Domain Name Sanity Blog
All About the .xyz Domain Extension
The .xyz domain extension is especially a great choice for businesses that would like a shorter domain than they might be able to get in .com, and brands that are looking to re-invent their image with a focus on a younger audience (as XYZ stands for Generation X, Y and Z).
Cat5 vs Cat6 vs Cat7 vs Cat8 – Ethernet Cables
You may have just moved into a newly-built house or office and need to get that place wired. Of course, you’ll need ethernet cables to connect your devices to the internet, or perhaps to create a network connecting the devices in your office – a local area network, referred to as LAN.
How to Change Mouse DPI
Whether you’re designing, gaming, or simultaneously working on several monitors, you may have found that the speed and precision of your mouse aren’t up to the task. This is oftentimes easy to remedy by changing the DPI and sensitivity settings of your mouse.
How Do I Permanently Buy a Domain Name?
You can’t. Was that too upfront? It’s the truth, though – domain names are just not designed to work that way. While big and small businesses have been trying to permanently own their domain names for decades, ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has made it impossible for anyone to own a domain name for life.
How to Find Who Hosts a Website
Maybe someone else set up your website years ago and you can’t for the life of you remember who’s hosting it. You can’t find anything in your email, and you’ve lost the password to your other email back in the early 2000s.
Spam on Contact Pages
Running a website brings joys and woes, as do most things in life. There’s all the fun stuff – setting the website up, creating a blog, communicating with clients, turning a profit – and then there’s the stuff we could really do without, but is there nonetheless. Things that all website owners have to deal with, sooner or later. Things like spam on contact pages.
Is Domain Privacy Worth It?
Normally, once a domain is registered, the information of the owner – your information – is listed in the WHOIS database. However, not everyone likes to have their information available to the public, as this can have some downsides – like receiving spam.
What Is a Parked Domain?
This is where the concept of parked domains saves the day. Even if you aren’t ready to build a website, but have come up with a perfect name for it, you can buy the domain and “park” it for later use. By purchasing a domain you like ahead of time, you’re making sure that no one steals it in the meantime.
Switching from Windows to Mac, and from Mac to Windows
Switching between operating systems is nothing like switching friends – because who does that? But the similarity exists in the way we get used to an operating system and eventually end up feeling loyal to the brand. Mac users trash talk Windows, and the other way around.
