What Is DNS, Anyway? Simply put, Domain Name System (DNS) is the phone book of the internet. It’s the system that converts website domain names (hostnames) into numerical values (IP address) so they ...

One morning in 1999, while I sat at the office computer where I built corporate websites, a story popped up on Yahoo. An internet domain name, Business.com, had just sold for $7.5 million—a shocking ...

Looking for a new domain name to launch a business? Mateusz Mazurek, creator of .dotisto, has built an engine that collects and serves up information on all the available domain extensions worldwide, ...

Google’s John Mueller answered a question on Reddit about why people don’t use hyphens with domains and if there was something to be concerned about that they were missing. I’ve been working online ...

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The typical maximum domain name registration period is capped at ten years. So it’s quite unusual to be able to register a domain for one hundred years. WordPress calls this new offer the 100-year ...

Web hosting and domains are both essential to publishing a website. Learn how they work -- and how they work together. Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured ...