When a customer enters your company name into a web browser that name is sent to his default Domain Name Server (DNS) and his computer asks if the server knows your company’s IP address. His DNS may have answered this query recently and it can provide his computer with the IP address of your company quickly. If this isn’t the case his computer will be connected to central zone files and it will ask them for the address of your company’s primary domain name server. Then the customers DNS will…

The web hosting company GoDaddy recently issued an apology to customers that use the company’s email and web hosting services for an outage that occurred on Monday September 10, 2012. An online activist (@AnonymousOwn3r) took responsibility for the problem but further investigation seems to point the finger at an internal network problem. Go Daddy is one of the world’s largest web host and domain registrars in the world and the news that they were not attacked most likely has many breathing a sigh of relief. GoDaddy will provide a refund…

We are happy to announce that NetShop Internet Services has become an accredited Domain Registrar in more than 100 countries! The good news have landed in our offices on Friday 6th of July 2012. NetShop is now able to provide 300+ TLDs, including European, Asia-Pacific, American and African domain name extensions. Some registries require a local incorporated company with documentary proof, while others require a verified local (postal) address. NetShop Internet Services provides a comprehensive Global Trustee Service for restricted ccTLD registrations. If you do not meet the requirements to…

The very important Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which rules on the way internet and email addresses are assigned, has chosen a new CEO. Fadi Chehade has been chosen for what looks to be a difficult job of coordinating the agency’s upcoming chore of overseeing the largest expansion of the Internet address system. They also assign numeric addresses to devices that are used to identify devices linked to the internet. This system has become important to businesses that want to incorporate easy to remember .com names which are…

One of the biggest obstacles faced by new entrepreneurs is creating a name and getting it out into the public to attract customers. That used to involve researching a company name, listing it with authorities to make sure one no one else was using it and getting it into the phone book or print advertising for people to see. Today’s entrepreneur has to take a completely different approach – getting his name on the internet with a domain registration. In order to build a successful online business you need a…

I do not have a lot of spare time but when I do I like reading optimization-related articles.  I must have read more than 40 blog posts and articles regarding website and search engines optimization the past 2 weeks. This morning, as I was evaluating Netshop’s Domain Names Strategy, I was trying to recall bits of the articles I ‘ve read so far and I realized that none of them made a reference to domain name optimization. I ‘ve decided to dedicate some time and write this article about Domain…

“Domains have and will continue to go up in value faster than any other commodity ever known to man” -Bill Gates It is true! The domain names  industry is on its peak, but not saturated (yet). Making a decision on what your (own, business’ or customer’s) domain name will be is not easy at all. Picking up the correct domain name for your website requires an in-depth knowledge of the industry your website is categorized, and a deep understanding of the “web” industry: search engine optimization tips, internet marketing strategies…

The Federal Trade Commission said today it has shut down the operations of Canadian con artists who allegedly acted as domain name registrars and convinced thousands of U.S. consumers to pay bogus bills by making them believe they would lose their website addresses unless they paid.