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Oh, come on! I just gotta ask…. has Yahoo completely lost their ever-livin’ minds?
In a surprising move, Yahoo is jacking up the prices of their domain registration renewals… going from $9.95 to $34.95!!! If you have a domain expiring with Yahoo within the next 90 days, you should have already gotten [...]

When the internet was young, lots of money could be made by buying a domain name with a big company’s trademark in it. Then the person would dangle the name in front of the company like a carrot. Some people even went as far as to create a site at the domain name and post [...]

The very first rule of thumb: DO NOT do a domain name search at a domain registrar until you have the money in your pocket and are absolutely ready to register.
I made that mistake early on. I did a search at a popular registrar trying to find a good name that I wanted to [...]

The first step is to think about your niche and the content of your site. It would be silly to use something like dog.com for a site about cats. Brainstorm on a piece of paper and write down as many keywords and keyword phrases as you can think of.
One good tip that I’ve used [...]

You can only use letters, numbers, and hyphens. Hyphens can’t be at the beginning or end of your domain name. You can not use spaces or other symbols. Remember that domain names are not case sensitive, so www.PODForYou.com is the same as www.podforyou.com.
Domain names must be at least 3 characters, but not over 63 characters. [...]