! (2)

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:16:00 +0000

Algorithm of Server Load Balancing
When HTTP requests are assigned to any server picked randomly among the group of servers, this is called random allocation. It is possible that one server may be assigned more requests than the others, but generally each server gets its share of the load. It can be very easy to implement but the risk of overloading one while under-utilizing another is big.

The IP sprayer assigns the requests to a list of the servers on a rotating basis when the round-robin allocation is used. The first request goes to a randomly picked server in a group so that the entire first request need not go to the same server especially if more than one IP sprayer is involved. The circular order is followed in redirecting the traffic for subsequent requests. The server which has been assigned a request moves to the end of the list to ensure that all servers are equally assigned. The allocation is much orderly than random but it may not be enough based on processing overhead required and when there are differences in server specification in a server group.

The shortcoming of the round-robin allocation has been eliminated by the weighted round-robin version. In this case, a server that is capable of handling twice as much load as the other can get a weight of two. This means that the IP sprayer will assign two requests to the powerful server as against one request assigned to the weaker one. This takes care of the capacity of the servers in the group. However, it does not consider the advanced load balancing requirements like processing time for individual request. An efficient load balancer should be capable of intelligent monitoring that would help it direct requests to the server that is more capable of handling them.

reference : http://delman-hostingdomain.blogspot.com

Load Balancing And Yahoo !! (1)

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:09:00 +0000

A high-volume site like Yahoo! knows that the actual quality of service any web server provides to end users basically depends on network-transfer speed and server response time. Network-transfer speed refers to the Internet-link bandwidth while server-response time depends upon resources including fast CPU, lots of RAM and good I/O performance. Once these resources are exhausted and the web-server is encountering heavy traffic, a problem would surely arise.

Load Balancing
A problematic situation pertaining to difficulty in handling high volumes of incoming traffic can be solved either through installing more RAM on existing machines or replacing the CPU with a faster one. The use of faster or dedicated SCSI controllers and disks with shorter access time can also be done. Software can be tuned so that the operating system parameters and web server software can be adjusted to achieve better performance.

An alternative approach is to improve performance by increasing the number of web servers. This approach would attempt to distribute traffic unto a cluster of back-end web servers that need not be large-scale machines. Web server scalability is achieved when more servers are added to distribute the load among the group of servers or server cluster.

This is what load balancing is all about. It involves the fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. Load balancing is distributing, processing and communications activity evenly across a computer network so that no single device is overwhelmed. Busy websites usually use two or more web servers in a load balancing scheme so that when one server gets overwhelmed with requests, traffic is forwarded to another server with more capacity.

There are two probable reasons why a company could want to load balance traffic across firewalls. One is for purely technical reasons and the other is centered on winning business. The technical aspect should be quickly addressed as soon as funds and environment allow.

When there is only one web server responding to all incoming HTTP requests for a website, it may not be able to perform accordingly especially if the website has gained popularity. Loading of web pages will be very slow and some users would have to wait for their requests to be processed. It can come to a point where upgrading the server hardware is no longer cost effective due to the increased traffic and connections to a website.

Yahoo! was granted a patent from a filing done in 1999 regarding coordinating information between multiple servers that share information as well as servers that may cache some of the information. Load balancing devices are becoming very common in supporting high-traffic websites. These devices evolve as websites grow in terms of size, complexity and traffic flow.

The presence of multiple web servers in a server group requires that HTTP traffic be evenly distributed among the servers. These servers should appear as a single web server to the web client. The load balancer simply intercepts each request and redirects it to an available server in the server cluster.

Methods of Load Balancing
Load balancing can be achieved in a number of ways. Choice would depend on the individual requirement, available features, complexity of implementation and the cost. The user company would have to determine its circumstances to determine which option would work best.

The Round Robin DNS Load Balancing is one of the early adapted load balancing techniques. The built-in round robin feature of BIND of a DNS server facilitates cycling through the IP addresses corresponding to a group of servers in a cluster. It is a fairly simple and inexpensive method which is very easy to implement. However, its downside is that the DNS server does not have any knowledge of server availability thus may continually point to an unavailable server. It has the ability to differentiate by IP address but not by server port. There is also the possibility that the IP address is cached by other name servers which would result to request not being sent to the load balancing DNS server.

In Hardware Load Balancing, hardware load balances route TCP/IP packets to various servers in a cluster. This method is said to provide a powerful topology with high availability. It uses circuit level network gateway to route traffic. Its one downside is the higher cost incurred as compared to other methods.

The most commonly used method is Software Load Balancing. Load balancers often come as an integrated component of expensive web server and application server software packages. This method is more configurable based on requirements and can incorporate intelligent routing base on multiple input parameters. An additional hardware needs to be provided to isolate the load balancers.

reference : http://delman-hostingdomain.blogspot.com

How to Choose a Web Hosting Company? (3)

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:34:00 +0000

Will you really own your domain name? When you buy a domain name together with a website hosting package, make sure the host will register the domain name under your name. It usually should be written in their FAQ, but, if there is no such information, simply contact them. This will also give you an opportunity to check how fast their customer support team replies to inquiries. If the hosting company registers domains under someone else's name, you may have problems switching hosting providers later. If you were in such situation, you would have to file for a Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), which costs much more than both domain name and web hosting service together.

Control Panel For ease of maintenance, a feature called a Control Panel is a necessity; this tool will normally allow for regular maintenance, be it email mailbox additions/deletions, password resets, web additions, web count reports, statistics and so on. If the site is for any sort of business, this is an absolute must. The most popular web hosting management software currently available is cPanel. It's a next-generation web hosting control panel system that allows you to manage your domain through a web interface. The idea is to transfer as much of the control of managing your web site to you; you have the ability to manage all aspects of e-mail, files, backup, FTP, CGI scripts, and web site statistics.

Value-added services Hosting companies offer different value-added services in order to set themselves apart from the competition. Of course, these are an advantage, but a common mistake customers make is choosing a host just because it offers many value-added services which won't be used anyway. Some of the really useful features are:

1. Auto-installer script ๏ฟฝ Auto-installers will save you time if you are going to install a forum, image gallery, content management system, etc. Installation procedures on an auto-installer script take seconds and can be performed by novices without the need of doing difficult tasks usually associated with installations.

2. Online website builder - It lets you design a website in a few minutes without having any creation software and knowledge. One very powerful website builder on the market is Site Studio; this editor allows for ease of use, full control of color schemes and themes, one-click publishing, and an array of templates to use.

The last tip In this article, I've mentioned only a few warning signs which are worth considering. You should know yourself that price and allocations aren't as important as the quality of service; if the budget is absolutely limited, then the price can be a valid criterion, but otherwise it shouldn๏ฟฝt receive much credence.

By going through this article and asking questions, you can narrow down the list of web hosts to the point where a good, sound decision can be easily made. About the author:Karolis Petreikis is the CEO of http://www.uphosted.com/- a company that provides reliable hosting services for both individuals and businesses.

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How to Choose a Web Hosting Company? (2)

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:29:00 +0000

Reputable web hosts will post statistics on their site: What is the frequency of interruption? How about the average percentage of downtime? If these aren๏ฟฝt posted, ask; if the answer isn๏ฟฝt forthcoming, that should be a warning sign. If you still go with a host which doesn't monitor servers, you'll have to do the monitoring yourself. I recommend http://www.siteuptime.com, as it's one of the best monitoring services available for free in the market today.

Backups There is no host which is safe against different types of technical and programical failures, so make sure that the company runs scheduled backups. The other advice would be always having a backup of your website yourself, as you never know what might happen. cPanel, which is the most popular web hosting management software at this time, has a very comfortable backup-making tool. It allows you to backup files and databases quickly and easily, so backups are no longer a problem.

Acceptable use policy Web hosts may have 200-300 or more clients per server; there is no exact number, as companies have different hardware and each hosted website has different resource usage. There always is a possibility that a few of those customers host illegal content. There are web hosts who have had their servers unplugged, resulting in their clients๏ฟฝ websites going down. I'm sure you don't want to put your business at risk and have your website hosted on the same server together with illegal pornography and software sites, so check host's acceptable use policy to find out, if the host takes care of what's hosted on their servers.

Hosting your site on an uncared-for server will also result in a low speed. If somebody on the same server sends spam, the server's IP address will be blacklisted and you'll have serious problems as recipients stop receiving your emails. Use the "Spam database lookup" feature on www.DNSstuff.com to check if a web hosting company is blacklisted. Spam is being sent almost everywhere, so having one or two red records isn't that bad; but, if there are more, it may become a problem later on.

Unlimited bandwidth and web space In web hosting industry, the adage "you get what you pay for" is almost universally applicable. Do not fall for hosts offering unlimited allowances, as there is no unlimited bandwidth, nor unlimited web space. Host's pay for each GB of bandwidth themselves. Hard drives also aren't free, so how can they say it's unlimited? They simply are performing false advertising in order to attract customers. The average website doesn't use more than 1GB of bandwidth per month; the customer is happy as he bought something "unlimited" and the host gets a new customer, which won't cost them any more than $1-2 USD per month. But imagine what would happen if I had a website, burning much more bandwidth than an average site does, and I signed up with a hosting company offering unlimited traffic? The host would simply suspend my account and tell me, that it was using too much bandwidth. There even are companies which offer unlimited bandwidth and have a statement on their terms of service, explaining that unlimited bandwidth means 40GB, for example.

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How to Choose a Web Hosting Company?(1)

noreply@blogger.com (Name : Youngdek) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:16:00 +0000

by: Karolis Petreikis
Nowadays, anybody can afford to order a feature-packed web hosting plan for next to nothing; however, affordable price is not the only criterion which should be considered when purchasing web hosting services. In this article, I'll explain the basics of what you should look for in choosing a web hosting company, not just concentrating on the best price and features, but also on reliability and honesty. You're investing your money and effort into finding paying customers and you wouldn't like to lose them in order to save a few dollars per month on a web hosting service.

When looking for a web hosting company, it doesn๏ฟฝt matter if this is just for the inception of a web or the move of an established site; you need to consider a large selection of criteria to determine which company to go with:

Customer support Website hosting service isn๏ฟฝt just storage or bandwidth. Based on personal experience and that of others, even a top-notch service is worthless without customer support. If you own a business website, your hosting provider needs to be there for you 24/7 and give you instant access to the technicians you need to solve your problem; otherwise, you may end up losing customers and money.

Downtime guarantee and service monitoring Having a personal website go down is a minor inconvenience; having a business website go down is a serious matter. What amount of profit would you lose if your site had been down for a week? Long downtime may be very harmful to today's companies which spend large amounts of money on advertising their websites. Essentially, there are two rules regarding reliability that one should look at:

1. You should check if there is an uptime guarantee offered. A truly service-oriented provider will also give a money-back guarantee, offering a discount or free service as compensation for downtime. Any company which avoids taking responsibility won't put much effort into the service.

2. I definitely wouldn't go with a company claiming 100% uptime, as there is no such thing as a server with 100% uptime. If anyone ever claims their server has a 100% uptime they are either lying or they don't perform the necessary upgrades that prevent a machine from being compromised.

reference : http://www.informationsuperstore.net/