GoDaddy, the world's largest Domain Registrar and a big provider of hosting sevices, went down for 6+ hours yesterday afternoon, taking all customer websites and email services down with it. Today, the company's CEO, Scott Wager, has posted a letter to customers on its website stating that the blackout was "not [...] Continue reading →

GoDaddy DNS servers experience major outage with Anonymous taking credit to "test cyber security" As the world’s largest Domain Name Registrar and one of the biggest web hosting providers this major outage has affected a huge number of websites with no estimate on when they will be [...] Continue reading →

Do you renew your domains each year to save on renewal costs? Or do you renew your domains for the 10 year maximum so that you don't forget to renew and lose the name? Or, perhaps you are somewhere in the middle with a 5 year renewal? Vote below to let us [...] Continue reading →

Nominet, the official registry for .uk domain names is upgrading their system today to permit 1-10 year registration and renewal periods. Similar registration terms are already standard at most domain registries and this upgrade will be welcomed with open arms by .uk registrants. Up until this day .uk [...] Continue reading →

Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clements but you won't find any lemons in the Clements brothers' domain auction ending this coming Monday. Almost one year to the day after announcing his split from Rick Latona, Toby Clements and his brother David Clements are running their first [...] Continue reading →

When you register a new domain name, do you register for one year so that you save on the upfront registration costs? Or, do you register your domains for the 10 years so that you won't forget to renew it annually and risk losing the domain? Vote below to let us know [...] Continue reading →

Domain investor and iGoldrush CEO, Paul Goldstone, put his high value, two-character domain, co.com up for sale today after 15 years off the market. Interestingly, all variations of the 676 two-letter .com domain names have been registered since 1998 and these valuable, highly sought after names can only be obtained on the [...] Continue reading →