Rona, Nick -

thanks ...

looks like .co.uk / .org.uk / .me.uk cost £15 per two years, and .com
/ .org / .net cost £15 per year ... not sure why, but can't see a
problem with going with org.uk, so maybe that'll be the one ...

now we need to find a name that's won't cause problems in one part of
the world or another & is reasonably memorable !

Chris


On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Rona<rona@...> wrote:
> Chris
>
> If I'm "guessing" website names I tend to try .com and .co.uk. If it
> doesn't come up with that I might then google for it. Personally, I think
> individuals tend to use .co.uk, companies use .com and organisations use
> .org but I don't think there's a hard and fast rule.
>
> The .co.uk names are normally much cheaper than .com (you can see prices
> for each combination at www.cheapdomainnames.uk.com). You can, of course,
> buy 2 or more names if you want to make sure you mop up everyone like me who
> "guesses". All names can then point to the one site. Depends really on what
> you want to use it for. I have a .co .uk address (www.bolhaminfo.co.uk)
> which suits my purposes very well.
>
> One thing I should mention is that Google doesn't seem to like Frontpage
> programs although Yahoo doesn't seem to have a problem.
>
> Rona
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UK_Selfbuild@... [mailto:UK_Selfbuild@...]
> On Behalf Of chris_j_hunter
> Sent: 04 July 2009 12:27
> To: UK_Selfbuild@...
> Subject: UK_Selfbuild Re: web-site ...
>
> thanks to all on this - have contacted Alex ... need to sort a few
> questions, one of which is one domain names ...
>
> seems can can register .co.uk, .org.uk and .me.uk and .com, .org & .net
> domains, and maybe others ...
>
> so, wondered if people prefer one to another - are there pros & cons !?
>
> also seems servers can be Linux or Windows (we use Mac) - presumably either
> would do (well, Linux might be better for reliability) - ie: the server OS
> ought to be transparent to our end ... or ?
>
> Chris