July 2010 Archives

Apps for Domains News Roundup July

By Timo Reitnauer on July 31, 2010 2:32 PM | No TrackBacks
App Roundup is our monthly news digest covering the latest information from the web services recommended in our apps for domains directory.

Internationalized Domain Names Launch in New Zealand

By Timo Reitnauer on July 26, 2010 3:51 PM | No TrackBacks

As Māori Language Week begins in New Zealand, it is now possible to register .NZ domain names with Macrons. The technology behind these new addresses are so-called Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) which translate the special characters into a computer readable format.

Internationalized Domain Names are available for all second-level .NZ domains available at iWantMyName: .CO.NZ, .NET.NZ, .ORG.NZ, .MAORI.NZ, .GEEK.NZ and .SCHOOL.NZ. The new system makes it also possible to access domains under MĀORI.NZ so you can even enter a web address such as tēnākoe.māori.nz (note the ā in the second-level domain).

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in the process. This is a significant step for Māori on the internet which began with the introduction of the .MAORI.NZ domain a few years ago. Karaitiana Taiuru, a leading advocate for the multi-lingual internat says that, other milestones for the Māori language over the last 10 years have been the availability of Google, Microsoft Windows and many Open Source projects in Māori.

.NZ IDNs can be registered at an industry-low price of $19.00 USD (if you prefer to register your domains in Kiwi dollars, visit iWantMyName NZ). So if you're based in New Zealand you should buy your Māori domain name today.

How To Use Descriptive Subdomains For Your Online Profiles

By Timo Reitnauer on July 24, 2010 12:29 PM | No TrackBacks
Today we want to share with you a small branding advice that can be easily applied to your domain names and takes you only 2-3 minutes to set up. Subdomains such as blog.domainname.com or wiki.domainname.com are often used to map domain names to specific services but it's also possible to simply forward them to another web address.

This is how the URL forwardings to your social network profiles could look like:

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For example, you can like iWantMyName on Facebook (please do!) at like.iwantmyname.com or follow us on Twitter via follow.iwantmyname.com. So should your preferred social network change back to MySpace or Twitter be renamed to Twoogle you don't have to adjust all your links except the new target web address for the subdomains. This makes your link branding completely third-party independent since you have full control over your own domain name.

Tech Behind The Scenes: CouchDB Case Study

By Timo Reitnauer on July 22, 2010 8:09 AM | No TrackBacks
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Thanks to our friends at Couch.io for publishing their case study about CouchDB at iWantMyName. We started using the NoSQL database mainly for serving content but meanwhile switched nearly all site functionality from PostgreSQL to CouchDB.

For example, recently our shopping cart got replaced with a simple map/reduce based CouchDB solution that only needs some small glue and interface code. Before, it used to be a quite complex piece of code and database magic so for us the transition from traditional software design to a document based approach was mainly getting rid of heaps of code and logic.

If you're a techie, you should read the iWantMyName case study on Couch.io.


New: .CO Domain Name Registration (Colombia)

By Timo Reitnauer on July 21, 2010 5:58 AM | No TrackBacks
You can now register .CO domains (Colombia) at iWantMyName. The .CO extension is not only the official Colombian country code top-level domain (ccTLD) but also a shorter alternative to .COM or other ccTLDs such as .CO.UK (United Kingdom) or .CO.NZ (New Zealand). New domain name registrations are available at an affordable price of $34.90 USD.

So what can .CO stand for? Here are some examples:

  • Company
  • Corporation
  • Community
  • Cooperation

You could also follow Twitter's example which registered the t.co domain name for their own URL shortener or have a look at the following lists with domains to get an idea of what's still available after the initial Sunrise and Landrush registration phase:


Maybe there's one or the other neat domain hack that's interesting for you too: words ending with 'co'

As you can see, many opportunities are still out there, so don't wait too long (the best ones are going fast) and register your own .CO domain today.
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