Tag: domain

The .scot domain is going to be nothing more than a backdoor internet tax

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I’m still not sure about the upcoming explosion of top level domains and turning it into a free for all with whatever suffix you can think of. And the news that there’s a push for a Scottish domain from Dot Scot Net, with support from Holyrood and Alex Salmond: The time is ripe for the worldwide family of Scots to have their own domain, reflecting an online community defined by a shared commitment to Scottish identity, culture and economic promotion. Really? You think I’m going to switch from EwanSpence.com to EwanSpence.scot to reflect an online community? My community is the

My Secret To Grabbing Dormant Twitter names (like @Ewan)

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Just been name-checked by The Next Web (Hi Zee and the rest of the gang!) in their article detailing the oncoming Twitter Goldrush as they release inactive usernames to be registered. You see, Twitter are sitting on a lot of inactive names, and people want to grab the ones that are useful to them… especially if they’ve had one update to them, no followers, and been sitting there doing nothing for three years. There’s no official way to do this (yet) but as I’ve detailed before, you can mange it, as The Next Web has now reminded everyone: Besides that