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I was impressed with my new Hostgator account as I started a new site this weekend, and the internal options at the Control Panel Deluxe are getting excited about this particular website project in its post launch phase. I cut my webmaster teeth on Control Panel many years ago, but since had left for other [...] Continue reading
Whenever Google does a major algorithm update we all rush off to our data to see what changed in terms of rankings, search traffic, and then look for the trends to try to figure out what changed. The two people I chat most with during periods of big algorithmic changes are Joe Sinkwitz and [...] Continue reading
Et tu, Amazon? Amazon.com is now offering domain name registration in conjunction with its web services. This move is not similar to Google’s recent foray into the retail registration market. Instead, it’s similar to what Google did many years ago — offer domain name registration through partners. Web services providers understand that domain name registration [...] Continue reading
Today San Francisco-based Crowdtilt announced they were changing their name to Tilt and moving over to Tilt.com. I’ve always found that the companies who share their rebrand with their customers win and Tilt made sure it was front-and-center. On their blog they explain a bit more behind why they decided to change their name: [...] Continue reading
After perusing the domain gTLDs included in the newly launched, beta version of Google Domains, we kinda asked ourselves: Why wasn’t dot .XYZ included on the list? After all, the ‘generation XYZ’ registry considers itself hip and groovy, so why not include .XYZ domains to the approved list of manageable Google Domains? There is no [...] Continue reading
Updated 10/30 Hand registering domains for under $3 is a no brainer. Godaddy keeps lots of fresh coupon codes available and I’ll keep this thread updated with new coupon codes. Many folks that register at Godaddy are also signed up for Discount Domain Club (DDC) where renewals for members are under $9. I prefer to [...] Continue reading