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That's right. The DNS distributes the responsibility of assigning domain names and mapping those names to IP addresses by designating authoritative name servers for each domain.

Yes, having a foreign domain does place less priority on Google.com search results. For example: If I search "Apple" on Google.ca, Apple Canada will pop up first on the list. If I search "Apple" on Google.com, the regular Apple.com address will show first.

In what form are you developing your portfolio? It's popular now to just use free blog sites like Blogger.com and Wordpress.com to host a portfolio. Those sites don't necessarily have to host a blog as there are many ways to dress up your pages to look like a traditional website. With...

Lew, If you're not needing to use a specific web domain, check to see with your Internet provider if it offers you a free server of limited space.

Sometimes your Internet provider will offer a free server with limited space. For example, when I was first getting my feet wet with web development some 8 years ago, I would use the free server at Telus.net here in Western Canada. However, you cannot use your own custom domain as I had to...

I believe the fee is for extra web space on your Gmail account. Don't quote me on that though because I haven't done any research on it. My free Gmails reads, "You are currently using 141 MB (1%) of your 7378 MB."

Wow, that's quite the opposite experience I've been having with GoDaddy. For me, they've been great and I now do all my web business through GoDaddy hosting. They've been very reliable for me as they have 24/7 live service by telephone or email. Just last night actually, I had to call...

I use Mac OS X Leopard and GoDaddy's control panel works fine with Firefox and Safari. I've never had an issue, but I've never been on Mac OS 9. On a PC though, if you're using IE5 you're best to upgrade your browser since IE6 and below are considered ancient fossils now. The latest upgrade is...