I'm going to be annoying and ask about redirection...

[anhedonia]

Well I tried to avoid posting this, but it had to happen..

I've spent almost an hour looking through Yahoo search results and old topics here about redirects, but haven't come up with anything suitable. (Actually, I did find one suitable redirect; but after I entered in my sign-up info, it just kept coming up with a blank error page).

Basically, I want a redirect for a fansite. I want something fairly short - and something easy to remember! I don't want my visitors thinking, "Is it sitename.hjkla.net or sitename.jhkla.net?", for example.

I would prefer to get a domain, but don't want to pay for one just yet in case I can't keep up the site. Also, it takes a while for me to pay for a domain online because I need to get a friend to do it with my money as I have no way of paying for stuff online; so he uses his credit card and I give him the cash to pay it off.

And I really want something with no ads. I would be very happy to put a text link or a small button on my main page, though.

I'm thinking about http://www.dot.nu but I don't know; I tend to think having the word "dot" in a URL, in between "." is kind of iffy...

[Buzzard]

www.dot.tk

[NetRaw]

wait up man, i am doing my best, dedicated server, 3 domians to pick from etc.. if you want an account now, just ask man i will make you one.

yourname.3lx.com
yourname.g4r.net
yourname.0jt.com


i.p@rogers.com

[anhedonia]

I decided to go with http://www.now.nu! :D

[Space Ghost]

wow, they look quite good, i'm using them for dns :)


[offtopic]250th post!! woohoo![offtopic]

[trenzterra]

www.dot.nu when you pronounce it its funny!

heh:

www dot dot dot nu

[meow]

.nu domains are very popular here since "nu" means "now" in Swedish (and Norwegian and Danish too, I think).

[conkermaniac]

Originally posted by meow
.nu domains are very popular here since "nu" means "now" in Swedish (and Norwegian and Danish too, I think).

And if you add "li" after it, it means perseverence in Chinese, I believe. :D

Anyway, I'll take a look at the .nu redirections soon. I've seen only one host use it (freehost.nu), but I've seen tons of guestbooks and redirections use that ending. Where do people register those domains anyway?

[meow]

Nu-li? :D

http://www.nic.nu/
Beware, they are not cheap.

[anhedonia]

Okay looks like I can't use now.nu ? My redirect URL by them goes to "hozting.com" and so does now.nu...

*sighs*

Just when I thought I'd found the perfect solution! :(

Any suggestions, anyone? :confused:

[meow]

com.kg + mydomain? :confused:

[anhedonia]

I thought about .com.kg... But don't you think it's the same deal as NameZero? And how would I go about renewing it and stuff? :confused:

[meow]

We have dicussed that (search if you have the strength...). Anyway, thay (the kg guys) have said the domains they give away now will be forever free. Guess it's the same as the .com.ru's.

And it's not like namezero. You stand as owner. I actually use a couple of mine for email with mydomains mail forwarding and my ISPs smtp. Works really well. Unlimited email addresses. :D

[anhedonia]

Okay, I might go for that then :).

Thanks for the info ;).

[anhedonia]

I can't sign up for .com.kg - I just keep getting a page which says 'oops' after I've entered my info. :(

[meow]

When you register to get an ID? Probably temporary. It's usually very smooth. (I won't tell you how many I have but it's a few :p)

[conkermaniac]

Originally posted by meow
Nu-li? :D

http://www.nic.nu/
Beware, they are not cheap.

What a rip-off! And where do people get .edu domains?

[meow]

Don't the usual registrars handle them? I know how to get .edu.kg. :D

[NetRaw]

okay, so you guys want redirection, with your own domian access correct?

[f1done]

You could go for an iscool.net- I've got no experience with them, but the name sounds good!:D

Or NetRaw I guess.

[NetRaw]

<<remomved>>.com - main domain should we provide like yourname.<<remomved>>.com too?

[ac3]

Originally posted by conkermaniac


What a rip-off! And where do people get .edu domains?
they are free to US educational institutes

[anhedonia]

now.nu seems to be working again :confused:

[Lil_Rob]

hey +chips

you can get a free

www.yoursite----------

just go over to

http://www----------

[murat]

www.6x.to
www.faster.as
www.dd.vu

[NetRaw]

hold your pick for a couple more nites... something big will happen watch out :p

[Kaliber]

/me is excited :D

[meow]

:rolleyes:
Did you _need_ to share that? :confused2

[conkermaniac]

Originally posted by Lil_Rob
hey +chips

you can get a free

www.yoursite----------

just go over to

http://www----------

LOL! :D :rolleyes:

I can't access .cjb redirects without a proxy, which sucks enough, and even worse, they put an annoying pop-up ad! :mad:

[maelzx]

and NU in my language mean "there" :)

although you think dot.nu is quite funny ... it still look good :)

[Blank Verse]

Hey murat, what's the status with the redirection service you're planning?

[anhedonia]

CJB is...Evil...

It's like the Geocities of free redirects.

Okay, Netraw *waiting a few days*. :p

[murat]

Originally posted by Blank Verse
Hey murat, what's the status with the redirection service you're planning?

i didnt buy the domain yet, maybe i will never start

[NetRaw]

Almost done, just configuring last part of the site... email me to get a head start ;)

[Cracker]

Originally posted by conkermaniac

I can't access .cjb redirects without a proxy, which sucks enough, and even worse, they put an annoying pop-up ad! :mad:

They used to be ad-free, but they just got too many members.

[meow]

Aren't they still adfree is you skip the cloaking?

[Buzzard]

Yep. no cloaking = no ads. I still use them alot.

[Cracker]

Yeah, but what's the point of short URL redirection if it doesn't hide your long URL and causes visitors to bookmark your real URL anyway? You would still have to put up a "Site Moved" page if you change free hosts due to the old free host starting to suck, so that defeats that purpose of free URL forwarding services.

[Jan]

There is a heap of redirection services here (http://emailaddresses.com/email_url.htm) :)

[trenzterra]

and nu in chinese means female.(if i got it right :\)

[trenzterra]

Originally posted by Cracker
Yeah, but what's the point of short URL redirection if it doesn't hide your long URL and causes visitors to bookmark your real URL anyway? You would still have to put up a "Site Moved" page if you change free hosts due to the old free host starting to suck, so that defeats that purpose of free URL forwarding services. but then you just need to remember to shorter url.

[shizzle]

Nu in my language means "hurry up". (Hebrew) But I speak english better than hebrew. Anyone here heard about .TK? (WWW.TK) They seem pretty good, and it's free, and I dont think it's got ads... plus it's a domain redirection, not subdomain. (yoursite.tk instead of yoursite.blah.blah) Can someone who's used them tell me how they are?

[GregT]

.tk is slow for me

[shizzle]

I believe they are slow because they're supposed to have been running off of some island in the middle of the ocean, but I wouldn't hesitate if some dude was runnin it out of chicago or someplace.

[shizzle]

I hate doing this... but I need some replies. BUMP

[wreed]

How do you get a .com.ru?

[meow]

Make friends with a Russian, that's my advice. I've tried...and tried...and tried... :mad:

[Whisper2Me]

watch out for cjb. I ended up with some sort of stealth program on my computer either cjb was watching where I was going, or it had something to do with my fax program. Even virus watch sites weren't too clear on it. However, don't forget if you sign up (free) to be a member at bravenet, you get free url re-direction. You can choose from a few different "short urls", one of which is "clickto.yourname"

[anhedonia]

Bravenet are good but their redirects are pretty dodgy.

I'd recommend http://www.dot.nu before Bravenet's redirects. :p

[ckevin]

+chips, www.now.nu works well for me. They got service interuption before because they moved to a new data center. They used to locate at -------- data center. =)

[Canuckkev]

About the "Oops" at domain.kg....welll...that one had all of us for a while. BUT...we found that our laziness was catching up to us. you have to type http://www.domain.kg .

[Mandrake]

www.de.vu (In German, but once you figure it out, it works great)

www.non.ru (Haven't tried it yet)

www.da.ru (Works good and you can use it with your own DNS provider if you want it to act like a "real" domain)

www.v3.be (Never tried them, but short name. Site is in Belgian.)

[anhedonia]

Originally posted by ckevin
+chips, www.now.nu works well for me. They got service interuption before because they moved to a new data center. They used to locate at -------- data center. =)

Yeah, after that weird period of downtime and stuff, they seemed to be pretty cool....

Maybe I'll stick with them... :p :confused:

[JacklePoP]

Originally posted by trenzterra
and nu in chinese means female.(if i got it right :\)

Yup, Nu in chinese means female.
'Nu Ren' ?

And about the nu-li, yep it's perseverance. Or rather, work harder. :p

[anhedonia]

So it's like now.female?

Interesting. :D

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by +chips
So it's like now.female?

Interesting. :D That's the 5000 year old chinese language...;)

[meow]

No Scandinavian would get now.nu. It's just too much. :D

[anhedonia]

:confused:

[meow]

nu = now. It would be like now-now. :p

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by meow
No Scandinavian would get now.nu. It's just too much. :D Strange...

[Carboran]

http://vze.com yourname.vze.com + a bunch of others. They require at least a text link back to their page. The best URL redirection in my opinion. Free search engines submission

[NetRaw]

man nothing beats cloaking that makes your site look like it has domain hosting....

[kid kool]

Gosh i sure wish i had something to recommend