Web Hosting Tips & Resources From NameHero
Registry giant Donuts Inc. have made history as they have acquired the “.reise” top-level domain name, the first to be sold with live websites attached to it. The Register out of the United Kingdom reports that Donuts purchased “.reise” — which is German for “travel” — at an auction. How much they paid is unknown […]
Back when I got started web hosting in the late nineties, I bought servers from a datacenter in Florida called Dialtone Internet. Looking back, the entire process was a major pain in the butt. In 1998 the cost of bandwidth was much more expensive than it is now and it took us on average five […]
Protect your brand. This core principle is something we preach at length here at NameHero.com. In 2015, things are changing dramatically as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is altering the way we look at domains by introducing more than 1200 new domain suffixes with more than 1200 to come. In prior […]
Google has acquired the exclusive rights to the “.app” top-level web domain for a cool $25 million, Business Insider reported on Thursday. ICANN has been auctioning off different domains going back to last summer, drawing stiff competition from the likes of Amazon (that bought “.buy” for $4,588,888) and Dot Tech LLC (that dropped $6,760,000 for […]
No matter how hard your server is secured or how good your scripts are written – taking regular backups of your server is essential to everyone running an online business. Over the last 16 years I’ve found myself in a number of situations where backups have literately saved me from a catastrophe. If your website […]
You know what’s better than Gmail? Having it @yourdomain.com! For years, we’ve used Google Apps to allow our team members to effectively communicate through Gmail, Google Docs, Calendar, and their various other sources. Not only do they block all the spam, they do a great job allowing us to communicate on all of our devices. […]
NameHero is happy to announce a new partnership with CloudFlare, the web’s easiest performance and security solution. As a CloudFlare Certified Partner, we deliver their simple and free solution to help protect and accelerate your website. Once your website joins the CloudFlare community, it loads twice as fast and is protected from a range of […]