Good news about expired domains
Date: 2003-03-07 Source: Webmaster World Forums
One resulting improvement with this index is better handling of expired domains--the authority for a domain will be reset when a domain expires, even though dangling links to the expired domain are still out on the web. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
URL pointing
Date: 2003-01-29 Source: ihelpyou Forums
"I have a few domain names and like to keep them at one registrar for ease of management. I then either leave the domain parked until I need it or point it to the server where the site is hosted. Are there any views here on whether 'pointing' has an disadvantages from a Search Engine point of view?" [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
IP based domain names VS. virtual hosting accounts
Date: 2002-12-09 Source: Cre8asite Forums
"Is there a difference to the SE's between a site that is hosted on a web server with its owned assigned IP address, and one that may be on a host running a virtual hosting situation (where there may be many domain names associated with a single IP address)?" [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Domain Management
Date: 2002-11-26 Source: The I-Search Discussion List
"Needless to say it was hard to swallow that we should put a 301 redirect on a site that has a page 1 listing at Google... I am presenting this as case study at the next Search Engine Strategies Conference regardless of the outcome." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Problems with googlebot after a domain move
Date: 2002-10-30 Source: Webmaster World Forums
"Google seems to be slower than many with DNS updates and this thread discusses some of the resulting problems. One post elegantly details Apache's virtual hosting in terms most webmasters will understand." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]