Where is the best place to go if you want to host a web site? It will be a simple website, so I want something cheap.
I would need to register it first, though. What’s the cheapest way to do that? Who gets that money anyway? the govt?
My idea is to have www.ilovetheanserperson.net. Thoughts? I’ll link to you!
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Some ISPs allow you to pay for your own unique domain name, and there are a lot of services that allow you to purchase, or lease, a URL that forwards to some underlying account. As a Duke employee, AP can’t really give recommendations to this or that commercial service. Doing a google search with words like “url domain name forwarding” finds stuff — you can play around with the keywords. Some claim to be less than $10/year, but it will probably be a little more, especially if you want to add features like masking your real domain name from the user.
The company gets the money for knowing how to register a domain name and for doing it for you. You might get some insight by reading the articles “domain name registry” and “domain name registrar” at en.wikipedia.com
Thanks for the suggested domain name, although perhaps it’s best to keep AP focused on the Duke community rather than shared with the entire world. We don’t want to risk diluting my powwers!