DNS explained: the part that breaks at the worst moment
A, CNAME, MX, TXT, TTL — the handful of records that decide whether people reach your site and your email arrives. Plus why 'propagation' is mostly a myth.
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Domains
Choosing, holding and protecting the name your business is found by — and the parts of it nobody explains until something breaks.
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Your domain is a security asset. Lock it down.
A hijacked domain redirects your traffic, intercepts your email and impersonates you at your own address. Four controls that prevent nearly all of it.
Moving a website without downtime (or losing your email)
Migrations go wrong in predictable ways. The TTL trick, the order of operations, and the one mistake that takes email down for a day.
What a domain name actually is (and who really owns it)
You don't buy a domain, you rent it. Here's what registries, registrars and nameservers each do, and why knowing the difference saves you at the worst moment.
Choosing a domain in 2026: .com, .co.uk, or something newer?
The extension matters less than it used to and the renewal price matters more. How to pick a name, and the pricing trick that catches almost everyone.
The .io question: when a domain depends on a country existing
Thousands of tech businesses run on .io, a domain tied to a territory being handed to Mauritius. A real case study in why the extension is a business decision.
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