The DomainHELP experts work in the industry and demystify the byzantine and Kafka-esque world of domain names and DNS.

How the Domain Expiry Cycle Works

By , October 29, 2010

One of the more confusing aspects around domain names is how they are released back into the pool of available names once they expire. People mistakenly believe that if a domain name expires on such-and-such a date, then they will be able to just hop on the computer and register it again the next day, or later the same day.

Not so.

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The difference between a 301 and 302 URL redirect

By , July 7, 2010

I read this article about redirecting domains and also get asked this every once in awhile by customers: what is the difference between a regular “URL Redirect” (basically one done with a “302 Found” header) and a “301 Redirect” (done via a “301 Moved Permanently” header)?

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There is no such thing as an "ICANN Accredited" Reseller

By , June 2, 2010

While looking into a web hosting company the other day I noticed they also had a “domain reseller” business and was surprised to see a pretty official looking ICANN logo that had the words “ICANN Accredited Reseller”. Read more »

The difference between "sunrise" and "landrush" phases of new Top Level Domain rollouts.

By , May 25, 2010

We published a few articles on our company blog about the forthcoming launch of the .CO top level domain, and we made numerous references to the “sunrise” and “landrush” phases without realizing that those phrases are “jargon”. People who don’t live and breathe domains may not actually know what this means!

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A very handy feed validator tool

By , May 11, 2010

I was really scratching my head wondering why I could net get the feed for this website to load into a website aggregator. A quick google on the problem found this post with a similar problem, which led me to…..

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