04th December 2004
Google and its data centres.
By Clare Lawrence 2nd January 2004
Ever wondered how Google manages its 3 billion plus index? In this article I explain how big G is organised.
Google uses data centres, these spread the workload between more than 10,0...
04th December 2004
Links and link building with Google.
By Clare Lawrence 1st June 2003. Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK provider of domain names and web hosting services
Google is the leading search engine, so having the right strategy for opt...
29th November 2004
How best to use Links
By Clare Lawrence 21st August 2003
Introduction
Google is the world's leading search engine and it measures link popularity as a key component of its ranking algorithm, using what is calls PageRank.
Read the following quot...
29th November 2004
Web Hosting
By Clare Lawrence
Web host selection is an important step to getting your website on the internet.
There are literally 1,000's of hosting companies around. What to look for and how much to pay?
Features to look for:
Support
Tele...
26th November 2004
Tips For Choosing A Good Domain Name
By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.
Selecting the right domain name for your website is one of more important steps to s...
26th November 2004
Tips on Domain Name Choice
By Clare Lawrence 3rd November 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.
Before buying your domain name, give some thought to the following:-
1) If possible use your ...
26th November 2004
Domain and website tools
By Clare Lawrence 29th October 2003
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.
I use several tools to monitor the performance of my own websites, by regularly reviewing their progr...
26th November 2004
Longest domain name in the UK!
By Clare Lawrence of Discount Domains Ltd
A village in Wales with the longest name in Britain has registered the longest domain name in the world.
The new domain, www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysi...
26th November 2004
An Alternative to the .COM Domain?
By Clare Lawrence CEO Discount Domains Ltd, March 2003
Small countries such as Tonga, Turkmenistan and Niue are offering an alternative to customers that have been squeezed out of the Internet as .com domain names ...
26th November 2004
Domain Name Organisations
By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service
The following are some of the important organisations in the domain name industry.
ARIN
Am...
26th November 2004
Domain name growth 1992 – 2003 March 2003, updated December 2003
By Clare Lawrence CEO Discount Domains Ltd
Domain name growth is starting to recover, but we are a long way from the rapid growth we saw in 1998 –2000
I am confident that the market f...
26th November 2004
Domain registries from around the world.
By Clare Lawrence 29th September 2003
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.
Do you sometimes come across exotic looking TLD's?
Ever wondered which domain ...
26th November 2004
Good domain names
By Clare Lawrence 13th September 2003
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK domain registrar
No matter what domain name you buy its unlikely to be worth $ millions straight away, but with some careful though and pr...
24th November 2004
Which top-level domain (TLD) to choose?
By Clare Lawrence 10th March 2003
Clare is the CEO of Discount Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.
I am often asked this question. Is it possible that search engines such as google give ...
24th November 2004
Web Site Basics
By Clare Lawrence 8th June 2004
The web or internet is an exciting place, but can seem very daunting to the novice web designer.
You want to get a web site up and live, how is it done, and how can it be done cheaply?
Domain Nam...