With only five days to go until general release of the .co domain name, here are five top reasons to pre-register your .co domain name before it’s too late!

1.    70% of the world’s top 500 brands have signed up for their .co name already, and WorldTrademarkReview.com has discovered that some big brands intend to provide new services and products just from their .co website, cementing its popularity.

2.    It’s a good way to get a generic domain name that describes your brand or field rather than just having to stick to your company name, e.g. webdesign.co or slimming.co.

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At the start of the year VeriSign, who operate a number of the Internet's top level domain names (including .com and .net), announced that they would be increasing their domain name registry fees on 1st July 2010.
Due to this change, we are having to increase our prices. Domain prices have been changed effective immediately. The new prices are as follows: 

.com, .net, .info, .org, .biz, .name, .eu:  (£12.99 Per Year)

We did not want to have to increase prices for domain names, but due to VeriSign's increase we are left with no choose, But we are still one of the cheapest domain name suppliers!

You can now pre-order the brand new international domain name .CO with us and for only £55.99! .CO is the new domain extension that offers a truly global, recognizable and credible domain name for individuals and organizations to build their businesses and brands.

The benefits of .CO:

• Global: The .CO domain is set to become the new big global domain name
• Memorable: .CO is easy to remember and type
• Flexible: Perfect for .COmmunity, .COmpany, .COnnnect, .COmmerce, .COmmitte, .COrportation websites.
• Short: Ideal for the era of 147 characters
• Protect your brand: Stop cyber squatters stealing your brand identity and traffic

Make sure you take advantage of this great opportunity to grab a truly premier global domain name. Click here to pre-order your .CO domain name.

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Over the years, there have been more and more companies selling domain names. When the internet was in its infancy, these companies were quite sparse; you really had to look around for a suitable company. Even if you were lucky enough to find a good seller for domains, the chances are that they would have charged the earth for almost all of the available domain names.

Fortunately, things have changed dramatically. It seems that every second company on the internet is trying to sell domain names, space or provide web hosting. The bad aspect of this is that you find that a lot of these companies try to undercut each other and therefore offer a poor service. They will happily sell you a domain name and then that’s often the end of it. They’ll offer no additional services and provide you with no extra help.

At I.T Studio Hosting we are a welcome break from this unfortunate trend. We do sell domain names but unlike other companies we offer a huge range of features to go with this. We provide free web forwarding to another web address; this is useful if you have free web space with another provider or you want to forward to the same domain but with a different domain extension, for example a .com to a .co.uk. We provide unlimited email forwarding to any email address you choose. There really are too many features to list here but you can be certain that no domain name seller will come close to what we offer.

We have recently received several requests for the ability to add SRV DNS records to domains, and we were happy to oblige. For those who don’t know, DNS stands for Domain Name System and is how a computer translates a domain name like itstudiohosting.co.uk to the address of the actual computer that the website lives on.

There are many types of DNS records that describe how to find different services such as the web, and email servers. SRV records let some more modern programs find out how and where to connect to potentially any service. SRV records have only been widely adopted in relatively new protocols like SIP and XMPP, but it is expected that they will become more commonplace as additional protocols are developed.

With an SRV record you can specify different servers for the same service and split the requests between them in whatever ratio you decide. This is called load-balancing and is mostly only used for services with a high volume of users. It is also possible to specify two servers and have the second only be used if the first becomes unreachable. This is called redundancy and helps to prevent downtime on important services.

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How do people get your attention when they want to engage in a conversation with you? They call you by your name. The same is true of business websites as well. When you launch a business online you must also have a domain name and the name that you choose can have a big influence on your success and how well your customers remember you.

This makes a huge difference when you are competing in a big market and need to stand out, yet retain a strong company identity which is related to your industry. At I.T Studio Hosting, we can help you to find the domain names that suit your purposes.

A domain name is your identity on the internet
We provide a few simple steps to help you buy the domain that fits your requirements and we also provide free features along with every domain that you buy. You usually pay for your domain name on an annual basis, and along with that identity, we also provide multiple types of free web forwarding, unlimited email forwarding, webmail, 24-7 technical support and much much more, because we want your business to be a success too.

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Setting up a website really can be as easy or as difficult as you want to make it. There are enough user friendly tools and software packages available for you to be able to create your own or, you could contact a specialist web design company and ask them to create something a little more professional looking. Possibly the most important aspect of website design is the name. The name of your site is what people will hopefully remember. A meaningful name is what’s really important. At I.T Studio Hosting we offer domain names from as little as £3.66 for a .co.uk domain. If you’re after a real bargain then you can also take advantage of significant discounts from buying domain names in bulk. What’s more impressive is that we offer fantastic features that would usually only be found from more expensive domain name hosting companies, we offer web forwarding and unlimited email forwarding, most companies would readily charge for these features.

With such feature rich and cheap domain name hosting available, there really are very few alternatives out there. A quick and easy search facility also enables you to quickly identify desirable domain names for your website, you then have to register the site and you’re away, it’s that simple.