All About Domains

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  • what is a domain?

    What is a domain? A domain is a name for your site ie.www.duodesign.co.uk more

  • why do i need a domain?

    Why do I need a domain? You don't. The truth is most websites could be accessed via a number. This number is call an I.P. address and works a little like a phone number. However domain names are there to help your clients. It is much easier to remember www.duodesign.co.uk than it is to remember 213.152.251.148 more

  • who manages the domain system?

    Who Manages the Domain Name System? UK domains ( ie co.uk org.uk etc ) are managed by Nominet . The .COM .NET .ORG etc domains are managed by versign . Many countries also have companies who take care of their specific country code fr for France and mx for Mexico. more

  • How Much Does a Domain Name Cost?

    How Much Does a Domain Name Cost? Domain names can be bought on-line from a number of resellers. It is usually cheaper to get your domain from a reseller rather than the likes of Nominet. Nominet don't want to sell domains directly so they usually charge upwards of £80. We generally use www.easily.co.uk for our more

  • Can i have more than one domain?

    Can I have more than one Domain? You can buy as many domains as you want. It is even possible to point them at the same website. However in reality this is rarely useful. You are likely to only appear under one of these domains on the search engines. If you promote your company with more than one domain people are likely to get confused. more

  • Is it better to have .com or co.uk?

    Is it better to have .com or co.uk? If you are marketing your company around the world, more people will be familiar with the .com domain as this is used in all countries. Because .com is used everywhere the chance of getting the domain name you want is less likely then with co.uk. So it is really a matter of what is more important, more

  • What are ORG NET ORG UK etc..For?

    What are ORG NET ORG.UK etc.. For? ORG NET etc... were originally developed to help Internet users distinguish between normal companies (com) and non-profit organisations (org) or Internet related companies (net). The problem is no one has really policed this system. What has happened is people have bought the domain which is more