Before I got my first website the whole area of web hosting and domain names was a mystery to me. That was two years ago and now I have a web hosting account that allows me to do whatever I want with blogs, websites and domain names all for less than $10 a month. It is important to use an established web host with a good reputation... More

Choosing the right domain name for your business is important, and a good domain name can help your search engine ranking and, of course, be more memorable for your visitors. Here are some tips in getting the right domain name for you: Be creative. The register of domain names is massive and you may think all the best names... More

Here is the HTML code you need to redirect the entire contents of your blogspot blog to a new URL. It will work whether visitors click on the main blog address or the individual post URL. I am using this for my redundant blogspot addresses as I move them to wordpress software hosted on my webhost servers. I cannot get the complete... More

My blog and domain spring cleaning is going quite well. But I tried to move one of my domains that is hosted on Blogger yesterday and it resulted in a 404 – not found page. Not good for the site or for my stress levels! I cannot find the problem: this is what happens. - When I point the domain to blogger all goes well-... More

I wrote a post about my experiences of setting up some new ‘free’ domain names, which are now happily set up at my usual domain name registrar and web hosting company. Next I needed to deal with sending visitors from the old subdomain to the new domain. I loaded up the files via the FTP server to the new domain control... More

Even my dog now has his own domain name – this is not just a whim of an indulgent pet owner, there is a reason why we did this. Kevin the Collie has had a dog training blog for almost a year and we set up a blogspot blog at first, but in the longer term his own domain name will make a big difference to search engine results.... More

I have set up a new domain for Kevin the Collie’s website, after hosting it on a subdomain for more than six months. Cheapskate, I know, but at first we thought it was just a side interest. We really concentrated on his dog training blog at first, and that is still successful. Then in December I got an offer for five completely... More

I have seen a lot of opinions on the most effective way to form a domain name – there is even a conference on the subject here in London next month. I thought this was a useful article on the subject: SEO: Should You Use Dashes, Underscores or Neither in Domain Names and URL’sOne of the biggest challenges we face as... More

If you have any domains that you are not using at the moment, you can park them and make a residual income from them. The way it works is this – you direct your domain names to your Domain Parking Company’s DNS Servers.It is really simple to register with a reputable agency like Name Drive, and you start earning extra... More