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

The difference between a 301 and 302 URL redirect

By admin, 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 admin, 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 admin, 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 admin, 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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How to link multiple domains to a website

By admin, April 24, 2010

Nick from the U.K asks:

My company recently purchased a couple domains and we want those to link to our current website. Eg. example.com will transfer to example.co.uk instantly. How can I do this?

Many Thanks,
Nick

This is similar to an earlier post How do I point “www.domain.com” at “domain.com” or vice-versa?, but since we’re going across multiple domains, we should also think about a couple additional issues.

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