auDA, the administrators of the AU domain space have released the recommendations of a panel that was asked in 2010 to review some of the AU domain name policies. Includes changing registration period and domain monetisation policy.
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auDA, the administrators of the AU domain space have released the recommendations of a panel that was asked in 2010 to review some of the AU domain name policies.
Although it was feared that there would be a major upheaval of the policies to make them more open to foreign investment, the[...]
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Having backups is extremely important and backing up your web site is no exception.
Personally I have a nightly script that backs up my databases and other data files and compresses them in to a single file – creating a new file each day. Periodically I would logon and download the backup file to ensure I [...]
The AU domain market has seen some major transactions so far this year.
First there were 2 six figure domain sales – in January poker.com.au sold for US$100,000 to international sport gambling company 888.com, and in the last couple of days its been revealed that Zoupon has paid over $100,000 for deals.com.au.
electricity.com.au and fridges.com.au have also [...]
A very popular way of marketing your business online is “forum marketing”.
If you don’t know, a forum is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. Generally forum messages are available to anyone on the internet to view.
The right way and the wrong way
With forum marketing there are [...]
Earlier this year auDA, the organisation responsible for managing the AU domain space made changes to the domain expiration policies.
The changes standardised the exact date and time that an expired domain name becomes available to register again. Each day auDA publishes an Official Domain Drop List listing all the domains that will be dropping at the [...]
Having the right domain name for your web site is extremely important.
Some people (including myself) actually select their domain name before deciding on their business name. If you are going to be promoting your business name, it makes complete sense that your web site also gets the benefit of that.
Here are some hints and tips [...]
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is an extremely complex topic however there is one golden nugget of information I would like to share with you:
Google is a piece of software that does two things: 1) works out what your site is about, and 2) works out how credible your site is.
Yep, that’s my SEO secret! When [...]
This topic is often debated however I still wanted to briefly discuss it because I still see so much confusion about what PageRank (PR) is.
Firstly, PageRank is actually named after Larry Page, co-founder of Google Inc. So the “page” part of PageRank doesn’t refer to a web page but its creator. I think this is [...]
A favicon (short for favorites icon) is a small icon associated with a particular web site.
Having a favicon is a great way gaining a little bit more attention and build your branding. Some people even suggest that having a favicon can help your search engine rankings as they believe it’s one of the indicators use [...]
To me there are 3 key things to look for in a host. They are:
features,
reliability, and
support
I don’t feel that either one of these factors is more important than the other, they are each critical to the success of your web site.
Features
This is an obvious one, the host must be able to provide the features you [...]
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