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2009-07-02T07:55:00.001-07:00

Yahoo will register your domains' names for under $10 a year, though as of
this writing, Yahoo is having a sale on domains for $2.99 per year. That's a
lot cheaper than some registrars I've seen that are still trying to charge
$20 or more just for domains.

Once you get your domain registered, you still need to host it somewhere.
Again, Yahoo has a simple answer, or several simple answers, in its
Geocities service. You can plunk down your domains for free at Yahoo
Geocities, but you'll have ads. For a nominal fee ($4.95 per month) you can
get 500 MB storage and 25 GB per month transfer -- that's more than enough
for most starter sites.

Article : Protect Your Domain Name

2009-07-02T07:52:00.000-07:00

Imagine you’re the owner of a successful Web site, but when you logon one day all you get is an error message. Or worse yet, the domain name now points to a site full of advertisements. That’s right. You’re out of business.

This happens every day because of a perfectly legitimate process known as “drop catching,” where people quickly snag the domain names owners have let expire and try to resell them or use the links associated with the names, which could be extensive, to create Web sites loaded with advertisements. You can easily avoid becoming a victim of a drop catcher by better understanding how the domain registration system works to protect your domain name.

Your Web site, with all the content you have so painstakingly added, sits on a computer with a unique address called an IP address, which is simply a series of numbers. A domain name is an address forwarding service that directs visitors to the site using this IP address. Domain names are used instead of numbers because most people find it easier to remember a name rather than a bunch of numbers. It’s as if you could dial your friend’s name into the telephone instead of his phone number.

You can purchase a domain name by registering it with a provider of domain services such as GoDaddy.com , the largest on the Web, or any number of other registrars. The name can be registered for just one year, for about $10, or for as long as ten years, for around $80. Many register for only one year because it’s cheaper, or they only want the site for a limited time.

At the end of the year, the registrar usually sends an email renewal notice to the owner. If the owner doesn’t respond to the renewal notice, the domain name will eventually be made available for purchase by someone else. Roughly 20,000 domain names become available every day because the owners allowed them to expire, or the owners didn’t realize that their domain name was up for renewal

According to the rules established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN), domain registrars have 45 days after the expiration date to notify the owner that their domain name is going to be dropped from the registry. If the name is dropped, the guidelines then call for a 30-day grace period during which the owner can still claim the name. After this grace period and then another five-day holding period, the name is dropped from the registry and anyone can claim it.

Since 2004, however, a number of domain service providers, starting with SnapName.com, have created an auction process for expired names which bypasses the original drop process and makes the names available in as little as thirty days. GoDaddy.com begins the auction process even before the names have officially expired, although it does warn the auction participants that the owner could still claim their name.

These providers of domain services each have tools on their sites to make it easier to grab expired names. They provide constantly updated lists of expired names, various auction services, search engines, and other free tools for anyone to quickly and easily find available domain names. Some sites also offer software for sale that further simplifies the search for expired and soon to be expired names.

With the surge in online advertising, drop catchers will continue to seek out domain names from sites with good traffic, anxious to exploit the established links. Protect your site and your business by checking the expiration date of your domain name. Relying on the registrar to send a renewal notice that could easily be sent to an old email address or get lost in the spam catcher, could cost you years of hard work.

Yahoo Domain Fees Rise!

2009-07-02T07:40:00.000-07:00

"From July 1st, users that have domains registered with Yahoo Small Business, will see their fee jump from $9.95 to $34.95.

The news came in form of e-mail for anyone who has registered a domain with Yahoo Small Business, and a Yahoo representative told CNET News.com Friday that the e-mails have been sent 90 days, 60 days, and 30 days before users were set to renew their domain registration.

But some blogs are expressing dismay at the price increase, which is three and a half times what domain owners have paid in past years.

Yahoo said the $25 price increase is primarily being instituted to match the cost of doing business, and that registering domains--the process of creating a new Web address--can cost even more with other Web sites.

However, other competitors have much lower prices, including GoDaddy.com or Google Apps, both of which charge annual fees of around $10.

Since domain registration is not the core of Yahoo's small-business site, the company said its prices can not be as low as those of sites that focus on registering domains.

Low domain registration fees, though, can be a foot in the door to coax customers to upgrade to more profitable services.

According to Yahoo, new domain registrations will still only cost $9.95 and after a year, the fee will go up to $34.95."

Yahoo! Domain Renewals Increase to $34.95/year?

2009-07-02T07:38:00.000-07:00

"First Microsoft tries to buy Yahoo!, now Yahoo! raises their domain renewal rates.

Important note: Beginning on July 1, 2008, Yahoo!'s annual domain renewal price increases to $34.95 per year.

If this is accurate would this be considered Highway Robbery? Or do they think their customers are fools? Can they really justify that large an increase? Or are they just being greedy and hope their customers don't Google for GoDaddy.com?

Apparently the above quote was sent by email to people who have their domains registered with Yahoo! I'm not one of them. But I just visited their site and they make absolutely no mention of the increase. They do have a plan that has domain name plus email for $34.95 a year

So if this is true, this is truly a smack in the face to a lot of people who use Yahoo! to host their domain. (Can you say mass exodus?) If it's not true, sorry to waste your time Smiling ."

2009-06-05T04:50:00.000-07:00

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2009-06-05T04:48:00.000-07:00

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If you own a domain registered outside of Yahoo!

2009-06-05T04:37:00.000-07:00

If you own a domain registered outside of Yahoo!

If you own a domain for your store registered outside of Yahoo!, you will need to add your domain to the hostnames list. Once your domain appears in the hostname list, it will also be available for selection in the domain redirect setting drop down list. If your domain is registered through Yahoo! then your domain should automatically appear in the list.

To add a domain redirect for a domain registered outside of Yahoo!:

Ensure you have a CNAME set up from your domain to Yahoo! such as

www.yourdomain.com IN CNAME stores.yahoo.net

From the Store Manager, click Domain Names in the Site Settings column.
Click the "Add" link under Hostnames.
Enter your domain name in the field and click Next.
Confirm your ownership of the domain by typing "This is my domain" in the field provided at the bottom of the page and click Next.
Review the information about setting a CNAME at your registrar and click Next again.
View the Hostname you are creating and click Done.
Click OK.

You will see your hostname listed in the Hostnames section and your hostname will now also appear in the Domain Redirect Setting drop-down list. You can then select that hostname as your default domain redirect setting.

2009-06-05T04:36:00.001-07:00

To select a Yahoo! Domain Redirect Setting:

Sign in to your account.
Click the "Store Manager" link.
Click the "Domain Names" link (You may need to enter your security key to access this page).
Select the Domain or Host name to which you wish to redirect from the menu appearing under Yahoo! Domain Redirect Setting . Note: If you have a domain registered outside of Yahoo! which you wish to use for the domain redirect, you will need to first.
Select the checkbox to redirect all hostnames (recommended but optional--see B .
Click the "Set Redirect" button. (A confirmation page appears showing the redirect setting you selected.)
Do one of the following:
- Click "Go to Store Manager" if finished or…
- Click "Return to Domain Name Management" if you wish to change your setting.

Figure 1: Domain Name Management page showing redirect setting

How will this affect my search ranking?

2009-06-05T04:35:00.001-07:00

If you did not have a domain redirect setting previously, adding one may improve your search rankings if search engines were penalizing your site for duplicate content (multiple pages with identical content served from different URLs). Using a domain redirect will permanently redirect (301) visitors (or search engine crawlers) to any duplicate URLs to only one URL

Yahoo! Domain Redirect Setting

2009-06-05T04:31:00.000-07:00

Each Yahoo! store currently has multiple URLs to get to identical pages (for example store.yahoo.com/accountname, shop.store.yahoo.com/accountname, stores.yahoo.com/accountname). These URLs serve different purposes for your store. If you search for your store using a search engine, you may see these different URLs appearing in the result pages. This may be a problem because the relevancy rankings are spread out among those URLs, whereas you may want to optimize the relevancy rankings to just one URL. This can also be a problem if the pages are viewed as duplicate content (two or more pages with identical content), which can lead to these pages being dropped from a search engine index.

The Domain Redirect Setting feature allows you to select a domain or hostname to which to permanently* redirect (301) all Yahoo! generated URLs. By default, all Yahoo! Store accounts will be set to "none" meaning no URLs will be redirected. By default, all Merchant Solutions stores will be set to redirect to the store.yourdomain.com/page.html where your domain represents the domain you selected at signup or upgrade to Yahoo! Merchant Solutions. You can choose to redirect all Yahoo!-generated URLs to any hostname or domain name listed on the Domain Management page or even to not redirect any URLs.

You can also choose to redirect all hostnames and domain to your selected domain so your non-www address (acme.com) points for example to your www domain (www.acme.com). This setting also redirects your index page (for example www.acme.com/index.html) to your selected redirect setting (for example www.acme.com). This allows you to have one url (also known as a canonical url) rather than multiple so search engine relevancy factors will accrue to one url rather than being spread out across multiple urls.

* The redirect is "permanent" according to the as the requested URL is designated by the server as "permanently moved" as opposed to found—temporarily moved (302). You can select a new redirect setting whenever you like. The setting itself is not permanent.

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Article : Protect Your Domain Name

Yahoo Domain Fees Rise!

Yahoo! Domain Renewals Increase to $34.95/year?

Web Hosting Features

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Get a full web site, and your domain is FREE.

If you own a domain registered outside of Yahoo!

How will this affect my search ranking?

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Article : Protect Your Domain Name

Yahoo Domain Fees Rise!

Yahoo! Domain Renewals Increase to $34.95/year?

Web Hosting Features

Key Features

Get a full web site, and your domain is FREE.

If you own a domain registered outside of Yahoo!

How will this affect my search ranking?

Yahoo! Domain Redirect Setting

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