Record expires on: The date domain name expires. Keep a careful eye on this date. If you let domain name expire you risk loosing control of domain name.

Record created on: The date domain was initially registered. Domain servers (Name servers): This contains DNS (Domain Name System) information for a domain. The Name servers represent names of IP address where your domain name is pointed. If you enter this information incorrectly, your domain name will not be pointed at servers where your site is hosted.

There are usually two lines of Name server information. The first is site’s primary DNS information, while second contains secondary or back-up information.

Your domain name is one of most important parts of your web site. Unless you’re hosting your site on an Intranet or in a sub domain of another site, surfers will not be able to reach your web site if you do not have a domain name.

Make sure you keep your domain name contact information up to date. An out of date email address or incorrect contact information may keep you from receiving important information regarding your domain name and could cause you to lose control of your domain name.

If your domain name register does not offer a web-based interface for you to change your domain name information, transfer your domain name to a register that does! You need to be able to change domain name information at anytime.

Managing your domain name is a very simple and important task. Your domain name is name that world uses to find you on Internet. Guard it carefully and it could be name for your success on web.

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If not, contact website owner and inform them of problem or check back later.

Error: Host Unavailable

Grab a cup of coffee on this one and fall back to reading newspaper.

You can try hitting your "Refresh" button a couple of times, but, for all intents and purposes, this means server has gone down.

Try again in a few minutes on off-chance you tried to access website just as owners were restarting server or temporarily disconnected it from Web.

If this doesn't work, phone rates your best course of action to contact website owner since it's a safe bet their email won't work either.

Error: Unable to Locate Host

This message usually means one of three things: web server is down; your Internet connection is dead; you typed in web address incorrectly.

To correct problem, first try retyping web address into your browser's address bar. If that doesn't work, try surfing over to another website to make sure your connection is live.

If you can't load any websites, contact your Internet service provider (ISP) for technical assistance.

As a general rule, if you encounter an error while surfing web, try these steps in order to fix problem:

1. Click your Web browser's "Refresh" button.

2. Verify that you typed in correct URL (web address)

3. Close down and restart your Web browser completely.

4. Contact website owner to alert them to problem or request help.

5. Contact your ISP for help.

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