The origins of www Before we address the question, let’t have a look where the www comes from. The www or “world-wide-web” URL prefix or sub domain, is a relic of the beginnings of the Internet. It used to be standard practise to name internet hosts according to the services they provide. Initially www was […]
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Newborn Email Address Time Capsule
Recently I heard the story of a friend who created an email time capsule for their newborn. I liked this idea of a newborn email address and thought it is worthwhile sharing. After they decided on a name for their newborn, they registered the respective name as @gmail address. They plan to send messages to […]
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Investing in Domain Names for Beginners
What is domain name investing? Investing in domain names can be compared with investing in real estate. In fact, it is more like it than you would imagine. Think of a beautiful waterfront property in a sought after suburb. There are not too many of those. Prime location and scarcity contribute to their value. Independent […]
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Premium Domain Names
For people with little time, there is a quick summary of this article at the end. Premium domains are domain names that were identified and classified as exceptionally valuable domain names, by the registry. There are various criteria used by registries to define which name is premium. One of which is the length of a […]
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Top 10 visited Websites in New Zealand
Have you ever wondered which websites your fellow Kiwis are visiting most often? Well, your times of uncertainty around this question shall be over. Amazons Alexa.com has the answer. google.co.nz: No surprise here, Google leads the list. On average Kiwis spend about 6:53 minutes on google.co.nz during which time they visit an average of 9.41 sites. […]
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