A few weeks ago one of the biggest companies in the world lost one of their domain names. No way! Yes way, it can happen to the best of us, but how? Did it forget where it put it, not pay the bill, wrong contact details, or did it assume someone else was dealing with it? There's no excuse. It’s easy to set your domains to renew automatically and to validate your contact details, here's how...

The safeguarding of your domain names and personal information is crucial, and with this in mind we’ve introduced a new security feature. Two-step verification (TSV) is an additional layer of protection that prevents unauthorised access to your accounts. Learn how to protect your accounts and slam the door in the face of hackers trying to hijack your domain names.

A new gTLD registry can reserve domain names they consider crowd-pleasers, they can then follow one of two game plans. These reserved names are called premium domain names and this article explains the rules of the games...

You've decided to change the name of your website. The reason why is irrelevant in this instance. With your new domain name registered, it's time to get it working with your existing website. In the back of your mind you know that there's something you need to do with redirecting links, but you have no clue what it is or how to do it. This post explains why you need redirects, what they do, and how to set them up...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a non-profit organisation defending civil liberties in the digital world. It's fighting to defend privacy, freedom of expression, digital consumer rights, and innovation on the Internet. If you’re living in the ‘free world’ and think this all sounds a bit far-removed for the average netizen. 2013/2014 has been a bonanza of NSA spying, webcam interceptions, Internet censorship, not to mention net-neutrality. The Internet needs organisations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation in its corner.

A trademark claims notice is a warning sent to you if the domain name you're trying to register matches a trademark registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse. Trademark infringement is scary stuff, but if you receive a trademark claims notice it doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t get the name you want, or worse - a pack of hungry lawyers at your door (Sorry Luc). In many cases the rights being claimed are concerning a trademark limited to a particular industry or product, or to a certain jurisdiction. Let me explain...