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Category Archives: DNS
King Of My Castle, Master Of My Domain Name
I am working on converting a client’s site to WordPress. We’ve got it almost ready to go. We’re moving it from one hosting service to another. In order to make the change to the new web host, we have to … Continue reading
Riding Against The Wind
Since the weather has been bad, I haven’t been riding my bike at the beach as much I used to. When I say it was “bad”, I mean that it got overcast and in the 60s, with maybe a little … Continue reading
How Much Is A Domain Name Worth?
A domain name is worth whatever it takes to acquire it from it’s current owner. Is it worth that much to you? Maybe not. The primary areas where there is value in a domain name for a business owner is … Continue reading
SERPs
Search Engine Results Pages = SERPs Who knows what magic algorithm Google uses to calculate what to return on those search pages? I’ve read about them. I’ve studied them. I’ve tested them. I don’t understand them. The more I know, … Continue reading
How To Look Up Domain Names
In the recent debate on how evil Network Solutions is, I neglected to give you the non-evil alternatives. JumpDomain Whois The easiest thing to do is go to an old registrar that quit answering my emails so I moved all … Continue reading
Put A WordPress Menu In An External Page
I ran into a situation where I had some old hard coded pages that I needed to drop into a WordPress site. The pages can coexist with Worpress just fine, but getting them to interact was a little harder. Each … Continue reading
3 Things To Look For In A Domain Name Registrar
1. ICANN accreditation Check to see if your domain registrar is accredited by ICANN. Don’t use the registrar regardless of the prices or their offerings if they aren’t. ICANN should ensure that you receive professional, stable, reliable service from a … Continue reading
How Does DNS Work?
The Internet is a bunch of computers that all send little packets of data back and forth between each other. The computer that you are reading this on is one of them. Each computer must have some sort of identifier … Continue reading