http://www.names.co.uk/blog/ The latest news and information from Namesco en-gb Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/02/One_Year_FREE_Domain_Registration
This offer is available on any domain that can be purchased for 4 years or more and delivers a saving of up to 25% across unlimited registrations! Whether securing a new name, or registering a new extension like .biz or .me, this February offer is great value.

Our February Offer

Registering your domain for a longer period of time allows you to secure your chosen name for the future, but also removes the hassle from managing frequent annual renewals.

If popular Top Level Domains (TLDs) like .com, .net or .org are not available, why not try securing a Country Specific Top Level Domain like .uk.com, .gb.com or .uk.net ? Alternatively, why not choose a .ME extensions and bring a truly personal touch to your website, blog, online photo album or portfolio? Some great examples of .ME extensions are: play.me, YouAnd.me, Click.me and Share.me

With so many options available, now is the perfect time to start searching for those new domains and make registration savings of up to 25% throughout February 2010 with Namesco.


Register your domain today and SAVE


*Limited time offer, Namesco reserves the right to terminate the offer without warning. Standard terms and conditions of service apply as found at http://www.namesco.co.uk Offer is not valid in conjunction with any other offer. Standard renewal rates applicable at time of renewal. Offer ends 28th February 2010.]]> Amy Wright Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/02/One_Year_FREE_Domain_Registration http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/50%25_OFF_Hosting_Ends_This_Weekend%21
Secure our Award Winning Hosting for a whole year and succeed in 2010 with the confidence that you have chosen the UK's Best Hosting provider. But this offer must end this weekend so make sure you don’t miss out!

Our Hosting Plans

Whatever your Hosting needs - Personal, Business, Designer or Developer, we’re sure to have the right Hosting Plan for you. All our Hosting Plans come with a free Domain Name, Free Google Adwords™ Voucher from Simply.com worth up to £70, POP3 Email Account, a choice of either Windows or Linux platforms, ample Storage Space and Bandwidth, as well as many more features including reliable UK based support.

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Offer Ends Sunday 31st January 2010]]> Marketing Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/50%25_OFF_Hosting_Ends_This_Weekend%21 http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/The_.ME_domain_is_all_about_You%21
A clear indicator of the popularity reached by this domain extension is the sale of Date.me at auction for $70,000 in 2009, shortly followed by Insure.me that sold for $68,005, and love.me for $32,500.

.ME is the Internet Country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Montenegro and is available for anyone to register worldwide, providing enormous potential for you to be creative and coin the name that suits you best.

With .COM domain names becoming increasingly saturated, why not see if your domain is available in .ME and give that extra personal touch. Some great examples of websites using the .ME extension are: play.me, YouAnd.me, Click.me and Share.me

Register YOUR own .ME domain name at Namesco.
]]> Marketing Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/The_.ME_domain_is_all_about_You%21 http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/Namesco_Increase_Server_Product_Range
PoundHost, formed in 2001, are the UK’s leading supplier of DELL and HP branded dedicated servers and storage solutions, with a flexible, rock-solid platform for your hosting requirements. The acquisition of PoundHost will enable us to strengthen our position in this market and ensure we can offer a more complete range of server solutions to our customers.

PoundHost offer two main product ranges; Unmanaged Dedicated Servers and VDS (Virtual Dedicated Servers) based on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V platform. PoundHost offer 24x7x365 technical support and full root/administrator access.

PoundHost continue to focus on providing the most reliable and cost-effective dedicated & Hyper V virtual server solution, backed up by class-leading technical support and a first class infrastructure with over 10,000 dedicated and virtual servers. PoundHost have their own fully dedicated 24-hour staff located inside the BlueSquare data centres with our own resilient fibre network.

Dedicated Servers
PoundHost offer any combination of server hardware and Operating Systems (OS), set up within 24 hours. From a single energy efficient Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a single hard drive up to a high performing dual Intel Quad Core processor server with multiple hard drives in hardware RAID.
All servers can be upgraded with additional RAM (memory), HDD (Hard Disk Drives) as well as hardware RAID cards at the point of order for a one off setup cost.

Virtual Dedicated Servers
Based on Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter, with Hyper-V. It constantly monitors the hosts with System Centre Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 and Operations Manager 2007 R2. If a host fails the clients VDS will automatically move to another host instantly. PoundHost servers are Dual Quad-Core 2.7Ghz HP DL385G5p's providing you with some incredible performance.

The acquisition of Poundhost is consistent with the Dada.pro group strategy, to consolidate its leadership in the European market and to strengthen the position of the Group in the management of online identity and presence of innovative web advertising solutions. Dada.pro already has a consolidated presence in terms of clients managed in the UK, with the market renowned for high growth rates of digital services and online advertising.

The acquisition of PoundHost completes the offer of the Group’s digital services from domain to click and opens up the potential of the US market.


To find out more information click here and read more about PoundHost
]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/Namesco_Increase_Server_Product_Range http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/Activate_your_Free_GoogleTM_Advertising_voucher_from_Simply.com
To create a great campaign, try our tips below:

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50% Offer Ends Sunday 31st january 2010.]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/Activate_your_Free_GoogleTM_Advertising_voucher_from_Simply.com http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/The_Winners_of_our_Facebook_Competition%21
The competition required entrants to create a website using our simple Sitemaker tool and we received a real mix of professional business style websites and creative hobbyist websites. So thanks to everyone who took the time and effort to enter!


Winners:  1st Place: www.wofters.com 2nd Place: www.buddiestattoos.com 3rd Place: www.gmgmoney.com


We received a fantastic email from the creator of gmgmoney.com who found our Sitemaker tool really easy to use and plans to create more Sitemaker websites for his business in the near future:

“Dear Namesco, the iPod has arrived safely. Many thanks to all at Namesco – really unexpected! I was telling my cousin (a plumber) how easy I found the whole process of choosing a domain and setting up the website: the Sitemaker tools are a breeze compared to the usual site making tools used by professional designers (I tried a programme and gave up - the learning curve is just too steep!). He wants a site and I've told him I'm happy to put it together if he wants!

We are just in the process of trying to identify a good domain name to use for a nanny/ childcare jobs board we want to launch. Rather than use a firm of designers I aim to do it myself again. It doesn't hold any fear for me now (and, who knows, I might win another of your competitions!). We're also going to offer a web-design service to our Maternity Nurse clients.”

Richard Turnbull – GMG Money

See for yourself how easy it is to create your own website using our Sitemaker Web Builder tool]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/The_Winners_of_our_Facebook_Competition%21 http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/New_year%2C_New_Start_with_Namesco_Hosting
From only £25 for a whole year you can be confident that you have chosen the UK’s best provider and saved.

With a range of plans we have a package to suit your needs. If your looking to start your own website or blog, or you’re a business looking for high performance and reliability or a web developer or agency looking to easily manage multiple client accounts, our hosting plans give you the flexibility and technology you need.

What’s more, all our plans come with a FREE Domain Name, FREE Google Adwords voucher from Simply.com, POP3 Email Accounts, a choice of either Windows or Linux platform, ample Storage Space and Bandwidth, as well many more features including reliable UK based support.

Secure Hosting Now]]> Sarah Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2010/01/New_year%2C_New_Start_with_Namesco_Hosting http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2009/12/7_Days_Left_To_Win_a_Dell_Notebook There’s just 7 days left to send us your Sitemaker website and enter our fantastic competition to win a Dell Notebook!

We launched our Sitemaker competition a couple of months ago in conjunction with our new Facebook page going live and have received some fantastic feedback so far, as well as some great entries to our competition!

But there’s still time to enter if you want to try and win a Dell Inspiron Mini Notebook or an Ipod Shuffle or Nano. All you need to do to enter is to create a website of your choice using one of our simple Sitemaker packages – see below conditions for more details.

Once you have created your website, simply email your Website URL, your full name, email address and Namesco Account number to facebook@names.co.uk by Wednesday 9th December.

The Winning Websites will be announced on our Facebook Page shortly after the closing date and winners notified by email.

CREATE YOUR SITEMAKER WEBSITE NOW!!

Prizes Include:

1st Prize: Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Notebook
2nd Prize: Ipod 8gb Nano
3rd Prize: Ipod 4gb Shuffle

Why not join us on Facebook!

Competition Terms & Conditions

Entrants must Sign up to any Namesco Sitemaker package - Free & Paid For SiteMaker options available @ http://www.names.co.uk/sitemaker.html excluding the 14 Day Free Trial. The website subject and graphics must NOT contain any adult, illegal or copyrighted material. Any such sites will be disqualified from this competition. Unfortunately this competition is not open to employees of Namesco limited.

(Prize models and colors are subject to availability)]]> Sarah Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2009/12/7_Days_Left_To_Win_a_Dell_Notebook http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2009/12/Two-character_.BIZ_Domain_Name_Auction
Pool.com, a leading online marketplace for domain names, has teamed with Neustar, the global registry operator for the .BIZ domain, to release an invaluable set of short, memorable and extremely rare two-character .BIZ domains.

The auction named ‘TwoDotBiz” will release the rare domains in a phased release beginning November 30, 2009 through to February 2010.

The availability of these .BIZ domains marks the first time that a generic top-level domain (gTLD) registry has released so many two-character names.

The .BIZ domain is the first domain designed to meet the needs of innovative, high-growth businesses of all sizes everywhere in the world.

“The demand we experienced during the release of one-character .BIZ domain names validated the attractiveness of the .BIZ brand. There are many companies with long company names, and others who have names that are difficult to spell or remember,” says Tim Switzer, Vice President, Registry Services for Neustar.

Find out more and register for the auction here today]]> Sarah Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2009/12/Two-character_.BIZ_Domain_Name_Auction http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2009/11/77%25_of_British_consumers_prefer_.uk
The report also indicates that despite the current economic climate, the global domain name industry has seen an 8% growth with 187.6 million domain names registered worldwide.

"Generic top level domains (gTLDs), such as .org and .com, have grown on average by 6% whilst the country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) including.uk and .de (the German registry) fared slightly better and together generated a 10% average growth in registrations," says Nominet.

Registering variations of your domain name provides increased brand protection and more visitors to your website.

Search for your domain variations now]]> Sarah Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.names.co.uk/blog/2009/11/77%25_of_British_consumers_prefer_.uk