What? No lock on 32 LL.com domains?

Nowadays it seems crazy not to lock your domains. All registrars offer this feature as a default option; others offer extended locking mechanisms or even hardware locks via the use of a 'fob device'. Although a transfer out cannot be completed automatically without the use of an authentication … [Read more...]

13 LL.com Domains Expiring in less than 40 Days

Surprisingly, there are 13 LL.com domains that are about to expire. How soon? Well, in less than 40 days. Generally speaking, it's good to renew your valuable domains for several years in advance; the benefits are multiple: Registration security until a future expiration Taking advantage of … [Read more...]

Review of the Fabulous Fob: Just how Secure can your Domains be?

Over the course of the past 18 months I've moved the majority of my domain portfolio over to Fabulous.com and I couldn't have been happier. I've written before why I think Fabulous is *the* best domain registrar catering to domainers. This time around, I will discuss an important layer of … [Read more...]

A Triad of Circumstances: When Corporations Don’t do their job

Quite often, I wonder if my definition of quality customer service is too demanding but the answer comes back as a flat "no". Having used the services of many companies over the years - from retail to banks - I can honestly say that I'm just an average Joe with regards to what I expect from their … [Read more...]

Do you tweet? Then consider yourself published

The announcement by the Library of Congress that it has acquired the entire Twitter database of messages - several billions of it - might seem like trivial to some. In fact, the only trivial thing I can think of, is that if you tweet, you can now consider yourself officially published. Not many … [Read more...]