Again, on January 9th, Apple register another 682 (six hundred and eighty two!) nonsense domain names. I've been following these nonsense domain name purchases since they started purchasing them a while back. Here are a few of the domains on the … [Continue reading]
Google’s Link: Search Operator Is Not Useful
As you probably know, I'm a Brand Ambassador for Majestic.com, and as such I deal with a lot of link issues on a daily basis. I recently had a conversation with someone who consistently uses Google's link: search operator to look at the links to … [Continue reading]
Two New gTLD Domains Show Up in Alexa What’s Hot
One of the things that I monitor on a regular basis is the Alexa What's Hot (on the web), formerly called the Alexa Hot URLs. In order to be on that list (that's updated every five minutes or so), the site has to have a LOT of traffic going to it. … [Continue reading]
Whitehouse.gov Temporarily Redirects Home Page to HTTPs
The official website of the White House, http://www.whitehouse.gov/, has a temporary redirect (a 302 redirect) set up from the HTTP version of their website to the HTTPs version of their website. You may already know that I'm a big fan of moving your … [Continue reading]
Apple Registers Another Set of Nonsense Domain Names
I've written about this before. And it's been a while since Apple has registered a set of nonsense domain names. On December 31, 2015, they did it again, they registered 62 new domain names that consist of just nonsense characters. From what I can … [Continue reading]
Holiday Deal: Take 50 Percent Off Any Verified Domains Service
It's that time of year. Holiday shopping, spending time with family and friends, and looking back at the past year. It's been a fabulous year, and I thought that I'd mention a great deal that we are having over at Verified Domains. Between now and … [Continue reading]