NameCheap Contest this Friday!
This Friday, prepare yourself for another twitter trivia contest!
The prizes are: five domain names per hour, and for five winners will be eligible for the grand prizes that will consist of three MacBook Pros, a 16GB WiFi iPad, and a WiFi Amazon Kindle.
I’m a loyal participant in this NameCheap contest, just to let you know, I got this domain from entering their earlier contest. So there is a big chance you’ll find my twitter account enlisted in the winners list *LOL* (a little confidence won’t hurt, rite?)
How to Participate
To join this contest you have to fulfill these requirements (it is so damn simple):
- You have to own a twitter account, because that’s where we’ll play the game
- The question will be tweeted by @NameCheap, so make sure you follow them
- The prizes for domain names are actually funds for your NameCheap account, so make sure you register a NameCheap account (it’s free)
Subdomains VS Subdirectories
For you that host your website on your own domain name, there would be a time when you start thinking about creating a new group of information or simply trying to add a different website to your domain. And since a web-hosting service implements file management system (which involving files and folders), it is a common thing when people simply create a new folder to help them manage their content (and help others to see the differences).
Well, a well-organized web-hosting space is important, and yes creating a new folder to group things up is simply correct. But the way the search engine crawls your website is something that requires more of your consideration.
I landed on Matt Cutts’ explanation about subdomains and subdirectories in Google (read it here), and I learnt one conclusion;
If you’re simply trying to deliver a more-in-depth whatever your domain is talking about, then you can just create a new subdirectory (http://domain.com/folder)
Meanwhile, if you are creating a totally different website with content that doesn’t related to your primary domain name, then go for subdomain (http://subdomain.domain.com)
I found this is useful, because I am involved with numerous websites which sometimes required the right approach.
NameCheap Coupon Code August 2010
This is one-for-all opportunity that you can get in this August; NameCheap is offering you a chance to get their service(s) in a very reasonable price!
Use coupon code NEWSNAMECHEAP to
- Register .COM, .NET, .ORG, and .BIZ domains for just $7.99* for the first year (regularly $9.69-9.98* for .COM & .NET)
- Full 50% OFF on Shared, Reseller and Business Web Hosting (This is a brand new ‘never-before’ offer)
These coupons are valid only until 11:59 PM EDT (GMT -04:00) on August 12 and can be used once for a domain and once for hosting in the same order. Hurry up and redeem them quickly!
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