Over the course of the last few years I have dealt with a wide range of ICANN registrars and their resellers. Some experiences have been good, some fantastic and some excruciatingly painful.Which ones stick out? The bad ones of course!It is a well known fact that people remember bad service and, more importantly, talk about it more than they do about good service. About a year … [Read more...] about Why cheap domain registrars fail to deliver
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The death of phpbb?
According to Netcraft a number of hosting companies are banning the use of phpbb. Considering the number of security issues that the open source bulletin board software has had in the last 8 months, this move is not particularly surprising. However, as a spokesperson for the developers rightly pointed out: While phpBB has and no doubt will continue to suffer from exploits (show … [Read more...] about The death of phpbb?
Business insight from someone who should know
Bob Parson's latest blog entry caught my attention. Bob talks about how he did not "make it" the first time, or even the second. He lost fortunes before he finally made it. It may not teach you how he became a success, but it will show you that: You probably won't succeed the first time You are not alone You might succeed - he did Edit: Thanks to John for pointing out the … [Read more...] about Business insight from someone who should know
More domain scammers
There seems to be a cottage industry in domain scams. Every few months these scams come to the fore and we hear about them either directly from our clients or from other industry sources. … [Read more...] about More domain scammers
Plain English vs. verbose junk
Every day I read marketing material from other companies. What never ceases to amaze me is the total lack of content in some of their blurbs. Regardless of what they are trying to sell you, whether it is a service or a tangible product they seem to think that "more is better", ie. if you can say it 10 words then it will probably sound even better in 30 words or more. Shove in a … [Read more...] about Plain English vs. verbose junk